Overview
- The collaborators released “Hardy” with an Antony Muse–directed video, marking Clairo’s guest turn on Rostam’s new project.
- Rostam’s album American Stories is due May 15, with a full concert film, also directed by Muse, set to hit YouTube on May 14.
- The song takes its name from French singer Françoise Hardy and builds on a sample from Georges Delerue’s score for François Truffaut’s Day for Night.
- Rostam called the track a look forward and back and said he wanted it to leave listeners hopeful, with Clairo singing her own section.
- A North American tour follows later in May, with a short European run planned for September to support the release.