Bartees Strange

Strange was born in Ipswich, England, to a military father and opera-singer mother. The family moved from England to Germany, Greenland, and various US states, before settling in Mustang, Oklahoma, when Strange was 12.^[4]

Before becoming a musician, Strange worked as the director of communications for a nonprofit environmental organization in Washington, D.C.^[5]

While living in Brooklyn, Strange was a member of the post-hardcore band Stay Inside, from 2016 to 2018. In late 2017, he released his first solo effort, the acoustic folk EP Magic Boy, under the name Bartees & the Strange Fruit.^[6]

In March 2020, Strange released an EP of re-imagined covers of songs by the National, titled Say Goodbye to Pretty Boy, on Brassland.^[7] After being named an "Artist to Watch" by Stereogum in 2020,^[8] Strange released his debut full-length album, Live Forever, on October 2, 2020.^[9] Featuring a mix of hip hop, indie rock, and jazz music,^[10][11] the album received positive reviews.^[12][13] Strange toured throughout 2021 and 2022, supporting artists such as Lucy Dacus, Phoebe Bridgers, Courtney Barnett, and Car Seat Headrest.^{[citation needed]}

In 2022, Strange released his second album, Farm to Table, to critical acclaim.^[14][15] In 2025, he issued his latest record, titled Horror.

Strange is bisexual.^[16]

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Studio albums

• Live Forever (2020)
• Farm to Table (2022)
• Horror (2025)

EPs

• Magic Boy (2017) (as Bartees & the Strange Fruit)^[6][17]
• Say Goodbye to Pretty Boy (2020)
• Magic Boy (2024) (2017 EP in new configuration, with different art and additional music)^{[citation needed]}
• Shy Bairns Get Nowt (2025)

Live albums

• Live at Studio 4 (2021)

Singles

As lead artist

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Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		US AAA
"About Today"	2020	—	Say Goodbye to Pretty Boy
"Lemonworld"		—
"Going Going" / "HAGS"		—	Non-album single
"The Geese of Beverly Road" / "Looking for Astronauts"		—	Say Goodbye to Pretty Boy
"Mustang"		—	Live Forever
"Boomer"		—
"Kelly Rowland"		—
"Weights"	2021	—	Live Forever (Deluxe)
"Province" (with Eric Slick & OHMME)		—	Non-album single
"Heavy Heart"	2022	—	Farm to Table
"Cosigns"		—
"Daily News"	2023	—	Non-album single
"Lie 95"	2024	—	Horror
"Sober"		—
"Too Much"		—
"Xmas"		—	Non-album single
"Wants Needs"	2025	—	Horror
"Backseat Banton"		33

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As featured artist

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Title	Year	Album
"Plead Insanity" (Spring Silver featuring Bartees Strange and Sad13)	2020	Non-album singles
"Goldbrick Champion" (Broke Royals featuring Bartees Strange)
"love that 4 u" (altopalo featuring Bartees Strange)	2022	frenemy

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Guest appearances

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List of guest appearances as featured artist, with the respective artists and albums

Title	Year	Artist	Album
"It's Gold"	2020	Project Diem	Pluto
"Milky"
"Top of the World"		Dave Hause	Patty
"Monsters"	2021	Hit Like a Girl	Heart Racer
"The Pearl"		Lorenzo Wolff	Down Where the Valleys Are Low: Another Otherworld for Judee Sill
"You Always Hurt the One You Love"	2024	—N/a	The New Look (Apple TV+ Original Series Soundtrack)
"Big Glow"			I Saw the TV Glow
"Wolf Like Me"		Anjimile, Kara Jackson	Transa
"You Are Special to Me"		Cadence Weapon	ROLLERCOASTER

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Remixes

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Song	Year	Artist	Album	Title
"Bone Skull"	2021	Glass Beach	alchemist rats beg bashful (remixes)	Bartees Strange Remix
"Smartest Man" (featuring Arlissa)		Homeschool	Homeschool: Book I
"Pool"		Samia	The Baby Reimagined	Bartees Strange Version
"Dreams"		Hannah Georgas	All That Emotion Versions	Bartees Strange Remix
"Emergency Equipment & Exits"		Ganser	Look at the Sun
"Pool Hopping"		Illuminati Hotties	Non-album singles	Strange Pool Remix
"Kyoto"		Phoebe Bridgers		Bartees Strange Remix
"Figure 8"	2023	Paramore	Re: This Is Why	Re: Bartees Strange

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Production discography

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Title	Year	Artist	Album	Role
"Good Luck Rd."	2021	Harmony Woods	GRACEFUL RAGE	Producer
"Rittenhouse"
"Easy"
"End"
"Holding You to You"
"God's Gift to Women"
"Graceful Rage"
"I Can't"
"Mirror"	2022	Cinema Hearts	Your Ideal
"Your Ideal"
"Everyday Is a Day Without You"
"Can I Tell You I Love You"
"Sister"
"Morning"		Oceanator	Nothing's Ever Fine
"Nightmare Machine"
"The Last Summer"
"Beach Days (Alive Again)"
"Solar Flares"
"Post Meridian"
"Stuck"
"From the Van"
"Bad Brain Daze"
"Summer Rain"
"Evening"
"You Good?"		Proper.	The Great American Novel	Producer
"Shuck and Jive"				Producer, electric guitar
"Red, White, & Blue"
"Jean"				Producer
"McConnell"
"Ganymede"				Producer, electric guitar
"Barbershop Interlude"				Producer
"In the Van Somewhere Outside of Birmingham"
"Juvie"
"The Routine"
"Huerta"
"Milk & Honey"				Producer, synthesizer
"Done Talking"				Producer
"Americana"				Producer, synthesizer
"Yeah... I'm Good (Epilogue)"				Producer
"I Am Right on Time"	2024	Bleachers	Bleachers	Electric guitar, background vocals, drums
"We're Gonna Know Each Other Forever"				Electric guitar, background vocals
"Tiny Moves"				Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, synthesizer
"Alma Mater"				Electric guitar, background vocals
"Cadence £∞™.mp3"		Cadence Weapon	ROLLERCOASTER	Co-writer, producer
"YASTM.m4a"				Writer, producer
"You Are Special to Me" (featuring Bartees Strange)				Featured artist, writer, producer
"No One"		Kacy Hill	Bug	Producer
"You Know I Love You Still"				Co-writer
"Listen to You"				Producer
"Frog Rinse"
"Poquito Mas"
"Improvement"		Daphne Eckman	Non-album singles
"Juliet"		Kacy Hill		Co-writer
"Ankles"	2025	Lucy Dacus	Forever Is a Feeling	Recording engineer
"Best Guess"				Producer, recording engineer, triangle

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Headlining

• 2021 tour^[18]

Supporting

• Phoebe Bridgers – Reunion Tour (2021)^[19]
• Lucy Dacus – 2021 tour^[20]
• Courtney Barnett – North American tour (2021)^[21]
• Car Seat Headrest – North American tour (2022)^[22]
• The National – 2022 tour^[23]
• Metric – The Doomscroller Tour (2022)^[24]
• Boygenius – The Tour (2023)^[25]
• The National – 2023 European tour^[26]