Lauran Hibberd Explained

Lauran Amaly Hibberd
Birth Date:	8 July 1997
Birth Place:	Isle of Wight, England
Genre:	Slacker pop, rock
Instrument:	Vocals, guitar
Years Active:	–present

Lauran Amaly Hibberd^[1] (born 8 July 1997) is an English singer-songwriter from the Isle of Wight.

Biography

Hibberd started playing the guitar at the age of 14,^[2] later telling Music Week "I write two songs a week, I always have".^[3]

Her breakthrough track was "Call Shotgun", which was playlisted on BBC Radio 1 in August 2018.^[4] This led to her playing the BBC Introducing stage at the Glastonbury Music Festival in 2019. She has accompanied US bands Hippo Campus and The Regrettes on the European legs of their tours, in addition to her own headline national tours.

Hibberd's music has often been described as "slacker pop".^[5]

Discography

Albums

• Garageband Superstar (2022)
• Girlfriend Material (2024)

EPs

• ‘Favourite Shade of Blue’ (2017)
• Everything Is Dogs (2019)
• Goober (2021)

Singles

• "Fun Like This" (2018)
• "Call Shotgun" (2018)
• "What Do Girls Want?" (2018)
• "Sugardaddy" (2018)
• "Hoochie" (2019)
• "Frankie's Girlfriend" (2019)
• "Shark Week" (2019)
• "Sweat Patch" (2019)
• "Molly's Lips" (2019), cover of a song by the Vaselines, sent exclusively to mailing list members
• "Bang Bang Bang" (2020)
• "Old Nudes" (2020), also released in an acoustic version
• "Boy Bye" (2020), also released in an acoustic version
• "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (2020), cover of song originally performed by Brenda Lee
• "How Am I Still Alive" featuring Lydia Night (2021)
• "Bleugh" (2021)
• "Charlie's Car" (2021)
• "Still Running (5K)" featuring DJ Lethal (2022)
• "Step Mum" (2022)
• "I'm Insecure" (2022)
• "That Was a Joke" (2022)
• "Hot Boys" featuring Viji (2022)
• "Honda Civic" (2023)
• "I Suck At Grieving" (2023)
• "Mary" (2023)
• "Pretty Good For A Bad Day" featuring Alex Gaskarth (2024)
• "2nd prettiest girl (in the world)" (2024)^[6]
• "Jealous" (2024)

Notes and References

1. Web site: AVERAGE JOE . ASCAP . American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers . November 10, 2023.
2. Web site: Artist Spotlight: Lauran Hibberd. www.youtube.com.
3. Web site: On The Radar: Lauran Hibberd. www.musicweek.com.
4. Web site: The BBC Radio 1 & 1Xtra Playlists: Friday 3rd August 2018. July 31, 2018. BBC.
5. Web site: Slacker pop queen Lauran Hibberd drops "Sweat Patch". The Line of Best Fit.
6. https://ink19.com/2023/10/magazine/interviews/yxsbsf-lauran-hibberd#:~:text=In%20addition%20to%20%E2%80%9CHonda%20Civic%E2%80%9D%20and%20%E2%80%9CI%20Suck%20at%20Grieving%2C%E2%80%9D%20Hibberd%E2%80%99s%20current%20set%20list%20features%20another%20new%20track%2C%20her%20next%20single%2C%20%E2%80%9CMary%2C%E2%80%9D