St. Vincent (musician)

Clark was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on September 28, 1982, to Sharon Christine and Richard "Rick" Clark.{{cite interview |url=http://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/st-vincent-strange-mercy/ |title=A Glimpse of St. Vincent |first=Annie |last=Clark |interviewer=Nell Alk |publisher=Interview |access-date=July 12, 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.rag-bone.com/blog/2012/09/st-vincent-qa/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130713025529/http://www.rag-bone.com/blog/2012/09/st-vincent-qa/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 13, 2013 |title=St. Vincent – Q&A |publisher=Rag & Bone |date=September 28, 2012 |access-date=July 12, 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://treblezine.com/reviews/2175-St__Vincent_Marry_Me.html |title=Album Review : St. Vincent – Marry Me |publisher=Treble |access-date=July 6, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213121835/http://treblezine.com/reviews/2175-St__Vincent_Marry_Me.html |archive-date=February 13, 2012}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/a76e1638-fe14-4b5a-a191-d216dd2312e9 |title=BBC profile |publisher=BBC |access-date=July 7, 2009 |archive-date=May 27, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527033449/http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/a76e1638-fe14-4b5a-a191-d216dd2312e9 |url-status=dead}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/st-vincent-daddys-home-review/ |title=St. Vincent's Journey Into Musical Memory |date=July 7, 2021 |magazine=The Nation |last1=Hajdu |first1=David}} Her mother is a social worker and administrator for a nonprofit organization, and her stepfather works in corporate tax administration. Her parents divorced when she was 3, and when she was 7, she moved with her mother and two older sisters to Dallas, Texas. She has said that a 23andMe DNA test revealed her ancestry to be 80% Irish and 20% Ashkenazi Jewish, via one of her grandmothers.{{cite tweet |url=https://twitter.com/st_vincent/status/921399522135339009 |number=921399522135339009 |title=Psyched to be in the place that 23andme says makes up 80% of my DNA... |user=st_vincent |date=October 20, 2017 |via=Twitter |access-date=November 11, 2017}}{{cite web |author=Louise BrutonSat Oct 28 2017 - 05:00 |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/st-vincent-i-did-my-genealogy-test-i-m-80-irish-1.3267476 |title=St Vincent: 'I did my genealogy test, I'm 80% Irish' |date=2017-10-28 |newspaper=The Irish Times |issn=0791-5144 |location=Dublin |language=en-ie |access-date=2022-08-26}} Clark was raised Catholic{{cite interview |first=Annie |last=Clark |interviewer=Ann Powers |title=St. Vincent: SXSW Interview |year=2014 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ySiGEIRaHo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/7ySiGEIRaHo |archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}} and Unitarian Universalist.{{cite web |url=https://www.uuworld.org/articles/st-vincent-uu-hipster |title=The UU hipster? |website=uuworld.org |date=February 24, 2014}}

Clark has four brothers and four sisters from her parents' blended families.{{cite web |last1=Teeman |first1=Tim |title=St Vincent interview: 'I try to live at the intersection of accessible and lunatic' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/feb/02/st-vincent-interview-intersection-accessible-lunatic-david-byrne |website=The Observer |date=February 2, 2014 |publisher=Guardian News |access-date=December 26, 2016}}{{cite magazine |last1=Volzick-Levinson |first1=Simon |title=Annie Clark's Bizarre Fever Dreams: Inside 'St. Vincent' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/annie-clarks-bizarre-fever-dreams-inside-st-vincent-20140217 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=February 17, 2014 |access-date=December 26, 2016 |archive-date=March 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318221013/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/annie-clarks-bizarre-fever-dreams-inside-st-vincent-20140217 |url-status=dead}}

