Hazbin Hotel is an American adult animated musical black comedy television series created, directed, and executive-produced by Vivienne "VivziePop" Medrano. The series revolves around Charlie Morningstar, crown princess of Hell, on her quest to find a way for sinners to be "redeemed" and allowed into Heaven via her "Hazbin Hotel" as an alternative to Heaven's annual "extermination" of souls due to Hell's overpopulation. The series is produced by Medrano's company SpindleHorse in collaboration with A24, Amazon MGM Studios, and the animation studio Bento Box Entertainment.
The pilot episode was released on YouTube on October 28, 2019. The first season premiered on Amazon Prime Video on January 19, 2024, with its first episode also released on YouTube a day earlier for a limited time. The second season premiered on October 29, 2025. The series has been renewed for three additional seasons, with the fifth season set to serve as its last. The series has received generally positive reviews from critics. As of January 2024, Hazbin Hotel was the largest global debut for an animated series on Prime Video.
The popularity and success of the pilot allowed Medrano to create the spin-off series Helluva Boss, which began on November 25, 2019, with a pilot episode, followed by the premiere of its first season on October 31, 2020. The series features a different cast of characters within the same in-universe setting.
Premise The series follows Charlie Morningstar, the princess of Hell, as she sets about fulfilling her seemingly impossible dream of finding a way for sinners to be "redeemed" and allowed into Heaven, mainly via her "Hazbin Hotel", which aims to rehabilitate sinner demons. Due to overpopulation, Hell goes through an annual genocidal purge called "extermination" where angels called "Exorcists", armed with angelic weapons and led by Adam, descend from Heaven and kill sinners. Charlie finds this distressing, and wants to find a more peaceful solution to the overpopulation problem. Her goal is to have her clients "check out" from Hell as redeemed souls and be accepted into Heaven.
With the help of her devoted manager and girlfriend, Vaggie, and their reluctant first patron, Angel Dust, who is a pornographic film actor, she is determined to make her dream become a reality. But when her proposal on live television goes awry, her plan attracts the attention of the powerful "Radio Demon" Alastor who, finding her belief in redemption laughable, helps Charlie run the hotel for his own amusement.
Voice cast and characters
Main
Stephanie Beatriz as Vaggie/Vaggi Alex Brightman as Sir Pentious and Adam Keith David as Husk Kimiko Glenn as Niffty and Susan Erika Henningsen as Charlie Morningstar Blake Roman as Angel Dust and the Egg Boiz Amir Talai as Alastor and Tom Trench Christian Borle as Vox
Recurring
Brandon Rogers as Katie Killjoy Jessica Vosk as Lute Lilli Cooper as Velvette Joel Perez as Valentino and Maestro James Monroe Iglehart as Zestial Daphne Rubin-Vega as Carmilla Carmine Jeremy Jordan as Lucifer Morningstar Krystina Alabado as Cherri Bomb Patina Miller as Sera Shoba Narayan as Emily Kevin Del Aguila as Baxter Patrick Stump as Abel and Hatchet
Guest
Don Darryl Rivera as Travis Sarah Stiles as Mimzy Darren Criss as Saint Peter Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer as Rosie Liz Callaway as the Speaker of God Andrew Durand as Prick Alex Newell as Zeezi
Mick Lauer, Zach Hadel, Richard Steven Horvitz, and Sam Haft provide additional voices.
Episodes
Pilot (2019)
Season 1 (2024)
Season 2 (2025)
Production Creator Vivienne Medrano began funding her work on Hazbin Hotel via Patreon in 2014. Some characters from the pilot had existed for years when Vivienne Medrano began working with people at School of Visual Arts (SVA) on what would later become Hazbin Hotel, such as the "Misfit Demon Gang" in Medrano's webcomic series ZooPhobia. Originally, the pilot was meant to be an adult comedy "with a raunchy, demonic aesthetic". It was made by freelance animators and financed by Medrano's Patreon followers. It took over six months to write the episode, and over two years to animate it, with teasers released in that ensuing period to garner an audience of fans. The series contains various LGBTQ+ characters. This includes gay Angel Dust, bisexual Charlie, and asexual Alastor.
The show's pilot episode was released on Medrano's YouTube channel in October 2019, and it gained 54 million views by early February 2021. In August 2020, A24 picked up Hazbin Hotel for the production of a TV series.
The overall transition towards a television format was difficult for the production crew, as they had to work within an allotted number of episodes and runtime in order to tell the overall story for the first season. The episode count was limited to eight 22-minute-long episodes for financial reasons due to A24 picking up the show without a distributor. This led them to struggle with including the plot elements that were in Medrano's vision for the season without going over any of their set limitations, which affected the overall narrative and pacing of the season as a result. They were also unsure if the show would be renewed for more seasons during its production, although they still remained committed to telling the best story they could.
On December 21, 2021, the official Hazbin Hotel Twitter account teased the release of the first season. It was later reported that the cast members from the pilot were not asked to reprise their roles for the A24 production, though these voice actors showed support for the show despite their removal. Medrano said that she loves her characters "more than anything" and that they are "in good hands".
