• Poppy treads water on her new album ‘Empty Hands’ | The Cavalier Daily - University of Virginia's Student Newspaper
“Empty Hands” is a serviceable addition to her rapidly growing discography, but it lacks the creative novelty that defines her best works.

• Poppy - Empty Hands | Reviews | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews | Clash Magazine | Jan. 27, 2026, 10:03 a.m.
Confrontation has always defined Poppy’s music, just as reinvention has defined her – yet 'Empty Hands' gives that evolution a new sense of purpose. Seven

• “Empty Hands” finds Poppy fully embracing her evolution | // MELODIC Magazine | Jan. 27, 2026, 4:58 p.m.
Recommended tracks: “Guardian,” “Public Domain,” “Time Will Tell” Artists you may like: Amy Lee, Bad Omens, BABYMETAL Since 2014, Poppy has been a character floating around the internet. Her career has been benchmarked by drifting from cutesy, subliminal YouTube videos, to pop music, and now, an icon in the metal scene. On Empty Hands, she

• Poppy treads water on her new album ‘Empty Hands’ | The Cavalier Daily - University of Virginia's Student Newspaper
“Empty Hands” is a serviceable addition to her rapidly growing discography, but it lacks the creative novelty that defines her best works.

• Completing her journey from Popstar to Metalhead: Reviewing Empty Hands by Poppy - WVUA 90.7 FM | WVUA 90.7 FM - The Voice of the University of Alabama | Feb. 9, 2026, 4:01 p.m.
Poppy’s journey from popstar to metalhead has been a unique one, and you’d be right to argue that her early glitch-pop style sounds nothing like her new cyberpunk hard rock sound. But every successive album of hers has worked by centering itself in a cold, metallic world, one that uses the authenticity of lullaby vocals

• Album Review:  Poppy – Empty Hands | Metal Planet Music | Jan. 28, 2026, 8:31 a.m.
Grammy Nominated and Critically Acclaimed Genre twisting artist Poppy returns with her seventh studio album Empty Hands - drawing from eclectic influences, with industrial elements, pop sensibilities, and moments that call back to Poppy’s surrealist roots with her signature uncanny, machine-like voi

• Poppy - Empty Hands Review | diazable clothing store
A deep-dive review of Poppy’s Empty Hands, exploring its controlled blend of metalcore, industrial, pop, and electronic elements, highlighting the album’s confidence, heaviness, and emotional pacing.

• Poppy has no interest in proving how metal she is | Dork | Feb. 6, 2026, 1:55 p.m.
Poppy is already bracing for the tired authenticity tests - and has zero interest in passing them. Her swaggering new album 'Empty Hands' turns fury into something exhilarating, with tenderness and resolve flickering beneath the blast.

• Poppy: Empty Hands | Pitchfork
Read Eli Enis’ review of the album.

• ALBUM REVIEW: Poppy – ‘Empty Hands’ - Strife Mag | Strife Magazine | Jan. 30, 2026, 11:18 a.m.
Is Poppy's Empty Hands a letdown? Our review explains why the album feels uninspired compared to Negative Spaces and lacks the intrigue of her past work.

• Album Review: Poppy Shreds and Soars on Empty Hands | THE AUX | THE AUX MAGAZINE
Poppy’s Empty Hands is heavy, bold, and emotional, a genre-blurring album that pushes her sound into thrilling new territory.

• Poppy’s New Album "Empty Hands" Out Today; Heralds Project With “Time Will Tell” Music Video | FrontView Magazine
Today, the incredible 2x GRAMMY-nominated transcendent singer, songwri

• Album Review: Poppy - Empty Hands | New Noise Magazine
The album’s title is surely indicative of a certain retribution that, while indeed owed to us, we have to be OK with never getting.

• Genre Now: How Destin Conrad, Jensen McRae, Yami Safdie & More Are Re-Thinking Classic Sounds for the Future | Billboard | Jan. 26, 2026, 7:10 p.m.
This year's Genre Now package includes Destin Conrad, Jensen McRae, Yami Safdie and more.

• Poppy: Empty Hands | moshly
Reuniting once again with producer Jordan Fish , Poppy delivers an album that feels like a perfected version of her aesthetic while still pushing forward vocally and compositionally. Her versatility — already proven through standout features and collaborations — has fully matured into a confident

• POPPY’s new album "EMPTY HANDS" out now - Heralds project with “TIME WILL TELL” music video - | Amnplify | Jan. 24, 2026, 7:04 a.m.
Dave BruceMy nickname is “The Amnplifier”. Why? Because around here my focus is on being a conduit for providing greater outcomes that people come […]

• Poppy Shares Cinematic New Video For “Time Will Tell” - | mxdwn Music | Jan. 24, 2026, 12:08 a.m.
Singer-songwriter Poppy's highly anticipated seventh studio album Empty Hands released today. With the release, a music video was released for the song "Time Will Tell." The song's new video can be found on Poppy's YouTube channel. The "uncanny" video, directed by frequent Poppy collaborator Orie McGinness stars the

• Poppy - Empty Hands - Album Review | Full Pelt Music | Jan. 23, 2026, 5:56 p.m.
ALBUM REVIEW: Poppy shares her seventh album, 'Empty Hands'. You can read our review now at fullpeltmusic.com!

• Empty Hands | BLABBERMOUTH.NET | Jan. 20, 2026, 10:02 a.m.
POPPY really raised the bar with her sixth album, 2024's "Negative Spaces". That album felt like a turning point. With "Empty Hands",she's not chasing numbers or expectations, she's simply doing whatever feels exciting and honest in the moment. Right now, that's raw emotion, bottled-up frustration a...