Christian Lee Hutson unveils details of forthcoming Phoebe Bridgers co-produced album, Paradise Pop. 10

Paradise Pop. 10 is co-produced with three of Hutson’s longtime collaborators: Phoebe Bridgers, Marshall Vore and Joseph Lorge. The album also features guest vocals from Bridgers, Katy Kirby, and Maya Hawke – another frequent collaborator whose new album (Chaos Angel) credits Hutson as producer and co-writer.

"Sometimes when you live somewhere for a really long time, the place starts to feel like a memory graveyard. Every corner becomes kind of haunted in a way, kind of dragging you out of the present. That’s what LA became like for me. Spending so much time revisiting all these emotional landmarks ended up giving me the feeling that I was missing my life. Like it was passing me while I was looking the other way…. It felt really connected to the city. I would spend half my life in the car, just completely on autopilot, re-living my life, from the beginning, on repeat every day.” Hutson says on how relocating to New York City inspired the new album. He says he feels a very different energy around him, one he describes as,“You’re alive right now. You’re living your life today.”

Paradise Pop. 10 takes its name from a real life “town” set deep in the woods of Parke County, Indiana, near where Hutson spent some of his childhood. There, just past the population sign, you’ll find a row of 5 houses on one side of the road and a cemetery on the other. “When I was a kid, my dad used to take me up there, mostly because of the novelty of the town limits sign, but also because it was so quiet and peaceful. For years, he would say that if life ever got too crazy, we could go up there and start living our real lives; be the people we were always meant to be," Hutson says.

"It occurred to me while making this record, that most of our lives we spend waiting to “be the people we were always meant to be.” I wanted to name this record after that town because it always symbolized an arrival to me. It was the ‘when’ that I looked forward to as a child. ‘When’ it all made sense and I was finally who I was meant to be.”

Paradise Pop. 10 is Hutson’s first release since 2022’s Quitters. Produced by Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst, it was the follow up to his 2020 debut, Beginners.

Tracklist:

1. Tiger
2. Carousel Horses
3. Autopilot
4. Water Ballet
5. Candyland
6. Flamingos
7. Fan Fiction
8. After Hours
9. Forever Immortalized
10. Skeleton Crew
11. Beauty School