D’arcy is not going to let “One Night” ruin everything

D’Arcy’s “One Night” begins with a plain truth: six years sober, undone in a single evening. The song doesn’t inflate that moment into tragedy or redemption. It’s about productive accountability, where the slip back is accepted and respected for what it is, without letting it snowball into a major setback full of guilt and shame.

Musically, “One Night” marks a return to form for D’Arcy. The track leans into a rawer rock sound, guitars cutting through with grit and percussion, which is a reminder of her roots in live performance, where tension and release are carried by volume and presence rather than polish. The energy here feels earned and significant, of course, a sound that reconnects her with the urgency of her debut while sharpening it with lived experience.

The video, directed by Aria Herbst, leans on aliens and UFOs to frame relapse as something both familiar and strange. Addiction barges into your life, uninvited, like a presence you’ve seen before but still can’t quite explain. The UFOs aren’t comic relief; they’re a way of showing how relapse feels both outside the self and deeply embedded within it. Their lightness keeps the imagery approachable, but the unease never leaves. That balance mirrors the song itself: surface playfulness carrying a weight that doesn’t fade.

“One Night” approaches its subject with remarkable respect. Addiction and relapse aren't romanticized like some tragic aesthetic moment, and neither are they treated like the catalyst to a melodramatic song about inner turmoil and pain. Instead, the song treats the experience with honesty and care, creating a rare and deeply affecting perspective on a difficult topic.

D’arcy has built a body of work that thrives on contradiction, tension, and nondramatic honesty: light on the surface at times, heavy underneath. “One Night” continues that pattern, but with a sharper edge, a reminder that her voice in rock is as vital as ever.