# Bridgers’ Lost Weekend draws heartfelt endorsement from collaborator Taylor Swift

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/taylor-swift-praises-phoebe-bridgers-new-album-lost-weekend-calls-it-an-absolute-triumph-in-every-way/
- Published: 2026-08-18T08:32:13+00:00
- Updated: 2026-08-18T14:49:28+00:00
- Original publisher: Variety
- Original article: https://variety.com/2026/music/news/taylor-swift-praises-phoebe-bridgers-lost-weekend-triumph-1236836547/
- Topics: Americas, Entertainment, Music, World

## Key points

- Swift calls Bridgers' album "Lost Weekend" an "absolute triumph"
- Tribute posted to Instagram on Bridgers' birthday
- Pair have long collaborated, including on Eras Tour dates

## Summary

Taylor Swift has publicly praised Phoebe Bridgers' new album "Lost Weekend," calling it an "absolute triumph in every way" in a tribute posted to her Instagram Stories. The gesture underscores the pair's longstanding friendship and mutual professional respect, and adds high-profile support to the album's release from one of music's biggest stars.

Swift wrote that she "hasn't been able to stop listening" and praised Bridgers for writing about grief "with such vulnerability and detail," timing the message to coincide with Bridgers' birthday. The two have collaborated before, notably on "Nothing New" from "Red (Taylor's Version)" in 2021, and Bridgers went on to open several dates of Swift's Eras Tour in 2023. Their bond was further evident when both attended a wedding together in the UK the same weekend the tribute was posted.

## Coverage

- [Variety: Bridgers’ Lost Weekend draws heartfelt endorsement from collaborator Taylor Swift](https://variety.com/2026/music/news/taylor-swift-praises-phoebe-bridgers-lost-weekend-triumph-1236836547/)
- [Consequence: Taylor Swift Praises Phoebe Bridgers’ Lost Weekend as “An Absolute Triumph”](https://consequence.net/2026/08/taylor-swift-praises-phoebe-bridgers-lost-weekend/)

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