Liz Phair's new song imagines Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson's life

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Liz Phair was set to release Soberish, her first new album since 2010's Funstyle, last year, but the pandemic upended those plans. We got a glimpse of what was to come with her 2019 single “Good Side,” and now Phair’s shared a brand new song off her upcoming record.
“Hey Lou” finds Phair imagining what legendary rock couple Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson’s relationship must’ve been like, sung from Anderson’s perspective – with a very catchy chorus, to boot. You can see Phair’s signature observational wit in the lyrics, as she imagines Anderson lovingly keeping Reed in check while he’s “acting like an asshole, spilling all the drinks, talking shit about Warhol.”