Today, the Los Angeles-based artist and GRAMMY-nominated songwriter Cailin Russo shares “Take Me Home,” the latest preview of her “fresh, fearless” (Billboard) new EP DON’T, out March 11. Listen to “Take Me Home” here, and presave DON’T here.

“Take Me Home” is a grunge-pop plea for affection but ventures to show off the infallible vocal chops on the artist, powered by a lustful yearning that “Bad Things” helped establish as a Cailin Russo signature. As Russo shares: “‘Take Me Home’ was written the day before we filmed the ‘Bad Things’ music video with one of my best friends Njomza, and produced by Dirty Dave and Danes Blood. I’m always looking to push the envelope musically, and for this one we wanted an all-American classic. The song was inspired by the American cowboy essence of John Denver’s ‘Take Me Home, Country Roads’ as well as Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Born In The USA.'”

Watch the “Take Me Home” visualizer here.

DON’T serves as Cailin’s first new music since the runaway success of her single “Bad Things,” which has seemingly taken up residence in Spotify’s Viral 50 Chart after it was featured during the climactic finale of HBO’s Heated Rivalry. “Take Me Home” follows “I Can’t Help You Now,”  a balladic bloodletting propelled by a sultry downtempo pulse reminiscent of Portishead.

Cailin embarks on a North American tour this Spring, already necessitating an additional LA show due to demand. She’ll also play two dates with Arkells in Toronto; full dates below.

With the influx of millions of new listeners (290% increase in total streams on Spotify, 279% increase on Apple, 1660% increase in Shazams, and millions of views on socials) appearances atop various charts (Spotify Viral 50, Billboard Emerging Artists, Shazam Most Viral), a grindr collab, and the attendant viral TikTok explanation, the surprise success of “Bad Things” has served as a table-setter for a year of artistic reinvention.

This overdue notoriety is just the latest twist in an artistic career that has continually defied convention. Cailin’s own distinct projects — including her fiery debut House with a Pool and the restlessly inventive INFLUX — have allowed her to take her combination of pop futurism, and punk poise to top festivals (Lollapalooza, Reading & Leeds) and on tour with Shygirl and Madison Beer.

Her one-offs have had fascinating ripple effects: In 2025, her song “Triple It” became a TikTok sensation, with the likes of Julia Fox, Ellie Goulding, and Suki Waterhouse all posting videos of themselves singing along. In 2021, she grabbed a GRAMMY nomination as a co-writer on Kanye West and The Weeknd’s “Hurricane.”

Cailin was already on the radar of pop luminaries like Rosalía and Addison Rae, but with the explosion of interest around “Bad Things,” 2026 is looking like a level-up year for an artist whose marriage of pop sensibility, imperious attitude, and genre-fluid sonics is ready for the moment.