{"id":444006,"date":"2026-05-11T22:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T22:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/444006\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T22:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T22:59:08","slug":"rostam-and-clairo-reunite-on-new-song-hardy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/444006\/","title":{"rendered":"Rostam and Clairo Reunite on New Song \u201cHardy\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/12072-rostam-batmanglij\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rostam<\/a> Batmanglij produced <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/clairo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Clairo<\/a>\u2019s 2019 debut <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/clairo-immunity\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Immunity<\/a>, and together they crafted the masterpiece (and <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/features\/lists-and-guides\/best-songs-2019\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">third best song of that year<\/a>) that is \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/tracks\/clairo-bags\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bags<\/a>.\u201d Seven years later, the pair has reunited for the latest single from Rostam\u2019s forthcoming album <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/rostam-details-tour-and-first-album-in-5-years\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">American Stories<\/a>. Titled after the late French chanteuse <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/14604-francoise-hardy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fran\u00e7oise Hardy<\/a>, \u201cHardy\u201d is built around a sample of Georges Delerue\u2019s score from Truffaut\u2019s Day for Night. Below, watch an accompanying video directed by <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/antonymuse?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&amp;igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/antonymuse?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&amp;igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/antonymuse?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&amp;igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Antony Muse<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In press materials, Rostam described \u201cHardy\u201d as \u201ca song about looking forward and looking back. Ultimately, I hope it\u00a0leaves you with some feeling of hope for the future.\u201d He continued: \u201cI\u2019m so happy Claire could make a guest appearance and sing her own section of the song\u2014I\u00a0have always loved the way her voice communicates optimism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>American Stories is out this Friday, May 15. The day prior, Rostam will share American Stories: A Concert Film, a full live performance video also helmed by Muse, to YouTube. His <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/rostam-details-tour-and-first-album-in-5-years\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">North American tour<\/a> kicks off later this month, followed by a short run of European shows in September. Clairo released her last album, <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/clairo-charm\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Charm<\/a>, in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Read about \u201cBags\u201d at No. 123 in <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/features\/lists-and-guides\/the-200-best-songs-of-the-2010s\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rostam Batmanglij produced Clairo\u2019s 2019 debut Immunity, and together they crafted the masterpiece (and third best song of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444007,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60,644],"class_list":["post-444006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}