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Jan 09, 2025 By Andy Von Pip Photography by Daniel Topete

Blondshell (Sabrina Teitelbaum) will release her sophomore album, If You Asked For a Picture, via Partisan Records on May 2, 2025. Once again working with producer Yves Rothman, who also worked on her acclaimed self-titled debut Teitlebaum promises a more biographical nuanced album. She also shares a new track in the form of the “accidental love story” “T&A,” accompanied by a video directed by Hannah Bon. Featuring three rescue dogs (Luna, Rooster, and, aptly for this site, Radar) paired with male counterparts, the video offers a nuanced take on the “men are like dogs” adage. It delves into the idea that the loudest barks often come from the most frightened, hiding any vulnerability beneath a tough exterior.

Discussing the song, Teitelbaum says, “There’s a Rolling Stones song on Tattoo You called ‘Little T&A,’ and at one point in the song, he says ‘tits and ass,’ so I’m borrowing that. I think in music, it’s easy to see things as either more sexualized or more romantic, and I wanted this to be both. I see it as a love story—maybe not the most fairy tale love story—but I wanted it to feel like a really narrative song, where one thing leads to another and then you end up somewhere you didn’t expect. Normally that’s not how I write, but I wanted a song like that.”

The album’s title, If You Asked For A Picture, is drawn from Mary Oliver’s 1986 poem “Dogfish.” In the poem, Oliver reflects on the complexity of sharing one’s story—deciding what to reveal and what to hold back. These were the same questions Teitelbaum considered while writing the new album. “There’s a part of the poem that says: ‘I don’t need to tell you everything I’ve been through. It’s just another story of somebody trying to survive,’” Teitelbaum explains. “Something I love about songs is that you’re showing a snapshot of a person or a relationship, and showing a glimpse into a story can be just as important as trying to capture the entire thing. Sometimes it’s even truer to the entire picture than if you tried to write everything down.”

The forthcoming album promises a more introspective and layered narrative than its predecessor. Teitelbaum reflects, “The first record feels really black-and-white to me. This record has more questions.”

If You Asked For a Picture Tracklist: