Kristen Stewart makes her recorded music debut with “Who Laughs Last?” a new collaboration with the L.A.-based band, Lord Huron.
Stewart drives the song with a spoken-word monologue delivered across several verses, her noir-ish tale of a long, searching, late-night drive floating over a propulsive groove. Stewart’s vocals are interrupted only when Lord Huron frontman Ben Schneider jumps in to deliver the wailing chorus, “I’m gonna leave that city far behind and get a long, long way from there/I’ve got a burning feeling deep inside of me and don’t know where to put it.”
“I’ve always loved the band and immediately sparked to the manic drift of the song and to the mood,” said Stewart, who also stars in the “Who Laughs Last?” music video, directed by Tony Wilson. “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…there’s nothing like making new friends through projects like these that just crop up. Lucky stuff.”
Schneider said he hadn’t known Stewart before reaching out to her about a collaboration, but was a big fan of her work, especially with filmmaker Olivier Assayas (like Clouds of Sils Maria and Personal Shopper). While Schneider was working on “Who Laughs Last?” he kept hearing Stewart’s voice and thought, “What the hell, I’ll reach out and see.”
He continued: “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. She’s 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.”
“Who Laughs Last?” marks Lord Huron’s first new song in two years, following “Ace Up My Sleeve,” which appeared in the 2023 film, The Starling Girl. The band’s most recent album, Long Lost, arrived in 2022.
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Lord Huron haven’t announced a follow-up to Long Lost yet, but they are set to spend much of this summer on a North American tour. The trek kicks off July 18 in Indianapolis, Indiana and wraps Nov. 2 at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles. Throughout the tour, they’ll receive support from Feist, Waxahatchee, Kevin Morby, Indigo De Souza, S.G. Goodman, and Lee Fields on select dates.
Tickets go on sale Jan. 31 at 10 a.m. local time, while an artist presale is set for Jan. 28 at 1 p.m. local time. Full info is available on Lord Huron’s website.
Lord Huron 2025 Tour Dates
July 18 – Indianapolis, IN @ Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park^
July 19 – Chicago, IL @ Fairgrounds at Salt Shed^
July 20 – Chicago, IL @ Fairgrounds at Salt Shed^
July 22 – Minneapolis, MN @ Armory%
July 23 – Milwaukee, WI @ Miller High Life Theatre%
July 25 – Nashville, TN @ The Pinnacle%
July 26 – Nashville, TN @ The Pinnacle%
July 27 – Atlanta, GA @ Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park%
July 29 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion#
July 30 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden#
Aug. 1 – Philadelphia, PA @ TD Pavillion at The Mann%
Aug. 3 – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway%
Aug. 5 – Raleigh, NC @ Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek%
Aug. 7 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE Outdoors@
Aug. 8 – Columbus, OH @ KEMBA Live! Outdoor@
Aug. 9 – Rochester Hills, MI @ Meadow Brook Amphitheatre@
Oct. 15 – Berkeley, CA @ Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley!
Oct. 17 – Portland, OR @ Moda Center!
Oct. 18 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena!
Oct. 19 – Spokane, WA @ Spokane Pavilion!
Oct. 21 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Union Event Center!
Oct. 23 – Omaha, NE @ Steelhouse Omaha!
Oct. 24 – St. Louis, MO @ Chaifetz Arena!
Oct. 25 – Independence, MO @ Cable Dahmer Arena!
Oct. 27 – Irving, TX @ The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory!
Oct. 29 – Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall!
Oct. 30 – Austin, TX @ Moody Center$
Nov. 1 – Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Financial Theatre$
Nov. 2 – Los Angeles, CA @ Kia Forum$
^ with Indigo De Souza
% with Lee Fields
# with Waxahatchee
@ with S.G. Goodman
! with Kevin Morby
$ with Feist
