Royal & the Serpent’s “Carry Me Home” Is the Haunting Alt-Pop Drop You Need Right Now
“Carry Me Home” by Royal & the Serpent is out now—a dark, dreamy single ready for your playlist.
Alt-pop’s fiercest misfit, Royal & the Serpent, is back with a stunning new single, “Carry Me Home”. Streaming now via Atlantic Records, the track blends cinematic energy with raw emotion, and it’s already lighting up timelines and playlists.
Starting with ghostly vocals that echo a desperate cry—“Father, save me from the monsters, hold me like a daughter”—the song morphs from a haunting whisper into a layered storm of glitchy beats and fuzzy bass. It’s hypnotic, unpredictable, and fully on-brand for an artist who’s always rewriting the rulebook.
The track follows “Death Do Us Part”, which crossed 1M streams and earned praise from Billboard and mxdwn. Billboard called it “proof she’s found her sound,” while mxdwn highlighted the eerie beauty of her vocal delivery.
You may also recognize her from “Wasteland,” her standout contribution to the Arcane: League of Legends Season 2 soundtrack, which has amassed 80M+ streams and drew praise following her Game Awards performance with Twenty One Pilots and d4vd.
Now gearing up for the 2025 Vans Warped Tour and a debut album later this year, Royal & the Serpent is proving she’s not just creating music—she’s building a world. And if “Carry Me Home” is any indication, it’s one we’ll be hearing a lot more from.
