Following the announcement of her sophomore album You Heartbreaker, You earlier this year, songwriter, singer, and multi-disciplinary artist Jehnny Beth releases new single ‘No Good For People’. A distorted cacophony of synths, ‘No Good For People’ is the latest cut from her forthcoming new album, which comes August 29th on Fiction Records. Listen to ‘No Good For People’ HERE & watch the video HERE.
“The idea of the song came as I re-watched the first season of True Detective,” Jehnny said of the track. “There’s a scene at the end where the character played by Matthew McConaughey says that he can be hard to live with: “I don’t mean to, but I can be…critical. Sometimes I think I’m just not good for people…I wear them down”. It spoke to me because it questions the inability to coexist with others and the delicate balance where the truth can be heartbreaking.”
The track comes alongside a striking video co-directed by Jehnny and collaborator Johnny Hostile. “For this album, Johnny and I worked on the music and the visuals simultaneously. One moment we were recording in the studio, the next we were taking pictures, or making a t-shirt, one always informing the other,” Jehnny says of the video. “For the ‘No Good For People’ video we explored this idea of the double, how we can be two-faced sometimes, or want to hide our ugly side. It was made soon after David Lynch had died and somehow, when I watch it now, I can see a bit of his influence in the surrealistic aspects of some of the scenes (with blue curtains instead of red though!!)”.
Known for her ferocious live shows, Jehnny has announced a run of October headline dates through the UK and EU, including shows at Electrowerkz and The Camden Assembly in London on October 30th and 31st, respectively. More info HERE.
She has also just announced four Rough Trade in-store shows through September. Tickets for the shows can be purchased by pre-ordering the record from the individual stores.
Jehnny Beth Plays The Following 2025 Dates:
August
Wed 27th Sheffield, Rock N Roll Circus w/ QOTSA, Viagra Boys & More
Thu 28th Sheffield, Rock N Roll Circus w/ QOTSA, Viagra Boys & More
September
Mon 1st Liverpool, Rough Trade – (In-store show)
Tue 2nd Nottingham, Rough Trade – (In-store show)
Wed 3rd Bristol, Rough Trade – (In-store show)
Thu 4th London, Rough Trade East – (In-store show)
October
Sat 11th Tourcoing, Le Grand Mix, France
Mon 13th Paris, La Maroquinerie, France
Wed 15th Cologne, Helios37, Germany
Fri 17th Lyon, Marche Gare, France
Sat 18th Milan, Arci Bellezza, Italy
Mon 20th Dudigen, Bad Bonn Club, Switzerland
Tue 21st Zurich, Bogen F, Switzerland
Wed 22nd Munich, Strom, Germany
Fri 24th Prague, Subzero, Czech Republic
Sun 26th Berlin, Kantine am Berghain, Germany
Tue 28th Amsterdam, Bitterzoet, Netherlands
Thu 30th London, Electrowerkz, UK
Fri 31st London, The Camden Assembly, UK
Recorded and produced by longtime co-creator Johnny Hostile at their 20L07 studio in France, You Heartbreaker, You is visceral, abrasive and cathartic. “We’re living in a dark time, full of drama and barbarous tragedy. It became clear to me that, in these times, we either learn how to scream really well, or we learn how to whisper,” Jehnny says of the record.
Capturing the feeling of being broken in a broken world, where love still operates on a prehistoric level, You Heartbreaker, You is a radical work that cuts straight to the core: heart to heart.
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