Several main characters had been redesigned from the pilot, including Charlie, Vaggie, Alastor, and Angel Dust. Along with SpindleHorse Toons, Bento Box Entertainment co-produced the series for A24. Animation services were handled by Bento Box's subsidiary, Princess Bento Studio, a Melbourne-based studio jointly owned with Princess Pictures, alongside SpindleHorse Toons and Toon City.Public profile LinkedIn According to Medrano, many of the artists who worked on the pilot would be returning for the first season, and argued that the "indie spirit of the pilot lives on". Medrano has also confirmed that the pilot remains canon to the story.
On October 28, 2022, on the third anniversary of the pilot's release, a teaser trailer was released and uploaded on Medrano's YouTube channel promising a summer 2023 release date for the first season and featuring Alastor speaking on a microphone; however, this was later stalled due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike blocking promotion of the series by the cast.
On September 28, 2023, a teaser was posted on the series' official Instagram account and on Medrano's YouTube channel announcing that "Season 2 is coming". On July 26, 2024, the series was confirmed to be renewed for a third and fourth season. On August 13, 2024, DogHead Animation in Florence, Italy, were announced to be will also be handling animation services for the second season.
In September 2025, Medrano acknowledged that the first season had issues with its narrative and runtime, as the process of telling the first season's story within the show's set limitations was described by her as "borderline-impossible" during its production, although she still remained proud of its final look. She stated that the second season would have improved pacing and narrative. Its story was described as being simpler than the first season, with all of the episodes being longer than 22 minutes. Medrano also stated there is a five-season plan for the show. On April 25, 2026, it was announced that the series was renewed for a fifth and final season.
Release On December 13, 2023, the first trailer was released. The series premiered on January 19, 2024, with the first episode also releasing on YouTube a day earlier for a limited time.
On July 24, 2025, the trailer for the second season was released. The second season premiered on October 29, 2025.
Soundtrack
The score of the pilot episode was released on November 3, 2019.
The day after the release of each episode of the first season, the songs featured within them were released on a soundtrack EP through A24 Music, starting with Part 1 on January 19, 2024. Two songs from the first two episodes were released ahead of the series and are not present on any of the EPs; "Happy Day in Hell" was released on October 20, 2023, following a preview at New York Comic Con and "Poison" was released on January 5, 2024. Following the release of the series, "Poison" debuted at number 34 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, having accumulated 2.7 million American streams in the week following the show.
The soundtrack for the second season was announced in October 2025 and was released on November 19, 2025. It was preceded by the singles "Hazbin Guarantee (Trust Us)" and "Gravity".
Soundtrack albums +List of soundtrack albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions USPeaks on the Billboard 200: Season One Part 1 and 2: Season One: Season Two: CANPeaks on the Canadian Albums: Season One (Part 1): Season One: Season Two: JPNDig.Peaks in Japan: Season One Parts 1–3: Season One: Season Two: NORPeaks in Norway:
Hazbin Hotel: Season Two (Episodes 5–6): NZPeaks in New Zealand: Season One: Season Two: UKDLPeaks on the UK Album Downloads Chart: Season One (Part 1): Season One: Season Two: Hazbin Hotel (Original Film Score) Released: November 3, 2019 Label: Goosetunes Formats: Digital download, streaming — — — — — — Hazbin Hotel Original Soundtrack (Part 1) Released: January 19, 2024 Label: A24 Music Formats: Digital download, streaming 95 84 15 — — 11 Hazbin Hotel Original Soundtrack (Part 2) Released: January 26, 2024 Label: A24 Music Formats: Digital download, streaming 189 — 12 — — — Hazbin Hotel Original Soundtrack (Part 3) Released: February 1, 2024 Label: A24 Music Formats: Digital download, streaming — — 13 — — — Hazbin Hotel (Original Soundtrack) Released: February 2, 2024 Label: A24 Music Formats: Digital download, streaming, vinyl 13 14 6 17 6 9 Hazbin Hotel: Season Two (Episodes 1–2) [Original Soundtrack] Released: October 29, 2025 Label: Atlantic Records Format: Streaming — — — — — — Hazbin Hotel: Season Two (Episodes 3–4) [Original Soundtrack] Released: November 5, 2025 Label: Atlantic Records Format: Streaming — — — — — — Hazbin Hotel: Season Two (Episodes 5–6) [Original Soundtrack] Released: November 12, 2025 Label: Atlantic Records Format: Streaming — — — 20 — — Hazbin Hotel: Season Two (Original Soundtrack) Released: November 19, 2025 Label: Atlantic Records Format: Digital download, streaming, vinyl, CD, cassette 8 7 6 — 11 3
Singles +List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Album USBub.Peaks on the Bubbling Under Hot 100: "Poison": "Gravity": USRock/Alt. CAN IRE NZHot UK "Happy Day in Hell" 2023 — — — — — — Hazbin Hotel (Original Soundtrack) "Poison" 2024 2 14 69 — 24 96 "Hazbin Guarantee (Trust Us)" 2025 — — — — — — Hazbin Hotel: Season Two (Original Soundtrack) "Gravity" 4 11 80 82 4 53 "White Christmas" — — — — — — Hazbin Hotel Presents: A Very Egg Boi Christmas "Baby It's Cold Outside" — — — — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Other charted songs +List of other charted songs, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Album USHot USBub.Peaks on Bubbling Under Hot 100: Season 1 songs: "Love in a Bottle": "Brighter": USRock/Alt.Peaks on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs: "Poison", "Respectless", and "More Than Anything": "Gravity", "Piss (A Love Song)", "Clean It Up!", "Vox Populi" and "Brighter": CANPeaks in Canada: