RORY Previews 'BLOODLETTING' With New Single SWALLOW
Friday, 14 August 2026
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Derek Bremner
RØRY has shared a final preview of her upcoming sophomore album.
Delivering a confessional feel throughout, the raw and emotionally-charged SWALLOW will appear alongside earlier singles Strange, Kids These Days, Dead Girl Walking and Degradation on 'BLOODLETTING', due out on September 4.
The alt-rock track's video, the singer-songwriter's most ambitious and visually intense promo yet, will premiere tonight at 8pm BST and features unsettling scenes of her appearing to be suffocated and drowned. Commenting on the song and video shoot, RØRY said:
"SWALLOW is about the place grief can take you, where you feel suspended somewhere between life and death. You don’t actually want to die, but there’s this fucked up thought that if you did, at least you’d be where they are. And at the same time, you have no idea how you’re supposed to keep living without them.
"I wanted the video to physically go to that same place. I’m suffocating under a plastic bag and drowning in a bath. I pushed it way too far. I ended up passing out on set, which has never happened to me before! But actually, the intensity of capturing that in the performance made it feel painfully real… like I’d managed to put the physical sensation of grief on camera."
RØRY will support the album with The Bloodletting Tour, her biggest to date, across the UK early next year, with support from Delilah Bon and Mothica. Tickets are on sale now.
Rory Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Sat January 30 2027 - MANCHESTER Manchester Academy
Sun January 31 2027 - GLASGOW O2 Academy Glasgow
Tue February 02 2027 - NOTTINGHAM Rock City
Wed February 03 2027 - BIRMINGHAM O2 Academy Birmingham
Fri February 05 2027 - CARDIFF Great Hall, Cardiff Students� Union
Sat February 06 2027 - LONDON O2 Academy Brixton
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