Kristen Stewart Joins Lord Huron On New Song “Who Laughs Last?”

Kristen Stewart has been a movie star since what, Panic Room? Stewart is 34 years old, and she’s been in the public eye for most of her life. We know that she likes music. She played Joan Jett in the Runaways biopic. She’s appeared in music videos for Interpol, the Rolling Stones, and Jenny Lewis, and she’s directed videos for Chvrches and boygenius. She’s got a Pinegrove tattoo. As far as we know, though, K-Stew hasn’t really tried to make music until this moment, when she’s got a new song with Los Angeles folkateers Lord Huron.

Lord Huron’s new single “Who Laughs Last?” has vocals from Kristen Stewart, who also appeared in the Tony Wilson-directed video. The song arrives just as Lord Huron announce a huge tour, including venues like Madison Square Garden and the Forum. At different points on that run, they’ll play shows with Waxahatchee, Feist, Kevin Morby, Indigo De Souza, Lee Fields, and S.G. Goodman.

As for “Who Laughs Last?,” it doesn’t actually have Kristen Stewart singing. Instead, she does some cool echo-drenched spoken-word whispering, like a narrator in a noir film, while Ben Schneider does the actual belting. The song is a propulsive, riff-driven rocker with a lot of atmospheric synth action. The video goes for neon-drenched surrealism, and it benefits enormously from a star presence like Stewart. Here’s what Schneider says about the collab:

I didnʼt know Kristen previously, but Iʼd been a big fan since seeing her work with Olivier Assayas, which my wife introduced me to. I kept hearing her voice when I was writing this song and just thought “what the hell, Iʼll reach out and see,” thinking it was a long shot. But she said she was interested, so we met up and hit it off talking about books, movies and music. She immediately got what I was going for and had great ideas to boot. Sheʼs just a great person and so creative and open. She added a lot to the video concept, as well. It was the kind of collaboration you dream of, honestly.

And here’s what Stewart says:

Iʼve always loved the band and immediately sparked to the manic drift of the song and to the mood. I love when a song is something you can kind of seep into and imagine. Ben is the nicest, I was so into reading his words… thereʼs nothing like making new friends through projects like these that just crop up. Lucky stuff.

Below, check out the “Who Laughs Last?” video and Lord Huron’s many upcoming tour dates.

TOUR DATES:
4/26 – Charleston, NC @ Highwater Festival
5/22 – Reno, NV @ The Grand Theatre at Grand Sierra Resort *
5/23 – Boise, ID @ Outlaw Field at the Idaho Botanical Garden *
5/25 – Missoula, MT @ KettleHouse Amphitheater *
5/26 – Missoula, MT @ KettleHouse Amphitheater *
5/28 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre *
5/29 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre *
5/31 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Sandy Amphitheater *
6/01 – Denver, CO @ Outside Festival
7/18 – Indianapolis, IN @ Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park ^
7/19-20 – Chicago, IL @ Fairgrounds at Salt Shed ^
7/22 – Minneapolis, MN @ Armory %
7/23 @ Milwaukee, WI Miller High Life Theatre %
7/25-26 – Nashville, TN @ The Pinnacle %
7/27 – Atlanta, GA @ Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park %
7/29 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion #
7/30 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden #
8/01 – Philadelphia, PA @ TD Pavillion at The Mann %
8/03 – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway %
8/05 – Raleigh, NC @ Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek %
8/07 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE Outdoors) @
8/08 – Columbus, OH @ KEMBA Live! Outdoor @
8/09 – Rochester Hills, MI @ Meadow Brook Amphitheatre @
9/04 – Oslo, NO @ Sentrum Scene
9/05 – Stockholm, SE @ Annexet
9/06 – Copenhagen, DK @ Poolen
9/08 – Berlin, DE @ Tempodrom
9/09 – Warsaw, PL @ Stodola
9/10 – Vienna, AT @ Gasometer
9/11 – Zurich, CH @ Halle 622
9/13 – Paris, FR @ L’Olympia
9/14 – Utrecht, NL @ TivoliVredenburg – Ronda
9/15 – Cologne, DE @ E-Werk
9/16 – Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique
9/18 – Bristol, UK @ Bristol Beacon
9/19 – London, UK @ Eventim Apollo
9/20 – Glasgow, UK @ O2 Academy Glasgow
9/21 – Manchester, UK @ O2 Apollo Manchester
10/15 – Berkeley, CA @ Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley !
10/17 – Portland, OR @ Moda Center !
10/8 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena !
10/19 – Spokane, WA @ Spokane Pavilion !
10/21 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Union Event Center !
10/23 – Omaha, NE @ Steelhouse Omaha !
10/24 – St. Louis, MO @ Chaifetz Arena !
10/15 – Independence, MO @ Cable Dahmer Arena !
10/27 – Irving, TX @ The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory !
10/29 – Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall !
10/30 – Austin, TX @ Moody Center $
11/01 – Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Financial Theatre $
11/02 – Los Angeles, CA @ Kia Forum $

* with Molly Lewis
^ with Indigo De Souza
% with Lee Fields
# with Waxahatchee
@ with S.G. Goodman
! with Kevin Morby
$ with Feist
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Artist presale for the new Lord Huron dates, the ones from July on, 1/28 at 1PM. For everyone else, tickets are on sale 1/31 at 10AM.