The Hellp dives deeper into their fractured paradise on Riviera, their long-awaited debut full-length dropping November 21, 2025, through Atlantic’s Anemoia imprint, and Pray to Evil slithers in as track three, a dark incantation that feels like whispering secrets to the void while the beat crumbles around you.
Noah Dillon and Maggie Cnossen (with Chandler Lucy steering production) have spent years perfecting this smeared, beautiful chaos, and Pray to Evil captures it raw. It’s got that signature Hellp haze: distorted guitars clashing with glitchy electronics, Noah’s vocals drifting like smoke over a rhythm that stutters and lurches, pulling you into this ritualistic plea for something sinister to answer back. They teased snippets in live sets earlier this year, but the full cut hits different, layered with Maggie’s ethereal backups that make it feel almost ceremonial, like a spell you regret halfway through casting.
Pray to Evil lands early in Riviera’s 10-track spiral, right after the warped nostalgia of Country Road, setting the tone for an album that’s less a collection of songs and more a feverish mood board of coastal decay and digital ghosts. The whole thing clocks under 40 minutes but lingers like a bad trip you kinda loved, from surfy openers to the collapsing closer that sounds like the party’s finally over.
The Hellp’s been this cult thing forever, building from bedroom demos to packing rooms with kids who get the irony and the ache, and Riviera feels like them finally letting the mess spill wide open without apology. Fresh off LL’s major-label glow last year, this one’s darker, weirder, proof they’re not here to play nice.
X is quiet so far on this one since it’s still brewing, but the die-hards are already dissecting live bootlegs, calling it the cut that might break them wider. If Country Road was the drive, this is the crash you pray for.
Dive into the Pray to Evil lyrics below and unpack its raw narrative. Don’t miss other Riviera tracks for more of The Hellp’s distorted glow.
| Lead Vocals | The Hellp |
| Songwriter | The Hellp |
| Music Producer | The Hellp |
| Label | Atlantic Records |
| Release Date | November 21, 2025 |
| Song Language | English |
| Copyright © | Anemoia Records & Atlantic Records |
Lyrics of Pray to Evil by The Hellp
[Verse 1]
Walk Down The Street Into A Man
Said This Old House Was Drowned In The Sand
This Ain’t A Few, Yeah, It’s Just A Week
We Spark It Up And Bite At The Weak
[Chorus]
So Many People
They Pray To Evil
So Many People
They Pray To Evil
[Verse 2]
Had Something To Eat Then Checked On The Times
There’s Something Afraid, It Crawls Off The Page
And Into The Silence From Where He Was Made
The Mail On The Street, Yeah, It’s Floating Away
[Chorus]
So Many People
They Pray To Evil
So Many People
They Pray To Evil
[Bridge]
(Pray To, Pray To)
(Pray To, Pray To)
You Took Away The Pain Again
I Saw A Sign That You Were In
I Thought That I’d Forget Again
I Took It All To Play Pretend
[Chorus]
So Many People
They Pray To Evil
So Many People
They Pray To Evil
You Took Away The Pain Again (So Many People)
I Saw A Sign That You Were In (They Pray To Evil)
I Thought That I’d Forget Again (So Many People)
I Took It All To Play Pretend (They Pray To Evil)
You Took Away The Pain Again
I Saw A Sign That You Were In (They Pray To Evil)
I Thought That I’d Forget Again (So Many People)
I Took It All To Play Pretend (They Pray To Evil)
[Outro]
And I Loved Someone And You Love Someone
