Vincent's seventh album covers the agony and the ecstasy of what it means to be alive. Annie Clark, the singer, songwriter and producer better known to the world as St. Vincent, is as quick with a joke as she is with a slick beat. Why not? I consider myself a very measured optimist because I think it can be very overwhelming. But we get to do it. The agony and ecstasy that comes with merely existing is a topic Clark, 41, dives deep into on her seventh studio album All Born Screaming out now.
Here, the singer, who will hit the road on tour in May, August and September across North America, unpacks her bold new record, which features assists from musicians like Dave Grohl and Cate Le Bon, and talks friendships with stars like Taylor Swift and Olivia Rodrigo. I think I, like so many of us over the past few years, lost people I love. Music is the place where I go, and I take all of the chaos and violence and madness and beauty of the external world and my internal world and hash it out and make something from it, and make something that makes sense to me.
In records past I was more interested with the idea of persona, with the idea of iconography and what is authenticity in a world where we are all asked to perform a version of ourselves as a digital avatar? I used that idea in records past to liberate myself from certain circumstances. But on this one, I just wanted it to sound and genuinely be as raw as possible. My favorite records, I don't care what the artist was going through. This song is uniquely for me. They took a song that was, what?
Almost four records ago now, that was not a single off a record. She made a great record. No, that. No, this one. I think listeners are smart. Vincent production. Entertainment Music Pop Music. By Rachel DeSantis. Rachel DeSantis. People Editorial Guidelines. Related Articles. Newsletter Sign Up.
