Two “Lost Boys” are better than one. True story. Just ask Phoebe Bridgers.
The California indie-rock presence is readying her return with a first album of solo material in six years, her third studio collection Lost Weekend (via Dead Oceans), due out Aug. 14.
Too long to wait? Well, Bridgers covered that off by performing album cut “Lost Boys” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, doing so with different arrangements on consecutive nights.
Without warning, Bridgers stopped by Fallon on Tuesday night to present the TV debut of “Lost Boys,” a refined alt-country number. Wearing an all-black ensemble, with her blonde hair styled with Hollywood glamor, Bridgers got the job done with a full band and a little help from some cute youngsters.
On it, she sings: “Lost boys / never grow up, never go home / lost boys / never spend their lunch money / lost boys / never grow up, never get old / lost boys, find me.”
On Wednesday night, Bridgers returned to the NBC studios for another hit of “Lost Boys,” this time an acoustic rendition. The second time around, Bridgers, seated with her three bandmates and none of the kids, gave “Lost Boys” some space to breathe. The acoustic cut hangs with a touch of melancholy.
Following her two-night stand on Fallon, “Lost Boys (Acoustic)” dropped on streaming platforms.
Bridgers last month teased the forthcoming 16-track LP with an Instagram post, and shared its phantasmic black, blue and green cover art with an abstract rendering of her face at the center.
The singer, songwriter and musician hasn’t released an album of her own since 2020’s Punisher, which peaked at No. 43 on the Billboard 200, a career best. Before that came debut LP Stranger in the Alps, which reached No. 82 on the all-genres chart.
Since Punisher, the four-time Grammy winner has kept busy with an opening stint on Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour — on which she and the pop superstar would also sing their Red (Taylor’s Version) duet, “Nothing New,” during the main set — as well as her work with Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker on boygenius.
Bridgers’ unannounced back-to-back stints stints on late night TV follow surprise pop-up shows across the United States in May, culminating with a sold-out show at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
According to reps, more than 300 global midnight album release parties will give fans an early listen to (and purchase of) Lost Weekend. For more details visit phoebebridgers.lnk.to/midnight-parties.
