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Lost Weekend (2026)

Where the lyrics of Lost Weekend take you, and where it was really made.

The album is dedicated to Bridgers's father, and its opening track has her singing through a vocoder while she is 'crying in a suit and tie' at his funeral.

Key places

Electric Lady Studios, New York City (2026)

Recording site Electric Lady Studios — Electric Lady Studios in New York City is listed among the studios where the album was recorded. The point uses the studio's listed coordinates. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Sound City Studios, Van Nuys (2026)

Recording site Sound City Studios — Sound City Studios is listed as a recording studio for the album in Van Nuys, California. The point uses the city centre, not the building's exact location. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Tamarind, Los Angeles (2026)

Recording site Motown Recording Studios — Tamarind in Los Angeles is listed as a recording studio for the album. The point uses the city centre, not the studio's exact location. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Lost Weekend: third studio album by American singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers
• Released 14 August 2026 through Dead Oceans
• Her first solo release in six years
• Continues her indie folk style while exploring electronica and ambient genres
• Lyrics cover grief, love, and disillusionment from fame
• Centred on the death of Bridgers's father in 2022 and her relationship with Bo Burnham
• Track listing of 16 songs

Background

• Previous solo studio album Punisher, released in 2020
• Saddest Factory Records formed in October 2020 as an imprint of Dead Oceans
• Boygenius reunited in 2023 and released the album The Record and the EP The Rest
• After the 2024 Grammys she announced a break that continued through 2025
• May and June 2026: phone-free pop-up concerts across the United States, ending with a surprise concert at Madison Square Garden
• 5 June: announced The Lost Tour, a phone-free arena tour from September to December 2026, with Alex G and Isaac Wood as opening acts
• 24 June: announced the album with an August 14 release date
• Lead single Lost Boys released the next day with a music video directed by Lance Oppenheim and Pablo Rochat
• 15 July: performed Lost Boys on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon with children in her backing band

Recording

• Produced by long-time collaborators Tony Berg and Ethan Gruska
• Other contributors include Jack Antonoff, Alex G, Bo Burnham, Cameron Winter, Maya Hawke, Lucy Dacus, and Julien Baker
• Ambient music influenced the writing and recording
• Studios named in the source: Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, Electric Lady Studios in New York City, and Tamarind in Los Angeles

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Disc 1

Disc 2

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Career

• Phoebe Lucille Bridgers (born August 17, 1994, Pasadena, California) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress.
• Her indie folk music typically centers on acoustic guitar and electronic production, with melancholic lyrical themes.
• She has won four Grammy Awards from eleven nominations.
• Her debut solo album, Stranger in the Alps, was released in 2017 on Dead Oceans, followed by Punisher (2020) and Lost Weekend (2026).
• She is a member of the supergroup Boygenius, which released the EP Boygenius (2018) and the album The Record (2023).
• She was also a member of Better Oblivion Community Center with Conor Oberst, releasing a self-titled album in 2019.
• She has been a frequent featured collaborator, appearing with Taylor Swift, SZA, the National, Kid Cudi, and Lorde, among others.
• Her acting debut came in Primetime (2026); she also stars in I Saw the TV Glow (A24, 2024).

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Metacritic: universal acclaim, weighted average 91 out of 100 from 22 critic scores
• AnyDecentMusic?: weighted average 8.9 out of 10 from 26 critic scores
• The Guardian (Alexis Petridis): called it "a heady, potent, occasionally wrenching album, albeit one flecked with optimism"
• Consequence (Wren Graves): praised Bridgers's lyrics and the album's progression
• Mojo (Victoria Segal): noted that the death of Bridgers's father defined the album
• Paste (Abby Jones): also noted the father's death, and praised the joint production of Berg, Gruska, Antonoff and Giannascoli
• Paste: described the production choices as among the most exciting and unexpected in Bridgers's catalogue

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The album is dedicated to Bridgers's father, who died in December 2022.
• From 10 to 14 August the album was debuted at thirty-four planetaria across Europe, North America, and Oceania, in ticketed events sponsored by Spotify.
• Planetarium events took one of two forms: a dome show designed by Babak Tafreshi or a laser show by Laser Fantasy.
• On the night of 13 August, more than three hundred locations hosted official album listening parties.
• The Governor's Waltz was written in a waltz time signature and references Shelley Duvall's character in The Shining.
• The Enceladus Geysers vinyl variant was an HHV / Vertigo exclusive, limited to 5,000 copies.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

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