Sharon Van Etten: Last News

Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, Olivia Rodrigo and more have received mentions on the shortlist for the 2024 Academy Awards. Yesterday (December 21), the Academy announced its shortlists in 10 categories, including Best Original Song and Best Original Score.

Sharon Van Etten has shared a new song co-written with Courtney Barnett. "Close to You" will appear on the soundtrack to Apple TV+ series The Buccaneers, due later this month. Scroll down to hear the song now.

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.

Aaron Dessner has taken to social media to pay tribute to Sharon Van Etten’s iconic album, ‘Tramp’, which he claims is the first record he ever produced. An anniversary edition of the album and a previously unreleased song have also been launched.The producer took to Facebook yesterday to celebrate 11-years since the release of Sharon Van Etten’s ‘Tramp’ album.Alongside sharing two images, Dessner also wrote a moving caption, explaining how the album impacted his career and stating that it still “remains so special” to him.“Tramp was the first record I produced,” he said.

Sharon Van Etten has released a new single, ‘Never Gonna Change’, taken from a forthcoming deluxe edition of her latest album, ‘We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong’.‘Never Gonna Change’ sees Van Etten sing about her son, as well as being about “managing depression and anxiety in the midst of isolation”, according to the artist in a press statement.“Coping with recurring fears throughout adulthood, acknowledging that flaws, fears and triggers can’t be overcome, they are a constant part of one’s identity to learn to be at peace with,” Van Etten said.Listen to the song below:The artist will soon release a deluxe edition of her sixth album, ‘We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong’, which dropped back in May.As well as ‘Never Gonna Change’, the deluxe version looks to feature another previously unheard bonus track, ‘When I Die’, as well as this year’s standalone singles, ‘Porta’ and ‘Used To It’.Featuring the singles ‘Headspace’ and ‘Mistakes’, Van Etten recorded ‘We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong’ at home during lockdown. In a five-star review, NME‘s Jordan Bassett said that Van Etten’s album “sees her navigate her roles as a parent and musician, grapple with her demons and reclaim her past mistakes”.“This unyielding record is, at times, a powerful reckoning with the age of uncertainty”, Bassett wrote.This December will see Van Etten head to Australia for a nine-date tour in support of her latest album, bringing along BATTS and Banjo Lucia in support.

Angel Olsen, Father John Misty). The record also features collaborations with Sharon Van Etten, Mike Campbell and Lucius.Speaking about the new album in a press release, Price said: “I feel this urgency to keep moving, keep creating,” says Margo Price. “You get stuck in the same patterns of thinking, the same loops of addiction.“But there comes a point where you just have to say, ‘I’m going to be here, I’m going to enjoy it, and I’m not going to put so much stock into checking the boxes for everyone else.’ I feel more mature in the way that I write now, I’m on more than just a search for large crowds and accolades.

Sharon Van Etten, Angel Olsen and Julien Baker wrapped ‘The Wild Hearts Tour’ up in New York last weekend, performing two shows at the Central Park SummerStage. During the encore of that second gig – which took place Sunday night (August 21) – Baker joined Olsen and Van Etten to perform the latter pair’s joint single ‘Like I Used To’.Olsen and Van Etten had performed the song together across the entirety of the North American tour – a triple-headliner stint that spanned 20 shows over the past month – appearing in the encore during either of their individual sets.

Aurora, Lucy Dacus, Sharon Van Etten, Modest Mouse, and more.The New York City outdoor performing arts festival will be bringing nearly 90 free and benefit shows to Central Park and 12 neighbourhood parks across the city’s five boroughs. Waxahatchee, The Cribs, Sampa The Great, and Angel Olsen will also be performing.All performances will be free and open to the public, except for benefit concerts, and select shows will also be live-streamed on SummerStageAnywhere.org.“We are so happy to be back in local neighbourhood parks after a two-year hiatus and to be able to once again build our newly refurbished flagship concert venue in Central Park,” said Heather Lubov, City Parks Foundation’s Executive Director.“Parks have always been neighbourhood gathering spaces, but the pandemic brought to light just how absolutely critical parks are to our city’s health.

