Arlo Parks
@arloparks
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My Soft Machine, out now 🪁
London, England
Joined November 2018
dropping in to announce the birth of MY FIRST EVER PUBLISHED BOOK “The Magic Border: Poetry and Fragments from My Soft Machine”.
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uhhhhh im playing a stadium tomorrow… the last time i played in Dublin it was in a pub…thank you Mr Harry Styles.
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soooo today I’m playing a stadium!? thank you @Harry_Styles for your kindness n support, thank you Dublin for your open arms - I’m on at 7:15pm - be there be there be there 🥲❣️
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IM SUPPORTING MR @HARRY_STYLES IN DUBLIN!!!!? WE’RE TALKING STADIUM BABY!!! I’m still pinching myself, I still can’t believe this is real…thank you Harry for letting me share the stage with you 🥲🥲🥲🥲
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I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many people in one place at one time. Dublin you threw your arms wide open for me and I whirled my way into them. Thank you Harry you are the sweetest and more hardworking of hearts - this was a real life changer ❣️❣️. 📷 Gabriella Hughes
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I won the 2021 Hyundai @MercuryPrize!!! These moments are always so complicated to describe but right now I feel this warm, heavy sense of happiness deep inside - my heart is still pounding, I still keep welling up randomly, this means an awful awful lot to me.
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Pegasus is out now!!!! @phoebe_bridgers you are one of the most intelligent & generous creative forces we have, I have cried to Funeral on many floors, I have screamed sung along to Motion Sickness on countless road trips, I have been in love with what you make since I was 17.
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this feels like the biggest secret I’ve ever had to hold in but I can finally announce that my sophomore album “My Soft Machine” will be released on 26th May 2023!!
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Pegasus is out on May 10th featuring Sir @phoebe_bridgers. Pre-save it now (there will be tears) 🧑🏾🌾
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This year I’ve had some really life changing moments alongside friends (Florence, Ella, Claire, Phoebe, Harry and Billie thank you so much for sharing your wisdom and your stages with me).
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listening to Sufjan Stevens n eating cheese from a bag. It gets like that.
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Phoebe! Your star burns so so bright! Thank you for having me in this most special of @coachella moments - stomping about in our matching shoes, screaming, raging and giggling - I’ll never forget that 🦇🦇
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three little peas on a big big Pyramid stage 🌞 thank you Claire, thank you Ella, thank you @Glastonbury Festivals. You guys rock . @Lorde @Clairo
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I’VE BEEN NOMINATED FOR 3 @BRITs AWARDS!!!! Best New Artist, MasterCard Album of the Year & British Female Solo Artist 🙀😧 All I know is that I wouldn’t be here without my team, my family, every single person who’s played my tunes in their cars, bedrooms, kitchens & living rooms
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Japan has genuinely been one of the most layered, gorgeous places I’ve ever visited. Pickled plum onigiri from 711, good people good coffee, cedar baths, dense forests, record shopping - it’s been life changing.
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had a lovely time accompanying my prince @phoebe_bridgers for a @philytaggart piano session on @BBCR1 - I’m permantently in awe of her angel voice - checkit now 💌.
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ACT II / COWBOY CARTER!! .YA YA co-written by me alongside the homies @cadenza , @HrryEdwrdsMusic , Giift being a part of this rich, culture shifting record truly feels like a dream come true…thank you Mariel for the trust, @Beyonce you are truly a FORCE - this is SPECIAL ⭐️
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you’ve changed my life for the better. happy 1 year little blue stargazer.
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Last night I won Best Breakthrough Artist at the @brits and then 20 minutes later I performed Hope!!! At the literal o2 arena!!! Every single cell in my body was electrified as I looked out to see all these faces smiling back at me after over a year without performing.
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jus a reminder that we are literally mid pandemic rn and you cannot expect yourself to be excellent 24/7!.
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Collapsed in Sunbeams made it to number 3 on the UK charts!!! As an independent artist this means the world n the damn stars to me - thank you thank you for making this happen 🥺
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Collapsed in Sunbeams is out!!! Right now!!!! I don’t know what to say? or how to be!? 💐 Giving thanks to my parents, my brother, my people, my team, the art, sweet tea and my instincts. HERE WE GOOOO
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MOTOMAMI makes me feel like im a fallen angel in a full diamond bodysuit but I’m also crying but I also smell incredibly good.
