Thank you for everything in 2025!
Friends!
A loving note of appreciation for your solidarity and support in 2025, a massive year of output for me—maybe the biggest of my life so far. Across my projects, I released two albums, put forth eleven singles with videos, published three essays, toured on both records, started shooting with 35mm film again, and read exactly half of one book. Some years hold more than others, and this one was about as full as they get over here. Thank you for receiving it!
Someone recently asked me if I think being a songwriter is selfish. I said, all art is communication. It’s two pieces: expression and reception. We don’t make work for ourselves alone. We make work to tell, to be known, and to know in return. Many people have made me feel known through their responses to my music this year, and I feel like I know something about them as a result. I am incredibly grateful for this symbiosis, to have the opportunity to connect. As I said in ONE-STEP CLOSE-UP on my ADULT CHILD album:
I’ve been light, I’ve been sound // just trying to capture it all.
And that’s true. That’s all I’m doing here. Thank you.
The first tour dates of 2026 have already been announced for Friendship Commanders, and they’re listed below; I’ll be playing Buick Audra shows as well! There will be announcements, emails, new songs, new everything. But for now, I’m content and thoughtful. I hope your year held whatever you wanted it to, and I hope we get to see each other in 2026!
With gratitude and holiday wishes!
Buick Audra
2025 RELEASES
ALBUMS
ADULT CHILD - Buick Audra - June 13
BEAR - Friendship Commanders - October 10
SINGLES / VIDEOS
“QUESTIONS FOR THE GODS OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR” - Buick Audra - March 21
“YELLOW” - Buick Audra - April 18
“IT ALL BELONGED TO ME” - Buick Audra - May 16
“FIRSTBORN” - Buick Audra - June 13
“MELT” - Friendship Commanders - July 10
“KEEPING SCORE” - Friendship Commanders - July 15
“X” - Friendship Commanders - August 13
“MIDHEAVEN” - Friendship Commanders - August 13
“FOUND” - Friendship Commanders - September 18
“DRAIN” - Friendship Commanders - October 9
“DEAD & DISCARDED GIRLS” - Friendship Commanders - November 14
RELATED WRITING
On Learning to Be Proud of My Music as a Firstborn Adult Child Daughter // Buick Audra, Atwood Magazine - March 24
My New Album Made Me Realize That Empathy Is a Superpower, But Only When I Direct It at Myself First // Buick Audra, Scummy Water Tower - June 13
It’s Not Mine I Carry Around: On Being Outside of Womanhood, But Still Looking Out for the Girls // Buick Audra, Atwood Magazine - November 14
