Did Lizzy McAlpine just release her best song ever?

Lizzy McAlpine outdid herself and the other artists on the soundtrack for Sunrise on the Reaping with her new track, “The Wheel.” Lizzy’s music just gets better and better, and “The Wheel” might be her best song yet.

I loved Noah Kahan’s “Draw You Out” and Gigi Perez’s “Favor,” but “The Wheel” is absolute perfection. It’s from Haymitch’s perspective in Sunrise on the Reaping, but it also works as a song for anyone who needs inspiration to fight injustice. Lizzy says that we need to “break the wheel,” which is the Reaping in the context of the film, but Lizzy is a politically outspoken person, so I’m not surprised by the song’s relevance to the real world.

The song is also a sonic masterpiece. What starts as haunting but somewhat understated folk-pop turns into a cinematic battle cry. It screams The Hunger Games, but it’s also just a truly fantastic song.

Based on the music alone, Sunrise on the Reaping is going to absolutely destroy me. Honestly, I can’t wait. I’ll just make sure to bring a lot of tissues and avoid wearing mascara that day. The music is getting better and better, and “The Wheel” is an absolute masterpiece.

You can listen to “The Wheel” below.

Emma Platt