Garden Song (Phoebe Bridgers song)

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"Garden Song"
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Single by Phoebe Bridgers
from the album Punisher
ReleasedFebruary 26, 2020 (2020-02-26)
Studio Sound City (Los Angeles, California) [1]
Genre Folk rock
Length3:40
Label Dead Oceans
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Phoebe Bridgers singles chronology
"Enough For Now"
(2020)		"Garden Song"
(2020)		"Kyoto"
(2020)
Music video
"Garden Song" on YouTube

"Garden Song" is a song by American singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers. It was released through Dead Oceans on February 26, 2020, as the lead single from Bridgers' second studio album, Punisher (2020).

Contents

Composition and lyrical interpretation

A folk rock ballad, [2] "Garden Song" was produced by Bridgers herself alongside Tony Berg and Ethan Gruska. [1] The song features a "wave of shimmery synths" and "delicate, crushing vocals", with its lyrics depicting "a scene from a fairytale, one that includes a house resting on a hill with thousands of roses (and probably a few ghosts)". [3] It has been described as "lush and wet" as well as "steeped in melancholy" as Bridgers "unravels past memories that anticipated growing up". [4] [5]

Bridgers stated that the song was about "manifesting things the more you think about stuff" as well as "[her] own growth". [6] The songwriting was stated to be "dreamlike and mundane", containing the lyrics: "The doctor put her hands over my liver / She told me my resentment's getting smaller". [4] It also references her native Pasadena, California. [4]

Music video

The music video for the song was released on the same day as the single, and it was directed by Bridgers' younger brother, Jackson. [7] It depicts Bridgers "kicking back in her bedroom, ripping on a bong and hanging out with fuzzy creatures", with an appearance by comedian Tig Notaro. [3] [8]

Critical reception

Writing for Consequence of Sound , Dan Weiss praised the complexity of the songwriting. [9] Deeming the song "an understated rumination on lost time and complicated nostalgia", Quinn Moreland of Pitchfork praised its "slight arrangement" and Bridgers' "humor and storytelling idiosyncrasies". [10] Pitchfork and The New York Times listed "Garden Song" as the ninth and sixteenth best song of 2020, respectively. [11] [12]

Charts

Chart (2020)Peak
position
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [13] 42

References

  1. 1 2 Russell, Scott (February 26, 2020). "Phoebe Bridgers Shares "Garden Song," Her First New Solo Single Since 2017". Paste . Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  2. ↑ DeVille, Chris (February 26, 2020). "Phoebe Bridgers – "Garden Song"". Stereogum . Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  3. 1 2 Martoccio, Angie (February 28, 2020). "Phoebe Bridgers, 'Garden Song': Song You Need to Know". Rolling Stone . Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 Petrusich, Amanda (May 17, 2020). "Phoebe Bridgers's Frank, Anxious Music" . The New Yorker . Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  5. ↑ Touros, Cyrena (February 26, 2020). "Hear Phoebe Bridgers' First Solo Release In Almost Three Years, 'Garden Song'". NPR . Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  6. ↑ Leas, Ryan (June 18, 2020). "Phoebe Bridgers 'Punisher' Interview: The Story Behind Every Song". Stereogum . Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  7. ↑ Moore, Sam (February 26, 2020). "Watch the trippy video for Phoebe Bridgers' new single 'Garden Song'". NME . Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  8. ↑ Martoccio, Angie (February 26, 2020). "Phoebe Bridgers Rips a Bong in 'Garden Song' Video". Rolling Stone . Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  9. ↑ Weiss, Dan (February 28, 2020). "Song of the Week: Phoebe Bridgers – Garden Song". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  10. ↑ Moreland, Quinn (February 26, 2020). ""Garden Song" by Phoebe Bridgers Review". Pitchfork . Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  11. ↑ "The 100 Best Songs of 2020". Pitchfork . December 7, 2020. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
  12. ↑ Pareles, Jon; Caramanica, Jon; Zoladz, Lindsay (December 7, 2020). "Best Songs of 2020" . The New York Times . Retrieved February 7, 2021.
  13. ↑ "Phoebe Bridgers Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
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