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Weightless is out in the big wide world!! This song was born out of my secret desire to make something muscular and intense.
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This is Moon Song by Phoebe Bridgers from her new album Punisher. Her surrealism, her dark humour, her gift for making the hyper specific universal is something I think about most days. Thanks for being a star @phoebe_bridgers. Full version on my youtube x
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sorry but what’s with this artificial watermelon flavour that we’ve universally accepted even though it tastes nothing like watermelon.
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My Soft Machine is finally out. I’m giddy, I’m crying, I’m grinning, I’m throwing myself around this apartment, I’m on fire, I’m terrified, I’m feeling everything right now. Thank you to my dear friends who made this with me and who loved me whilst I was making it.
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Guys I’m the @bbcintroducing Artist of the year!!! I remember uploading my DIY soundcloud demos to bbc introducing when I was 16 and still at school - what a full circle moment - hope my story acts as a reminder that beautiful, big dreams can and do come true! I’m so overwhelmed.
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22 sunloops today!!! Thankful for the wonder and the intimacy and the sacrifices and the red eyes and the beach days I’ve lived through this year. The year I fell in love, the year dreams materialised, the year the music truly reached - onwards onwards - I’m lucky!! 🍋
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I'm so excited to announce that I’ll be touring North America with @clairo next Spring!! Her work fills my belly with butterflies - kindness & sensitivity weaves through her work like a golden thread - thank you for allowing me to share the stage with you.
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São Paulo!! the papayas, the big wide smiles, the sea, the voices screaming Caroline enough to shake the roof of the tent, the salted corn on the beach, the sense of peace i felt - thank you for making my first time visiting and playing in Latin America so life changing 🌳🌳
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the Sling tour is over! It’s been such a sweet & joyful journey with @clairo & her crew - daily hugs, tea, reflections, stupid jokes, constant high fives backstage, a real sense of care, such genuine fans - this has been one of my life highlights for sure - love you longtime C 🫀
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Tonight’s the big @BRITs night 🌞 can’t wait 2 bring you this immersive Collapsed in Sunbeams world - good luck to everybody nominated - it’s gonna be a ball you're all so dang talented 🧚♀️
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yet another bucket list moment accompanying @phoebe_bridgers for @philytaggart’s @BBCR1 piano session - her voice is so ethereal it breaks my heart a little every time - dreams do come true sometimes.
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This is Bags by @clairo - it’s one of my favourite songs to come out last year - it reminds me of taking the train to dumb parties and falling out of love.
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Y’ALL. MY DEBUT ALBUM COLLAPSED IN SUNBEAMS IS OUT TOMORROW. I truly can’t wait to share this piece of me with you. ❣️.
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being vulnerable never gets any less scary. But it is always worth it.
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1 year of Collapsed in Sunbeams! putting out this record changed my life, it changed my idea of what happens when dreams come true, it reinforced my sense of purpose and self so profoundly. thank you to everyone who gave it a chance to flood their hearts. onwards/and/upwards!! 🐺
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millions of you opened up the floodgates of your hearts to my art this year. This year I learnt to embrace myself, my sensitivities, my inner fractures, my arms, my instinctive softness - the vision remains the same - to stay true. Thank you for embracing me as I am. @Spotify
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it’s my birthday todayyyy!! I’m 21, I’m booked n busy, I’m surrounded by people who genuinely love me and I’m happier than ever. Thank u to everyone for your birthday sweetness 🦁 I’m on @bbcradio1 from 6pm to 8pm tonight - come keep me companyyyy x .
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Coachella weekend 1 complete!!! Singing Black Dog with my sweet dude @phoebe_bridgers, trampling through a meadow of sunflowers and hearing you all belting every word at the tops of your lungs - a vision of love n sand - thank you thank you for everything
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never feel like you should have moved past something by now. healing takes time.
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the aftermath has been little sobs and random pangs of joy. I can’t believe it.
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I’m taking over Future sounds on @BBCR1 from Monday to Thursday!! Expect some large tunes, dad jokes and some stupidly talented guests - it’s my birthday tomorrow so you’ve just got to tune in 😌
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Yew darlings asked n so I obliged! Here’s my moody lil cover of Pretty Please by the lovely @DUALIPA 🌳 Smash the link to watch the full version x.
