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Lauran Hibberd has just shared ‘That Was A Joke’, another cut from her upcoming debut album. We’re fast approaching the Garageband Superstar era, with the album arriving 19 August on Virgin Music. She says the song “lives in a world of denial, and sometimes it’s better like that".

‘That Was A Joke’ is the very epitome of Lauran Hibberd’s Y2k movie soundtrack style – pop-rock tunes that belong on the opening credits of a teen movie or blasting on the biggest shows on Nickelodeon.

“I feel like it could be a soundtrack to an early noughties kids show but the references are too niche for the average Zoey 101 watcher,” she says. “It felt like a good track to leak, because I can always lean on the title to save my butt if no one likes it”.

See Lauran live in the UK throughout the summer and autumn:

July 2022

22 – Truck Festival

29 – Y Not Festival

30 – Camp Bestival

31 – Kendal Calling

August 2022

05 - Wide Skies & Butterflies Festival

September 2022

17 – Liverpool, Arts Club (Loft)

18 – Leeds, Brudenell Social Club

19 – Glasgow, King Tut’s

21 – Birmingham, Mama Roux’s

22 – Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach

23 – London, The Garage

24 – Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms

30 – Newport, Strings Bar & Venue

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More about: Lauran Hibberd