{"id":2421945,"date":"2026-05-18T15:39:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T15:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2421945"},"modified":"2026-05-18T15:39:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T15:39:49","slug":"blondshell-launches-new-era-with-bruising-single-heart-has-to-work-so-hard-and-biggest-uk-european-and-north-american-tour-to-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/blondshell-launches-new-era-with-bruising-single-heart-has-to-work-so-hard-and-biggest-uk-european-and-north-american-tour-to-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Blondshell launches new era with bruising single &#8216;Heart Has To Work So Hard&#8217; and biggest UK, European and North American tour to date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/blondshell\">Blondshell<\/a> has dropped new single \u2018Heart Has To Work So Hard\u2019 and shared news of her biggest UK, European and North American tour dates yet \u2013 check below for all the details.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/the-cover\/blondshell-05-06-2023-3451571\">Live Through This: Blondshell\u2019s fearless debut is one of 2023\u2019s finest<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Los Angeles musician \u2013 real name Sabrina Teitelbaum \u2013 dropped the song as the first taste of an upcoming album.<\/p>\n<p>Employing her signature monotone and stirring lyrics, the track mimics the sound of an overworked heart and charts the fallout of a fraying friendship: \u201c<em>You give me paws \/ You get me scaring strangers \/ You get me criticising \/ You make this feel like labour \/ My heart has to work so hard when you\u2019re around<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Teitelbaum said the song was about \u201cgetting stuck in a dynamic\u201d coloured by betrayal. \u201cIt\u2019s about pain and confusion,\u201d she explained. \u201cNo one trains you for the ups and downs of a friendship between two women, but it\u2019s also about a love so enduring that you find compassion no matter what.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Blondshell - Heart Has To Work So Hard (Official Visualizer)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5qX3xsr5zlQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The track marks her first new music since the release of last year\u2019s \u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/blondshell-if-you-asked-for-a-picture-review-3859912\">If You Asked For A Picture<\/a>\u2018 and companion release \u2018Another Picture\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018If You Asked For A Picture\u2019\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/blondshell-if-you-asked-for-a-picture-review-3859912\">earned a four-star review from\u00a0<i>NME<\/i><\/a>, which described the songs as \u201cstill as sharp and impactful, but focused more on the spaces in between her stories than the plots themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her latest single also coincides with news of a new headline tour of North America, Europe and the UK, with Blondshell\u2019s stateside dates kicking off October 14 in San Diego, and wrapping on November 7 in Boston.<\/p>\n<p>From there, she will go on to play her biggest ever UK headline to date at London\u2019s Roundhouse in December, and will be joined by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/bully\">Bully<\/a>, Starcleaner Reunion, Prewn, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/ttssfu\">TTSSFU<\/a>, and Theatre across select dates.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets go on sale this Friday (May 22) at 10am local time. You can find yours <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blondshellmusic.com\/tour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>, as well as a full list of dates below.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_3946018\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3946018\" style=\"width: 2000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3946018\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blondshell\u2019s 2026 tour poster. CREDIT: PRESS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Blondshell\u2019s 2026 tour dates are:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>June:<\/strong><br \/><strong>14 \u2013 Bonnaroo Music &amp; Arts Festival \u2013 Manchester, TN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>July:<\/strong><br \/><strong>2 \u2013 Summerfest \u2013 Milwaukee, WI<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>August:<\/strong><br \/><strong>8- Maha Festival \u2013 Omaha, NE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>October:<\/strong><br \/><strong>14 \u2013 Observatory North Park \u2013 San Diego, CA @<\/strong><br \/><strong>16 \u2013 The Wiltern \u2013 Los Angeles, CA @%<\/strong><br \/><strong>17 \u2013 Castro Theatre \u2013 San Francisco, CA @<\/strong><br \/><strong>19 \u2013 Crystal Ballroom \u2013 Portland, OR @<\/strong><br \/><strong>20 \u2013 Showbox SoDo \u2013 Seattle, WA @<\/strong><br \/><strong>23 \u2013 Varsity \u2013 Minneapolis, MN $<\/strong><br \/><strong>24 \u2013 Vic Theater \u2013 Chicago, IL $<\/strong><br \/><strong>27 \u2013 Danforth Music Hall \u2013 Toronto, ON $<\/strong><br \/><strong>28 \u2013 Beanfield Theatre \u2013 Montreal, QC $<\/strong><br \/><strong>31 \u2013 Union Transfer \u2013 Philadelphia, PA $<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>November:<\/strong><br \/><strong>3 \u2013 9:30 Club \u2013 Washington, DC $<\/strong><br \/><strong>6 \u2013 Terminal 5 \u2013 New York, NY $\u2260<\/strong><br \/><strong>7 \u2013 House of Blues \u2013 Boston, MA $<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>December:<\/strong><br \/><strong>6 \u2013 Melkweg \u2013 Amsterdam, NL #<\/strong><br \/><strong>7 \u2013 Metropol \u2013 Berlin, DE #<\/strong><br \/><strong>8 \u2013 Ancienne Belgique \u2013 Brussels, BE #<\/strong><br \/><strong>10 \u2013 La Gait\u00e9 Lyrique \u2013 Paris, FR #<\/strong><br \/><strong>12 \u2013 O2 Ritz \u2013 Manchester, UK #<\/strong><br \/><strong>13 \u2013 The Old Fruitmarket \u2013 Glasgow, UK #<\/strong><br \/><strong>15 \u2013 Roundhouse \u2013 London, EN #<\/strong><br \/><strong>17 \u2013 The Academy \u2013 Dublin, IE *<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>% w\/ support from Bully<\/strong><br \/><strong>@ w\/ support from Starcleaner Reunion<\/strong><br \/><strong>$ w\/ support from Prewn<\/strong><br \/><strong># w\/ support from TTSSFU<\/strong><br \/><strong>* w\/ support from Theatre<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2260 w\/ support from NoSo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last year,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/features\/music-features\/blondshell-interview-if-you-ask-for-a-picture-3858816\"><i>NME <\/i><\/a><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/features\/music-features\/blondshell-interview-if-you-ask-for-a-picture-3858816\">spoke to Teitelbaum about her second album, \u2018If You Asked For A Picture\u2019<\/a> and the transition away from the searingly confessional tone of her self-titled 2023 debut. \u201cI think I feel pretty masculine as a person, and my relationship with gender has been somewhat complicated,\u201d she told us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the first album, I wanted to show people who I was for the first time, and so it was important for me to really hit you over the head with it so that you understood who I am and how I feel inside. With this album, I realised that the idea I had that softness would cancel out my masculinity isn\u2019t true. Not every moment of my life is spent being angry.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blondshell has dropped new single \u2018Heart Has To Work So Hard\u2019 and shared news of her biggest UK, European and North American tour dates yet \u2013 check below for all the details. 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