Today, Toronto-based musician Charlotte Cornfield unveiled the music video for “Hurts Like Hell.”
The song serves as the lead single from her upcoming sixth album of the same name, set for release on March 27, 2026 via Merge Records outside of Canada and Next Door Records in Canada.
“Hurts Like Hell” is a soul-bearing indie folk-pop-rock track that highlights Cornfield’s heartfelt delivery and consistently strong songwriting.
About the track by Charlotte:
Hurts Like Hell is the most open-hearted, full-voiced album of her career and also the first articulation of her future, whatever uncertainty and love it may bring.
These themes are apparent on the lead single, “Hurts Like Hell”.
Alongside Buck Meek’s backing vocals, the band swells to embrace Cornfield’s idiosyncratic flow as if to cradle her protagonist’s heart from self-doubt and shyness.
Cornfield excels in the telling of these stories, in her attention to character and detail—“Hurts Like Hell” is no exception, but it started as an experiment in writing from a character’s perspective and not her own.
That the song is so vulnerable, so lived-in, is a matter of trust between Cornfield and her bandmates, in each other and of their gut.
Their sound lands somewhere between Nashville Skyline and Harvest; a warm, richly-textured response to her bruised-but-seeking call.
“This song is about someone getting over deep insecurities and inhibitions and putting themselves out there,” Cornfield explains.
“These two characters in the song have clearly experienced a lot of pain and are pushing themselves to move past it and connect with one another. It’s a shy people love story.
The pedal steel/full band/country-tinged approach felt fitting for this one, and Buck’s backing vocals really sent it.”
Hurts Like Hell gets: 📷📷📷📷📷📷📷📷/10.
Charlotte Cornfield – Hurts Like Hell [Music Video]
