{"id":1547399,"date":"2026-01-13T23:25:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T20:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1547399"},"modified":"2026-01-13T23:25:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T20:25:01","slug":"charlotte-cornfield-announces-merge-debut-hurts-like-hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1547399","title":{"rendered":"Charlotte Cornfield Announces Merge Debut Hurts Like Hell"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Toronto songwriter\u2019s sixth album features vocals from Buck Meek, Feist, Christian Lee Hutson, and Maia Friedman<\/div>\n
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Charlotte Cornfield has signed to Merge Records, the Toronto singer-songwriter announced on Tuesday, January 13. Hurts Like Hell<\/em>, her sixth album and first on the label, arrives March 27. Check out the artwork and Scott Jacobson-directed video for the title track\u2014which features vocals by Big Thief\u2019s Buck Meek\u2014below.<\/p>\n

In addition to Meek, Cornfield recruited Feist, Christian Lee Hutson, and Maia Friedman to sing backup across the follow-up to her 2023 alt-folk project Could Have Done Anything. Hurts Like Hell<\/em> was produced by Philip Weinrobe.<\/p>\n

In 2025, Secretly Group\u2014the group behind Dead Oceans, Jagjaguwar, Saddest Factory, and Secretly Canadian\u2014acquired a 50 percent stake in Merge.<\/p>\n

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Hurts Like Hell<\/em>:<\/p>\n

01 Before
02 Hurts Like Hell
03 Lost Leader
04 Lucky
05 Living With It
06 Number
07 Squiddd
08 Kitchen
09 Long Game
10 Bloody and Alive<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

Source URL: http:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/charlotte-cornfield-signs-to-merge-announces-hurts-like-hell\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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