Sharon Van Etten was the musical guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night (May 20) – watch her perform ‘Mistakes’ below.The track is taken from Van Etten’s sixth studio album ‘We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong’, which came out earlier this month (May 6), and she also recently shared an official video for the track, which saw her wandering around her old haunts in Brooklyn.For the Colbert performance, Van Etten was joined by a four-piece band for a thunderous and impassioned rendition of the new single.Watch the performance below..@SharonVanEtten joins us to perform #MISTAKES from her new album, “We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong.” Stream the album now and catch Sharon on tour in Europe and the U.S. this summer! #LSSC https://t.co/1gFgT4s541 pic.twitter.com/Uy5at4lkd3— The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) May 21, 2022Reviewing ‘We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong’, NME said that ‘Mistakes’ is “Van Etten at her best, its thumping chorus ideal for banishing lockdown-induced rumination on your regrets: “Every time I make a mistake / Turns out it’s great”. Around a quarter of the album reaches these heights – see the swirling coda of ‘Home To Me’, on which she tackles the conflict between creativity and parenthood.

Sharon Van Etten has shared a cinematic new video for ‘Mistakes’ – watch her wander around Brooklyn for the new visual below.The track is taken from Van Etten’s sixth studio album ‘We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong’, which came out on Friday (May 6).In the new ‘Mistakes’ video, Van Etten visits old haunts in Brooklyn, meets up with old friends, dances on the street and more.Check out the new video below.Reviewing ‘We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong’, NME said that ‘Mistakes’ is “Van Etten at her best, its thumping chorus ideal for banishing lockdown-induced rumination on your regrets: “Every time I make a mistake / Turns out it’s great”. Around a quarter of the album reaches these heights – see the swirling coda of ‘Home To Me’, on which she tackles the conflict between creativity and parenthood. Although it lacks the immediacy of 2018’s hookier ‘Remind Me Tomorrow’, this unyielding record is, at times, a powerful reckoning with the age of uncertainty.”Last month, Van Etten appeared on the cover of NME to discuss the album, also speaking of her deep connection with collaborator and tourmate Angel Olsen.

Sharon Van Etten has told NME of her deep connection with collaborator and tourmate Angel Olsen. “[She’s] one of the most beautiful people I’ve ever met,” Van Etten said.Van Etten was speaking in a new Big Read cover feature ahead of the release of her sixth studio album ‘We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong’, due out on May 6.Discussing Olsen, who she collaborated with on 2021 single ‘Like I Used To’ and will tour North America with alongside Julien Baker this summer, Van Etten said: “Angel is one of the most beautiful people I’ve ever met, and our friendship is still growing.”Of the potential of future collaborations, she added: “Our schedules are pretty crazy coming up, but I feel like this is just the beginning of working together.”Elsewhere in the Big Read cover feature, Van Etten discussed her experience filming The OA, saying she felt like an “imposter” on set.The singer-songwriter played Rachel DeGrasso in the Netflix series created by Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij.

Sharon Van Etten has discussed her experience filming The OA, saying she felt like an “imposter” on set.The singer-songwriter played Rachel DeGrasso in the Netflix series created by Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij. While there were plans for a five-season story, the show was cancelled after two seasons in 2019.Speaking to NME about her time in the series, Van Etten had some reservations about her performance.

Sharon Van Etten will share a new album called We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong on May 6 via Jagjagwuar. The rock singer-songwriter will take an untraditional approach to the release of her first full-length since 2019’s Remind Me Tomorrow, opting not to release any singles from the album.

Sharon Van Etten has today (April 6) shared details of her sixth studio album, ‘We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong’.The record will arrive on May 6 via Jagjaguwar and is set to explore “the questions we ask ourselves when we think the world – or at least, our world – might be ending”, according to a statement.It continued: “Have we loved as well as we could? Did we try hard enough? How do we protect the things most precious to us from destructive forces beyond our control? And how do we salvage something worthwhile when it seems all is lost?”You can watch the trailer for the new album below:Unlike Van Etten’s previous albums, there will be no single releases leading up to the album’s arrival.A statement confirmed that recently released singes ‘Porta‘ and ‘Used To It‘ will not appear on this album.Speaking about the album, Van Etten said: “I wanted to approach this release differently, to engage my fans in an intentional way, in an effort to present the album as a whole body of work.“These ten songs are designed to be listened to in order, at once, so that a much larger story of hope, loss, longing and resilience can be told.”Speaking about the album’s cover, Van Etten added: “I wanted to convey that in an image with me walking away from it all…not necessarily brave, not necessarily sad, not necessarily happy.”‘We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong’ tracklist:01. ‘Darkness Fades’ 02. ‘Home to Me’ 03.

