IAN SWEET & Porridge Radio present "Everyone's A Superstar" collab via Abbey Road Studios x Pitchfork London series
On IAN SWEET's latest trip to London following her release of SUCKER in Fall 2023, she was invited to the legendary Abbey Road Studios as part of their annual Amplify x Pitchfork London series to write and record with her old friends, Porridge Radio, resulting in their stirring new collaboration “Everyone's A Superstar.” She explains:
"We all went into this day with no expectations but also wide eyes and a lot of excitement! To be at Abbey Road was a dream, and to be reunited with Porridge Radio was also a dream, so it was so fun to see our old friends again in a totally new context and to make something special together. We all clicked in a really magical way right off the bat. Everyone sort of took their places and fit in where they had to. We came out of it with something I feel so proud of, and something I never knew would exist. Writing with Dana and seeing her process as a lyricist was really enlightening as well. It had been a long time since I’d written lyrics with someone else…I was excited to see where her mind went and how our two styles found one unique voice together." - Jilian Medford (IAN SWEET)
Porridge Radio adds:
Porridge Radio adds: “It was amazing to come into a room of 7 musicians with absolutely no idea what was going to happen and lock-in together to write and record a song that we actually all love in one day. Creatively it was so exciting and such a fun process and we’re so proud of what we made.” - Dana Margolin (Porridge Radio)
This new release furthers Jilian's resounding ability to “lean into high-adrenaline hooks and poignant self-reflection with confidence and grit” (Pitchfork). Listen to the track and watch the behind-the-scenes of the session below.
IAN SWEET supports Nation of Language across the US throughout June before heading to Europe later this fall - all tickets on sale now.