Phoebe Bridgers Releases 'Lost Weekend' Album Featuring 'I Can't Wait'
Bridgers channels grief and new love across 16 tracks, with songs about her father’s death and a split from Paul Mescal.
- Phoebe Bridgers released Lost Weekend, her 16-track album exploring grief and new love, marking her first solo project since 2020's Punisher.
- Produced by Jack Antonoff, Ethan Gruska, and Caroline Shaw, the album incorporates multi-voiced textures and samples from composer Paul Lansky's 1994 project Notjustmoreidlechatter.
- Bridgers addresses her father's death and her relationship with comedian Robert "Bo" Burnham throughout the record, with closing track Lost Weekend referencing the 1960s classic "I Fought the Law."
- Leading up to release, Bridgers organized special listening sessions in planetariums where fans previewed the music; Burnham co-wrote and sang on several tracks.
- Taylor Swift once called Bridgers "the reference now" in 2022, confirming her influence on peers; Lost Weekend cements this status through refined musical templates.
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‘Lanterns,’ Phoebe Bridgers’ new album, and ‘The End of Oak Street’ film top this week’s Must List
See EW’s top pop culture picks for the week, including the new superhero TV show ‘Lanterns,’ Phoebe Bridgers’ ‘Lost Weekend,’ and the dinosaur adventure film ‘The End of Oak Street’ starring Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor.
Phoebe Bridgers Reveals How She Feels About Paul Mescal & Gracie Abrams In New Lyrics
NBC/NBCUniversal/Getty ImagesPhoebe Bridgers has lived a lot of life since her 2020 album Punisher, and that’s very evident in the reflective lyrics about her past relationship on her new release Lost Weekend. In the title track, the singer reveals that she was the one to break off her and Paul Mescal’s engagement in 2022, singing: “I'm supposed to be married, but I called it off.” But it’s another song that really has all of social media buzzin…
Fans think Phoebe Bridgers is dissing Gracie Abrams in her album – it's not quite as it seems
Indie sad girls rejoice: the wait is finally over for a new Phoebe Bridgers album. After a six-year hiatus, the singer has released a new solo album, Lost Weekend. Since her last record, she’s toured with Grammy Award winning supergroup Boy Genius, all while navigating major life changes, including the death of her father and break-up of her long-term relationship with actor, Paul Mescal. The album dropped today but there’s been anticipation for…
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