Sharon Van Etten and Julien Baker are set to cover Nine Inch Nails and Smashing Pumpkins on a seven-inch single for the comic book series What’s the Furthest Place From Here?Each issue of the series, written by Matthew Rosenberg and illustrated by Tyler Boss, has been soundtracked by a seven-inch, with Van Etten and Baker to appear on the accompanying vinyl for the forthcoming seventh issue, due out September 14.The single will feature a cover of Nine Inch Nails’ ‘Hurt’ by Van Etten, which she previously covered in 2020 for Suicide Prevention Month, and Baker’s rendition of ‘1979’ by Smashing Pumpkins. Preorders are available now via the Image Comics website.“Having Julien Baker and Sharon Van Etten record songs is really beyond anything we could have hoped for,” Rosenberg said in a press statement.“Tyler and I regularly listen to both of their work while making this book, so having them provide the actual soundtrack for the issue has been really surreal in the best possible way.”The comic, described as a “post-apocalyptic coming-of-age series”, is a blend of sci-fi, fantasy and comedy, with music a large feature throughout (it was named after a lyric from Jawbreaker’s ‘Accident Prone’).

Earlier this month, Sharon Van Etten shared "Porta," her first single of the new year. Today, she followed it with "Used To It," another slow-burning but ultimately triumphant track.

Sharon Van Etten has shared her latest single ‘Used To It’ – you can hear the new track below.The song marks Van Etten’s second solo release of 2022, following on from last month’s ‘Porta’.Speaking about ‘Used To It’, which was originally written for the score for the 2020 HBO documentary Baby God, Van Etten explained: “Ultimately, the film team changed their musical direction, but I found myself welcomely challenged to the idea of writing a song about the concept of family, connection through blood, nature vs. nurture, while attempting to incorporate ideas of love and the complexities of science and technology.“I am grateful for this song to be able to have a new life, relating more to the times we have all been living through and redefining the meaning of this song by focusing on the positives of seeking connection and understanding what family means to the individual.”The track’s accompanying video, which you can see above, was created by Van Etten’s musical director and bandmate Charley Damski, and features the dancer and choreographer Hayden J Frederick.Van Etten said of the clip: “Together, they helped me convey the feelings of internal struggles, while also finding space for oneself and embracing that pain in order to move on.” Van Etten will head out on a UK and European tour this summer.

Sharon Van Etten has shared her new single ‘Porta’ and announced a set of UK tour dates – you can check out both below.The track is Van Etten’s first new music release of 2022, and it follows on from her May 2021 team-up with Angel Olsen on ‘Like I Used To’.Produced by Van Etten (vocals, synths, drum machines) and Daniel Knowles (synths), and backed by her live band of Jorge Balbi (drums), Charley Damski (guitars) and Devin Hoff (bass), ‘Porta’ was written in 2020, Van Etten says, “at one of my lowest lows”.“For most of my adult life I have struggled with bouts of depression and anxiety and coping mechanisms, and I sometimes let those dark moments get the best of me,” she explained in a statement. “During this time I felt very dissociated.

Sharon Van Etten has shared her cover of the Velvet Underground‘s ‘Femme Fatale’ – you can listen to her rendition of the track below.The song is the latest preview of ‘I’ll Be Your Mirror – A Tribute To The Velvet Underground & Nico’, a covers album honouring the Velvet Underground’s 1967 debut album which is set for release on September 24.Van Etten is among the featured artists who have contributed to the record, which also includes covers by St.

Sharon Van Etten joined Angel Olsen on stage at Chicago’s Pitchfork Music Festival last night (September 11) – scroll down to watch footage now.The annual festival made its return to the city’s Union Park this weekend (September 10-12), celebrating Pitchfork’s 15th anniversary.Olsen headlined the Red Stage on Saturday and closed out her performance by bringing Van Etten on with her.“This last song, I’m gonna bring out one of my favourite singers, one of the kindest I’ve ever met in the music industry, Sharon Van Etten,” she told the crowd. The pair played their recent duet ‘Like I Used To’ to finish the performance.

Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen performed their collaborative track ‘Like I Used To’ on US TV last night – check out the video below.The two singer-songwriters joined forces to record the John Congleton-produced single earlier this year.Van Etten and Olsen were introduced as musical guests by guest host David Spade on last night’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live (August 9). The duo then played a stripped-back version of ‘Like I Used To’, which saw them play acoustic guitars in a dark studio space.The new take on the collaboration was later officially released on streaming platforms, which you can listen to below.“Stripping songs back like we used to,” Olsen wrote on Instagram while announcing the release.