Listen to Papa Roach’s new single Wake Up Calling, which Jacoby Shaddix describes as “standing on the edge of disaster…”

Words by Felix Bartlett  | Jan 28, 2026

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Papa Roach are back, and they’re hitting straight in the feels with their brand-new single Wake Up Calling.

Following last year’s Even If It Kills Me and the no-holds-barred BRAINDEAD (feat. Toby Morse), the California nu-metal crew have shared their third track from a still-to-come 2026 album, the follow-up to 2022’s Ego Trip.

Frontman Jacoby Shaddix explains that Wake Up Calling is all about those make-or-break moments: “It’s a song about standing on the edge of disaster, being pulled back from the brink, and ultimately choosing love over self-destruction. It’s one of the most raw, emotional songs we’ve written.”

Watch the Wake Up Calling lyric video below: