- 2025-07-22
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MUSIC
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Jehnny Beth Premieres New Song “No Good for People” on BBC Radio 6
London-based French singer-songwriter Jehnny Beth will release her sophomore album “You Heartbreaker, You” on August 29, 2025.
It is her first solo album in five years since the 2020 album “TO LOVE IS TO LIVE”.
From the album, Jehnny Beth premiered a new song “No Good for People” on BBC Radio 6 Music with Steve Lamacq
The song is the third single off of the album, following “Obsession” and “Broken Rib”.
It was written and produced by Jehnny Beth and Johnny Hostile. Also they directed an accompanying music video.
Jehnny Beth said of the song, “The idea of the song came as I re-watched the first season of True Detective. 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.”- She said of the video, “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. 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!!).”
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The new album comprises nine tracks, which she recorded and produced with longtime collaborator Johnny Hostile at their 20L07 studio in France.
Jehnny Beth said of the album, “'YOU HEARTBREAKER, YOU' started shaping while onstage, nothing too clear at first - just knowing that it had to start with a scream. Not a plaintive cry, not a metaphor—just something simple, and real. Johnny and I started to experiment in the studio. Because it's never as complicated as we think it is.”
She added, “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.”
Background photo by Johnny Hostile - source : BBC Radio 6
