Who’s the Clown?, the highly-anticipated debut album from Audrey Hobert, is out today via RCA Records. The official, self-directed music video for “Thirst Trap” also premieres today.
The album and its singles “Sue me,” “Bowling alley,” and “Wet Hair” are already receiving enthusiastic critical acclaim:
“With ‘Sue me,’ Hobert hits a home run right out the gate, a fearless, capital-P pop song that will be stuck in your head all summer. And she’s just getting started…It’s not Audrey Hobert Summer. It’s Audrey Hobert’s World…she, even one song in, has already established what will soon become known as the Audrey Hobert touch: straightforward, arresting lyrics (a throwback to her anti-poetry days) that don’t take themselves too seriously.”—NYLON
“While stans across the internet are scavenging for this year’s song of the summer, Audrey makes a stellar case with ‘Sue me’ and its self-directed music video. The buzzing indie sleaze-influenced production bridged with Audrey’s careless confessionals are giving pop the fresh take it’s been craving.”—Cosmopolitan
“Even the album’s construction mimics theater: Hobert outlines her lyrics like monologues, editing them for clarity and rhythm until the story and melody lock into place.”—W Magazine
Fans have eagerly anticipated a full-length project after the breakout success of Audrey’s debut single, “Sue me.” Delivered with a self-directed video seen over 850,000 times, the song has been streamed more than 33 million times worldwide and has seen explosive viral success in the weeks since release. Audrey’s run of live debuts in June saw sold-out nights in New York, Los Angeles and London.
Audrey has been hard at work on her own music for the past year with production partner Ricky Gourmet. Who’s the Clown? represents Audrey’s exploration of her own creative vision, as it is the first collection of songs that she ever wrote for herself. The album’s cover and title came to her upon waking up one early morning, and the rest was created over long hours spent at her desk, in the Notes app of her phone, on a walk, or at a coffee shop table.
A lifelong singer, musical theatre devotee and dancer, Audrey got her first taste of songwriting when childhood best friend and then-roommate Gracie Abrams pulled Audrey into the making of her album, The Secret of Us. Together, they wrote some of Gracie’s standouts like “I Love You, I’m Sorry” and “Risk”—for which Audrey directed the music videos—as well as current global hit “That’s So True.” Following that project, she signed a publishing deal which put on pause her plans to pursue TV writing. As she began writing, she realized the music was undeniably her own, and the project was born. Today, it’s yours, too.
AUDREY HOBERT—WHO’S THE CLOWN?
Album art, credit Lenne Chai
1. I like to touch people
2. Sue me
3. Drive
4. Wet Hair
5. Bowling alley
6. Thirst Trap
7. Chateau
8. Sex and the city
9. Shooting star
10. Don’t go back to his ass
11. Phoebe
12. Silver Jubilee
