Knox Releases New Single & Music Video “After the After Party”

On the fast track towards a breakthrough in 2026, acclaimed Ohio alternative singer, songwriter, and phenomenon Knox kicks off his next chapter with the release of a new single and music video entitled “After The After Party” out now via Atlantic Records. Listen here and watch the music video here. It heralds the arrival of his anxiously awaited sophomore full-length album, My Midwest Best, on October 2, 2026. Pre-order/Pre-save here.

“After The After Party” opens with a softly plucked electric guitar melody awash in reverb and echo. During the verses, unfiltered emotion seeps through the cracks of his vulnerable delivery. An acoustic chord progression accelerates the momentum until guitar boosts the heartbroken hook, “‘Cause after the after party, I’ll walk myself home, one more drink and stare at the phone, hoping you’ll call, knowing you won’t.” It climaxes with one last chantable crescendo that’s as sticky as it is sharp.

He notably shot the accompanying visual in his hometown of New Carlisle, OH, reconnecting with where he came from and welcoming everyone into his world all at once.

About the song, Knox commented, “After the After Party is the second single of my brand new album. It is the tone setter for what the album is going to be. Big, anthemic, and MOST IMPORTANTLY, meant to be seen live in person.”

For My Midwest Best, he mined some of his earliest influences, rediscovering classic pop-punk and emo such as Fall Out Boy, Hawthorne Heights, The All-American Rejects, and more. At the same time, he filtered this inspiration through his own individual lens, striking up a sound that’s undeniably Knox.

Regarding the album, he elaborated, “My Midwest Best is my proudest work to date. It’s the culmination of all the music I grew up listening to and all the music I learned how to make along the way. A representation of where I’m from and what it sounded like growing up in the middle of nowhere, Ohio.”

He initially teased this chapter with “Long Story Short.” Beyond cracking 1 million total streams and counting, it earned critical acclaim. Rock Sound praised, “Viciously catchy and brilliantly heartbroken, it is everything that makes Knox the storyteller and emotion merchant that they are.”

My Midwest Best Tracklisting

1. Go For Broke
2. What Do I Know
3. After The After Party
4. Better Than Me
5. Long Story Short
6. 4.3 Forty
7. Mixed Feelings
8. I Think You Should Leave
9. Ready Or Not
10. Gone Missing
11. Vultures
12. Sad Song

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