GLAIVE’S NEW ALBUM Y’ALL OUT NOW
TO HOLD SPECIAL RELEASE EVENT TONIGHT AT
NEW YORK’S THE GROUND — RSVP HERE
WATCH THE NEW VIDEO FOR
"WE DON'T LEAVE THE HOUSE" TODAY
September 26, 2025—Today, 20-year-old North Carolina-based artist glaive makes his return with his highly anticipated new album, Y’ALL—listen/share here. and watch the new video for “We Don’t Leave The House” today here. Tonight, he will celebrate the release with a special free performance at New York’s The Ground—RSVP is available now here.
After leading the charge of a scene which changed the DNA of pop music as we know it at just 16-years-old, glaive has evolved to be fully in command of a matured sound which continues to disrupt and challenge pop’s parameters. Y'ALL is the story of a teenager pulled up from his roots, finally returning to his hometown in North Carolina at 20, a radically changed person in an unchanged place.
glaive shares, “I realized that it wasn’t the place that I had the problem with, it was myself. I wanted more, and the more I got the less I felt I had. With this move came a lot of time to think: about myself, about others, about everything. I sort of came to the conclusion that perhaps the classic musician “lifestyle” wasn’t for me. I didn’t derive enjoyment from the “lifestyle” that making music can offer. It sounds quite silly but I was raised here and maybe I’ll die here.”
“As I got older, I realized my flaws and the flaws of the ones I love. This album is called Y’ALL because at its inception, I wanted it to be less about me - and somewhere in that process, I think it became the most “me” album I’ve ever made.”
Produced by John Cunningham (Lil Nas X, Miley Cyrus), Ralph Castelli (Dora Jar, The Neighbourhood) and longtime collaborator Jeff Hazin (Kali Uchis, renforshort), the intensity of glaive’s stage presence translates to his new music like never before. With tracks like “Veni Vidi Vici,” the reggaeton-influenced “Nouveau Riche”—written with pride that nothing was ever handed to him—and trance experiment “foreigner,” Y’ALL marks his most dance-driven, maximalist work to date. glaive balances this production with songwriting that touches upon newer experiences he has lived through; “Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying” captures the sugar rush of falling in love, while “bennie and kay” is an ode to the loss of his grandparents in the space of a year, and the anchors of familiarity and comfort that comes with growing up.
The two singles taken from the project “Appalachia” and “Asheville” are already drawing critical acclaim from Stereogum, who lauded, “Immediately, ‘Asheville’ is one of Glaive’s strongest singles” and Grimy Goods, who praised, “his jittery-trap sound, fueled by percussion, is a step in a new direction”—watch the video for “Asheville” directed by Tommy Pointer here.
Y’ALL follows a pair of releases from glaive last year: his sophomore album, May It Never Falter, released independently in October, was named as one of the best of 2024 by Vogue Magazine and his latest EP, a bit of a mad one, saw praise from NPR Music, V Magazine and more.
From his beginnings in Hendersonville, North Carolina (population 15k), to opening for The Kid LAROI on The First Time tour last year, glaive has become a name synonymous with a scene that redefines pop, not by distancing itself from tradition but by forging a new, innovative style. His previous works, including cypress grove, all dogs go to heaven, and then i’ll be happy, have all cemented him as a standout artist, lauded by the likes of The New York Times, Vulture, GQ and The FADER.
His second studio album released in late 2024, May It Never Falter, was hailed as a genre-defying body of work that marked the beginning of an independent chapter in his artistry. The album served as a coming-of-age narrative set against the backdrop of adolescence and self-discovery. May It Never Falter was recorded in the remote landscapes of Iceland and Wales, continuing the Sigur Rós-inspired approach to isolated, immersive recording environments that began with his debut album, i care so much i don’t care at all (2023). The album was supported by an extensive North American and European tour in spring of 2025.
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