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I was invited to play Black Dog live on @bbctwo at @Glastonbury for their 50th year anniversary. Apparently there were millions of people watching. It was one of the highlights of 2020. To all of you who have struggled, this song is for you.
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do any of the adults on here actually FEEL like adults? Is that a thing?? cause I don’t know what I’m doing.
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It was a pleasure to have a boogie on the @latelateshow last night 😇 Hope to me is about good sandwiches on tough days, magnolias on sad walks, looking pain in the face and acknowledging that it will dissolve eventually. Thanks for giving me the platform to share it.
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dude I have no painting ability whatsoever but it makes me so happy! Do stuff you’re bad at but love to do.
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been thinking about Jai Paul a lot recently. What a special one.
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Thank you so much for having me @grahnort!! ❣️My debut album ‘Collapsed In Sunbeams’ is out now 🌻#TheGNShow.
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I’m bringing two of my dearest buds/favourite wordsmiths to help interview me for the stateside book events - @clairo will be with me in New York on Oct 4 and @lucydacus will be with me in LA on Oct 10 we will drink tea & laugh & cause mischief & talk about everything & nothing.
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BRAZIL I’M FINALLY COMING…LIKE IM ABOUT TO BOARD RIGHT NOW! OKAY!.
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I turned 20! years! old! today! Thank u 2 everyone for the messages of luv n light - my heart is full.
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Collapsed in Sunbeams is out!! It’s available on @Spotify & they’ve kindly made me the face of some incredible playlists. It feels so good to have this level of support for something that means so much to me. Thank you 🥺 Buy/Stream via the link below 💞 .
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if I had no back pain and got 7 hours sleep I truly think it would be over for y’all.
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When I got a phone call to say that Black Dog was on the A List on both @BBCR1 and @BBC6Music I fully gasped. To have that level of support now is unfathomable. I’m still struggling to find the words but for now I just want to say a genuine, big big thank you for believing in me.
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my friend noticed how all Arlo Parks fans are so kind to each other n it’s so true - I love it!!.
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#Coachella weekend 2 let’s get ittttt! 4:50pm PT at the Gobi stage! my set will be streamed on @youtube for all you international angels who couldn’t make it down….smash the link to check it out🤍🤍🤍🤍.
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I’m playing the @latelateshow with James Corden!!! Feeling overwhelmed by the waves of blessings and support I’m receiving from overseas. Make sure to tune in - I’m grinning as I type this ☺️
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planning dates and eating mozzarella like an apple. lifez gud.
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The music that I first fell in love with was 90s rock music, the flannel shirts & low slung guitars, the angst, hair blurring head down smashing the drums. White Pony, Melon Collie And The Infinite Sadness, Nevermind, I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One, the Blue album, The Bends
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Honoured to have been nominated for the 2021 Hyundai Mercury prize!! What a surreal moment - im so happy to be recognised in this big, pure way 🌞🌞🌞🌞. @MercuryPrize #HyundaiMercuryPrize
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eating Nesquik powder out the box n saying “when all this is over” to absolutely no one.
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even if u think someone already knows it, let them know that you love them.
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as well as the song, I want to announce my debut album “Collapsed in Sunbeams” it’ll be with you on 29th of January 2021. I poured my tears, blood and joy into this project.
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Coraline: saw it at 8 years old and still have never known fear like it.
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the three modes of Mexico Arlo! Grateful to be drifting through sunshine and salt on my way to work on new material in LA. Thank you for your love and patience - something creative is flaring in me 🧚♀️
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freshly landed at the Park stage fuelled by milky tea n adrenaline letsgettitttt @glastonbury
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IM SUPPORTING @billieeilish AT THE O2 ARENA ON JUNE 25th!!!! . You are an artist, a shapeshifter n a sweetheart!! Thank you for the opportunity to share your stage in front of 20,000 people - I cannot wait to be RIPPING IT UP WITH YOU 🌪🌪🌪 . Tickets:
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no one should make you! feel grateful! for crumbs! of attention!.
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I wanna be in a movie. I wanna write a book. I wanna make clothes. Put yo dreams down below.
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angels! I’m in a singing mood - what song would you like me to cover? 🤠
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