“Are You Bored Yet?” by WALLOWS featuring Clairo

"Are You Bored Yet?" was the lead single from Nothing Happens, the debut album from Wallows, released on Atlantic in February 2019 with Clairo sharing the mic. The band had a demo with Dylan Minnette's voice pitched up to fill the female part, then decided they wanted the real thing and called in Clairo, a friend of friends, to sing it in their studio.

It's a breakup song told from both ends: Minnette plays someone who can see the relationship running out, and Clairo's verse answers from the other side with more hope. John Congleton produced, Tchad Blake mixed, and the dream-pop haze comes from Braeden Lemasters on guitar and piano and Cole Preston on guitar, bass, mellotron and percussion. It climbed to number 2 on Billboard's alternative airplay chart and has gone quadruple platinum.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.