← more from
Merge Records
  1. music
  2. merch
  3. community

Hurts Like Hell

by Charlotte Cornfield

supported by
The Tonearm
The Tonearm thumbnail
The Tonearm "The more experience I have in life, the less angst there is, and the more I can reflect back on things and go, 'That was really intense. I do want to write about that.' In some ways, I'm still processing it, but I really am grateful for all of those experiences and what they've given me creatively …"

Check out our interview with Charlotte Cornfield on The Tonearm ✨→ www.thetonearm.com/charlotte-cornfield-hard-won-reckoning-hurts-like-hell/ Favorite track: Squiddd.
kylejglenn
kylejglenn thumbnail
kylejglenn Charlotte has the uncanny ability to make every moment magical. Her storytelling goes beyond just journaling about her experience, to creating revelations in even the most mundane. An artist that is not afraid to place their art in contemporary setting, and still makes it feel timeless. I love that she collaborated with Phil Weinrobe on this record, and can feel his presence. Favorite track: Lost Leader.
jschapiro
jschapiro thumbnail
jschapiro This is a terrific singer-songwriter album, plumbing the experiences of people who are no longer in their 20s and are engaged in adult life. My favorite track changes daily. It is most often Hurts Like Hell, but I have a real fondness for Squiddd.
RyneV
RyneV thumbnail
ellylaberge
ellylaberge thumbnail
robbwolf
robbwolf thumbnail
Ken Stuebing
Ken Stuebing thumbnail
Brent Hickman
Brent Hickman thumbnail
G Gauthier
G Gauthier thumbnail
Los Angeles Loves You
Los Angeles Loves You thumbnail
Daniel Fawcett
Daniel Fawcett thumbnail
Ted Morris
Ted Morris thumbnail
MJF
MJF thumbnail
madeofclayyy
madeofclayyy thumbnail
spacemanan
spacemanan thumbnail
drlabrecque
drlabrecque thumbnail
Jeff Hunt
Jeff Hunt thumbnail
awarden
awarden thumbnail
Jackson
Jackson thumbnail
Dominic
Dominic thumbnail
Matt Guerra
Matt Guerra thumbnail
kevinmitts
kevinmitts thumbnail
makhenzee
makhenzee thumbnail
Brandi Rinks
Brandi Rinks thumbnail
walker
walker thumbnail
leemparry
leemparry thumbnail
leisureclass
leisureclass thumbnail
RP in Raleigh
RP in Raleigh thumbnail
abilenejunction
abilenejunction thumbnail
Dylan Richards
Dylan Richards thumbnail
camerjones
camerjones thumbnail
jacqueline
jacqueline thumbnail
Jon G
Jon G thumbnail
Upstream
Upstream thumbnail
Thomas Clancy
Thomas Clancy thumbnail
terracottadialect
terracottadialect thumbnail
arybak
arybak thumbnail
Phil Gyford
Phil Gyford thumbnail
Jonah Ogles
Jonah Ogles thumbnail
zenzen
zenzen thumbnail
Kris Nolte
Kris Nolte thumbnail
salty
salty thumbnail
miiphelps
miiphelps thumbnail
kwarren
kwarren thumbnail
dbv
dbv thumbnail
pstub
pstub thumbnail
6c1
6c1 thumbnail
Jeremy Wade
Jeremy Wade thumbnail
Scott
Scott thumbnail
lolaversus
lolaversus thumbnail
verthanthi
verthanthi thumbnail
pimpsipompsi
pimpsipompsi thumbnail
sprocket-plum-bifocals
sprocket-plum-bifocals thumbnail
ray
ray thumbnail
joshua pearson
joshua pearson thumbnail
Chinh Nguyen
Chinh Nguyen thumbnail
Warsaw Cubicle
Warsaw Cubicle thumbnail
Mark Mahoney
Mark Mahoney thumbnail
thisisbigrob
thisisbigrob thumbnail
LeoFle
LeoFle thumbnail
Garrett E.
Garrett E. thumbnail
gmgiesbrecht
gmgiesbrecht thumbnail
Franz Walter
Franz Walter thumbnail
more...
/

  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    - Limited edition Peak vinyl
    - Clear with yellow swirl
    - Single jacket
    - Inner sleeve with full lyrics

    Includes unlimited streaming of Hurts Like Hell via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Download available in 24-bit/48kHz.
    ships out within 3 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      $25.98 USD or more 

     

  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    - Single jacket
    - Inner sleeve with full lyrics

    Includes unlimited streaming of Hurts Like Hell via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Download available in 24-bit/48kHz.
    ships out within 3 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      $24.98 USD or more 

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    - 4-panel wallet
    - 8-page booklet insert

    Includes unlimited streaming of Hurts Like Hell via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Download available in 24-bit/48kHz.
    ships out within 3 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      $13.98 USD or more 

     

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card
    Download available in 24-bit/48kHz.

      $9 USD  or more

     

1.
Before 02:46
buy track
2.
Hurts Like Hell 04:07
buy track
3.
Lost Leader 03:07
buy track
4.
Lucky 02:04
buy track
5.
Living With It (feat. Feist) 03:20
buy track
6.
Number 02:50
buy track
7.
Squiddd 04:27
buy track
8.
Kitchen 04:05
buy track
9.
Long Game 05:05
buy track
10.
Bloody and Alive 02:26
buy track

about

Hurts Like Hell, Charlotte Cornfield’s 2026 Merge Records debut, is Cornfield’s sixth album. It is the first she’s recorded since the birth of her daughter in 2023, an inflection point for her as a person and an artist. The album’s recurrent themes of personal growth and renewal, of love’s perseverance through difficulty and shame and awkwardness, are rooted there.

“That experience has pulled me out of myself and given me a different outlook on things,” she says. “The vulnerability and fragility and wildness of it all has made me less focused on self, more zoomed out.”

That change in perspective is evident not only in her approach to the lyric — which now gives voice to characters and themes beyond her own headspace — but in how she approached recording. Hurts Like Hell is the most open-hearted, full-voiced album of her career, and also her most collaborative effort to date.

credits

released March 27, 2026

For Odette

All songs written by Charlotte Cornfield except “Squiddd,” written by Charlotte Cornfield and Adam Finchler
Recorded, Produced and Mixed by Philip Weinrobe
Additional Engineering on “Living With It” by Robbie Lackritz
Mastered by Josh Bonati
Design and layout by Daniel Murphy
Front cover and label photographs by Christopher Ziemnowicz
Back cover and inner sleeve photographs by Sara Melvin
Christian Lee Hutson appears courtesy of ANTI Records

Huge thank you to Phil and to all of the musicians who brought these songs to life. Thank you to Nelson, my family, Destiny Rosenberg, Sara Melvin, and everyone at Merge and Next Door Records.

And thank you to the Ontario Council for the Arts for supporting the creation of this album.

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Charlotte Cornfield image

Charlotte Cornfield

shows

contact / help

Contact Charlotte Cornfield

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Charlotte Cornfield, you may also like: