Sharon Van Etten shares emotive new single ‘Close To You’, co-written by Courtney Barnett

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Sharon Van Etten has released an emotional new single ‘Close To You’, co-written by Courtney Barnett.The new track was written for the new Apple TV+ series The Buccaneers, which premieres on November 8.

The soundtrack reportedly consists of an all-female lineup produced by Stella Mozgawa of Warpaint and featuring Lucius, Gracie Abrams, and Miya Folick.On Instagram, Van Etten said of the song: “It was really an inspiring time to get to write a song with my dear friend Courtney and bring it to life with our fellow cohorts Zach Dawes [The Last Shadow Puppets bassist] and Stella Mozgawa for the show Buccaneers airing very soon,” she wrote. “I hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed making it.”Back in 2021, Barnett teamed up with Vagabon to cover Van Etten’s ‘Don’t Do It’.

In response, Van Etten took to Instagram to talk about her admiration for Barnett.“Courtney Barnett has been an important musical influence on me since 2014, when we first met at The Neptune theater in Seattle,” she began. “From the first time we met, I felt like I made an immediate friend.

From performing together, to having home hangs in between tours, commiserating with the very specific mixed feelings of tour life assimilating back to home life and figuring out the in between as we have been learning how to nurture our domestic lives while paying attention to our creative selves outside of the album and touring cycle.”“I admire Courtney’s writing style in that she has such a unique and intimate narrative approach while being personal and funny, without giving too much away,” she continued.