Lauran Hibberd

Lauran Hibberd (born July 8, 1997) is an English singer-songwriter from the Isle of Wight.

Lauran Hibberd
Born (1997-07-08) 8 July 1997
Isle of Wight
GenresIndie rock, Indie folk
Instrumentsvocals, guitar
Years active2015 (2015)–present
LabelsBe-Known, Dew Process
Websitewww.lauranhibberd.com

Biography

Hibberd started writing songs when she was 14,[1] and playing the guitar at 15[2], later telling Music Week "I write two songs a week, I always have".[3]

She studied at Platform One College of Music in Newport, instead of going to sixth form,[4] graduating in 2015 with the equivalent of 3 A* grades at A level.[5] Her first single, The House I Built When I Was Small, was released in December of that year. It was played by Tom Robinson on BBC Radio 6 Music, and featured on the in-store playlists for Harrods and Costa Coffee in January 2016.[6]

Her early work was influenced by indie-folk artists such as Laura Marling, Feist and Lucy Rose,[7] but when she started recording with producers Boe Weaver, she was encouraged to listen to the music of Weezer and "fell in love with the way stories are conveyed, like conversations[8]". From then on, her music began to move in a more indie-pop direction. In an Instagram Live broadcast on 22nd March 2020, Hibberd disowned her earlier work, jokingly comparing a reference to her Favourite Shade of Blue EP to the practice of deadnaming.

Her breakout hit was "Call Shotgun", which was playlisted on BBC Radio 1 in August 2018.[9] This led to her playing the BBC Introducing stage at the Glastonbury Music Festival in 2019. She has accompanied US bands Hippo Campus and The Regrettes on the European legs of their tours, in addition to her own headline national tours.

In February 2020, UK Music announced that Hibberd would be included in the British Music Embassy line up at the 2020 South by Southwest Festival[10], though this was subsequently cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hibberd's music has often been described as "slacker pop".[11]

Discography

EPs
  • Favourite Shade of Blue (2017)
  • Everything Is Dogs (2019)

Singles
  • The House I Built When I Was Small (2015)
  • I Don't Like It When You Smile (2016)
  • Old Head, Young Shoulders (2017)
  • Eliza (2017)
  • Hunny Is This What Adults Do? (2017)
  • Fun Like This (2018)
  • Call Shotgun (2018)
  • What Do Girls Want? (2018)
  • Sugardaddy (2019)
  • Hoochie (2019)
  • Frankie's Girlfriend (2019)
  • Shark Week (2019)
  • Sweat Patch (2019)
  • Molly's Lips (2019)[note 1]
  • Bang Bang Bang (2020)
  • Old Nudes (2020)[note 2]

Notes
  1. Cover of song by The Vaselines, sent exclusively to mailing list members.
  2. Also released in an acoustic version
gollark: The only way it might be a good thing is if it prepares us better for more pandemics.
gollark: The UK's response has been quite bad too, so I'm worried.
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gollark: Sure? But never underestimate the patience of people doing stupid things.
gollark: Ah yes.

References
  1. "Interview with the up-and-coming Lauran Hibberd". Palatinate.
  2. "Rising Stars: Lauran Hibberd's brand of joyous slacker indie pop will light up 2020". Daily Star.
  3. "On The Radar: Lauran Hibberd". www.musicweek.com.
  4. "Lauran Hibberd is on the rise". The Line of Best Fit.
  5. "Platform One College of Music pupils achieve fantastic results". On the Wight.
  6. White, Matt (4 December 2015). "Harrods likes Lauran". Isle of Wight County Press.
  7. "Lauran Hibberd music, videos, stats, and photos". Last.fm.
  8. "Track by Track: Lauran Hibberd - Everything is Dogs". Dork.
  9. "The BBC Radio 1 & 1Xtra Playlists: Friday 3rd August 2018". BBC. July 31, 2018.
  10. "British Music Embassy reveals full SXSW lineup". www.musicweek.com.
  11. "Slacker pop queen Lauran Hibberd drops "Sweat Patch"". The Line of Best Fit.
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