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The Cure's New Music Video Features 1975 Sculpture by Janez Pirnat

publication · 2026-04-26

After sixteen years, The Cure release their fourteenth studio album Songs Of a Lost World on November 1 via Universal. The lead single "Alone" is a seven-minute introspective ballad inspired by Ernest Dowson's poem "Dregs." The music video features Bagatelle, a 1975 stone sculpture by Slovenian artist Janez Pirnat (1932-2021), which also appears on the album cover designed by longtime graphic designer Andy Vella.

Key facts

  • The Cure's new album Songs Of a Lost World is their first since 2008's 4:13 Dream.
  • The album is their fourteenth studio album.
  • Lead single 'Alone' is seven minutes long.
  • The song is partly inspired by Ernest Dowson's poem 'Dregs'.
  • The music video features a stone sculpture titled Bagatelle from 1975.
  • The sculpture was created by Slovenian artist Janez Pirnat (1932-2021).
  • Album cover concept was handled by Andy Vella.
  • Album release date: November 1 via Universal.

Entities

Artists

  • Robert Smith
  • Janez Pirnat
  • Andy Vella
  • Ernest Dowson

Institutions

  • Universal
  • The Cure

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