Music is an art form — and so is translation. Annie Clark, who’s better known as the boundary-pushing art-rock firebrand St. Vincent, recently learned this firsthand as she pored over every lyric of her seventh album, All Born Screaming, alchemically transforming each word into Spanish. Clark, 41, grew up in …
Read More »St. Vincent Announces Spanish-Language Version of 'All Born Screaming,' Shares 'Hombre Roto'
Half a year after releasing her seventh album, All Born Screaming, St. Vincent has recut the vocals entirely in Spanish for a re-release titled Todos Nacen Gritando. The first single is a rendition of “Broken Man,” retitled “Hombre Roto,” which maintains the anglophone version’s desperation and panic. The whole album …
Read More »St. Vincent Delivers Visceral 'Flea' to 'Tonight Show'
St. Vincent brought the pummeling desire of “Flea” — the track from herfirst self-produced record,All Born Screaming — to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday. Draped in red light and decked in a tweed skirt-suit, the rock iconoclast opened with the teasing verse “I’m just like a hungry …
Read More »St. Vincent, Flea, Beck, and More Join John Mulaney's 'Everybody's in L.A.' Comedy Special
You know John Mulaney‘s six-part comedy special is gonna be really star-studded when Netflix‘s PR team writes, “There will be more guests as well but we are tired of listing them. We have given you enough information already,” in their pitch email. On Tuesday, the streaming service announced a new …
Read More »How St. Vincent Unlocked Her Realest Album Yet
“I’ve known I was going to make a record called All Born Screaming since I was 23,” says St. Vincent. “But I just wasn’t ready. I wasn’t really worthy of the title, ’cause you have to live a lot to be worthy of a title that really says it all. …
Read More »St. Vincent Gets Primal on 'All Born Screaming'
The seventh album that singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist Annie Clark has released as St. Vincent teems with the kind of visceral imagery that sticks with you long after her songs fade out. There’s a “hungry little flea” ready to infect your “warm body,” a predator on the street turning aggression into an evil …
Read More »St. Vincent Looks Inside to Reveal 'Big Time Nothing' on New Song
St. Vincent rolled out “Big Time Nothing” ahead of the release of her first self-produced record and seventh album,All Born Screaming, due Friday. “Don’t blink/Don’t wait/Don’t walk/You’re late/Don’t fall from grace, behave/ Don’t trip, sashay,” St. Vincent sings against a fever-dream beat, before declaring, “I look inside your eyes” and …
Read More »St. Vincent Calls 'American Idol' 'Hallelujah' Covers 'the Worst Thing in the World'
St. Vincent has some strong opinions on those dramatic covers of “Hallelujah” you could often hear on competition shows like American Idol, calling them “the worst thing in the world.” “Leonard Cohen‘s ‘Hallelujah’ is one of the best songs ever written, period,” the singer told BBC Radio 2 in a …
Read More »Beyoncé, Miley Cyrus, Camila Cabello, and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week
Welcome to ourweekly rundownof the best new music — featuring big new singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.This week, three highlights from Beyoncé‘s game-changing Cowboy Carter (including a sweet Miley Cyrus duet), Camila Cabello returns with a super-charged hyperpop single, and St. Vincent previews her forthcoming album …
Read More »St. Vincent Drops New Track 'Flea,' Announces 'All Born Screaming' Tour
St. Vincent wants y’all screaming on her new tour. On Thursday, the singer released her single “Flea” and announced tour dates to celebrate her upcoming album, All Born Screaming, slated for this summer. The tour will see St. Vincent stopping by San Francisco, Boise, Los Angeles, Brooklyn, and Toronto for …
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