When you think about a pop star, you imagine someone who seems almost too perfect to be real: flattering looks, the coolest friends, amazing Instagram photos, and that aura that makes her seem untouchable. But Audrey Hobert prefers to be honest and embrace her “weird girl” persona without any shame.
The courage to be herself and sing about it to everyone makes her songs touching, relatable, and danceable all at the same time.
How everything started
Audrey Sandra Hobert is a Pisces, born in New York and raised in Los Angeles in a very artistic family. Her father, Tim Hobert, is a writer and producer who has worked on several TV shows, including The Middle (2009). Her brother is also a musician, whom you may know as the singer behind the song “Earrings”.
Since childhood, she has always been passionate about dance. Later, in high school, she joined musical theater where she discovered another passion: singing. While a freshman at NYU, she decided to follow in her father’s footsteps by majoring in screenwriting. She later worked as a writer on the Nickelodeon sitcom The Really Loud House (2022).
However, she eventually ventured into music through her childhood best friend, Gracie Abrams, co-writing hit songs such as “That’s So True and I Love You, I’m Sorry”. It was through the music industry that she met producer Ricky Gourmet, who helped Audrey kick-start her career.
Who’s the clown?
Audrey launched her career on May 9, 2025, with the single “Sue Me” and became a social media sensation in 2026, captivating both critics and the public. The song expresses the desire to be wanted in an authentic and bold way. It drew attention primarily because of its music video, which she directed, edited, and starred in, dancing eccentrically across various settings.
On August 15, 2025, she finally released her album Who’s the Clown, featuring 12 tracks that address everyday frustrations, overthinking, and the search for validation, while allowing herself to appear vulnerable and insecure. The album has a very “girly pop” sound with an ironic tone.
Beside “Sue Me” music video, she also released the music videos for “Wet Hair”, “Bowling Alley”, “Thirst Trap”, “Sex and the City” and “silver Jubilee”.
To be cringe is to be free
When you think of a pop star, you usually picture someone who seems to live an almost unreal life. Audrey goes against the grain, revealing her true self.
The artist draws on her experiences as a woman outside conventional beauty standards — considered too ordinary to be a pop star — to connect with thousands of girls who feel the same way but had never found an artist they could identify with: someone brave enough to be considered weird and genuinely embrace that persona.
No one likes to admit that they want to be loved or that they sometimes care about what others think. But everyone has felt that way at least once in their lives, and it is these kinds of feelings — the ones that can generate guilt — that Audrey draws upon in her songs.
Talking about what no one likes to admit and dancing or even jumping on a trampoline in a “weird” way feels more real and original than ever. It’s refreshing to feel that Audrey is just dancing in her room where no one can see when in fact she is performing in front of millions of people who feel just like her.
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The article above was edited by Alyah Gomes.
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