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Robert Smith talks The Cure's 'Songs of a Lost World': "If I have one regret, it's that I said anything about it at all in 2019"

The Cure officially announced Songs of a Lost World, their first album in 16 years, on Thursday, and with it shared the album’s first single and opening song, “Alone.” As anyone who saw The Cure ...

The Cure song that frontman Robert Smith wanted to change

The Cure frontman Robert Smith reflected on their debut single, 'Killing an Arab', and how, if he could go back now, he would ...
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Robert Smith picks 1 song from every Cure album that matches the mood of 'Songs of a Lost World'

Near the end of the 100-minute video interview with Robert Smith that was posted to The Cure‘s Songs of a Lost World website over the weekend, the BBC radio DJ (and former Menswear drummer) Matt ...
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3 Pop Gems by The Cure That Prove Robert Smith Is Happier Than You Think

These pop gems by The Cure reveal a lighter side to Robert Smith, proving he’s much happier than his reputation might suggest.
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Robert Smith explains the simple hack that makes the Cure songs so appealing to the ear

And at the heart of it all was Smith’s electric guitar — raw, textural, and often deliberately “wrong.” As he told Guitar Player in our September 1992 issue, it all has to do with how he hears music — ...
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The Cure Are Back With New Song ‘Alone’ From Their First Album In 16 Years, ‘Songs Of A Lost World’

For the first time in 16 years, The Cure have released a new song. Not only that, the British group — made up of singer/South Park hero Robert Smith, bassist Simon Gallup, drummer Jason Cooper, ...
American Songwriter

The Cure’s Robert Smith Has Made the Ultimate Playlist for The Band’s Upcoming Album

With lyrics like, I hear the darkness breathe / I sense the quiet despair / Listen to the silence, “At Night” “would fit quite happily on this album, I think,” Smith said. The Cure branched out on ...
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Hear The Cure’s new single ‘Alone.’ Robert Smith on song that ‘unlocked the record.’

The Cure fans converged on BBC Radio 6 Thursday for a monumental event: The band’s lead song for its first new album since 2008. Hobbs shared a statement from The Cure frontman Robert Smith on the ...
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Robert Smith finds it 'much harder' to write songs he wants to sing

Robert Smith finds it "much harder" to write songs he "wants to sing" these days. The 65-year-old singer's band The Cure have just released 'Songs of a Lost World', their first album in 18 years and ...
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The Cure singer and emo icon Robert Smith says he struggles to write songs about death now that he's older

"I can write words but I don't really feel like singing them." Robert Smith's macabre sensibilities helped launch the Cure to massive success — but nowadays the musician is finding it harder to write ...

The Twilight Sad Enlist the Cure’s Robert Smith for First New Song in 7 Years: Listen

Smith plays guitar on “Waiting for the Phone Call,” the comeback single from his longtime tourmates, who will tour Europe in 2026 ...
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The Cure's Robert Smith, 64, grapples with mortality, plays 6 dark new songs during cathartic Hollywood Bowl residency: 'It's really hard to keep hold of your younger self'

“It’s really hard to keep hold of your younger self. When you’ve written about it, it’s like a diary when you write songs, and you sort of think, ‘F*** me, was I that sad when I was that young?’ I had ...