As a child, Clark was fond of Ritchie Valens and the movie La Bamba. When she was five, her mother gave her a red plastic guitar from a Target store for Christmas. She began playing her first real guitar at age 12, taking classes with Tony Hyatt, a local guitar shop employee,{{cite web |last1=Grisham |first1=Tyler |title=St. Vincent |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/interview/7481-st-vincent/ |website=Pitchfork |publisher=Condé Nast |access-date=31 January 2025| date= March 3, 2008}} and worked some of her teenage years as a roadie for her aunt and uncle, the guitar-vocal jazz duo Tuck & Patti.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/arts/music/07vince.html |title=Friendly, and Just a Bit Creepy: St. Vincent Defies Categories |access-date=June 16, 2009 |work=The New York Times |first=Melena |last=Ryzik |date=May 6, 2009}}{{cite web |first=Ryan |last=Dombal |date=February 17, 2014 |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/articles/9331-st-vincent-reckless-precision/ |title=St. Vincent: Reckless Precision |publisher=Pitchfork Media |access-date=April 12, 2014 |archive-date=March 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310035809/http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/9331-st-vincent-reckless-precision/ |url-status=dead}} In 2001, she graduated from Lake Highlands High School, where she participated in theater and the school's jazz band, and was a classmate of actor Mark Salling.{{cite interview |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOLRuD0F3wM |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926164315/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOLRuD0F3wM |archive-date=2013-09-26 |url-status=dead |title=St Vincent Interview – Toro Magazine |interviewer=Marko Prelic |first=Annie |last=Clark |via=YouTube |access-date=February 25, 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://www.dallasobserver.com/2007-07-05/music/sanctified/ |title=Dallas Observer feature, July 5, 2007 |date=July 5, 2007 |access-date=June 16, 2009 |archive-date=June 26, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090626140214/http://www.dallasobserver.com/2007-07-05/music/sanctified/ |url-status=dead}}

She attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, studying with professor Lauren Passarelli. She left after three years, feeling that art institutions such as Berklee were sometimes focused more on the aesthetics of art than the product.{{cite news |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/05/as-st-vincent-annie-clark-conjures-magic.html |title=LA Times feature, May 27, 2009 |access-date=June 16, 2009 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=May 27, 2009}} In retrospect, she said, "I think that with music school and art school, or school in any form, there has to be some system of grading and measurement. The things they can teach you are quantifiable. While all that is good and has its place, at some point you have to learn all you can and then forget everything that you learned in order to actually start making music."

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In 2003, Clark released an EP with fellow Berklee students entitled Ratsliveonnoevilstar.{{cite web|url=http://whokilledthemixtape.blogspot.com/2008/02/early-st-vincent-annie-clark-ep.html|title= Early St. Vincent EP |website=Whokilledthemixtape.blogspot.com|access-date=February 24, 2008}} She also worked with Heavy Rotation Records, where "she revealed a much more private and intimate rendering of 'Count' for Dorm Sessions Vol. 1"{{cite web|last=Mana|first=Toshio|title=Heavy Sessions|url=http://www.berklee.edu/news/2003/02/hrrdorm.html|access-date=August 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030319020002/http://www.berklee.edu/news/2003/02/hrrdorm.html|archive-date=March 19, 2003}} and studied with professor of guitar Lauren Passarelli. Shortly after leaving Berklee, she returned home to Texas, where she joined the Polyphonic Spree just before they embarked on a European tour. In 2004, she joined Glenn Branca's 100-guitar orchestra for the Queens performance,{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20210225150555/https://evri.com/media/article;jsessionid=4vrk0mzdalyh?title=Interview%3A+Annie+Clark+%28of+St.+Vincent%29&page=http%3A%2F%2Fconsequence.net%2F2011%2F11%2Finterview-annie-clark-of-st-vincent%2F&referring_uri=%2Fperson%2Fglenn-branca-0x3810c%3Bjsessionid%3D4vrk0mzdalyh&referring_title=Evri Interview: Annie Clark (of St. Vincent) – News – Evri]}}. Evri.com:80. Retrieved November 30, 2011. and she was also briefly in a noise rock band called the Skull Fuckers.{{cite web|last1=Forbes|first1=Jessica|title=The Rise of St. Vincent|url=http://inweekly.net/wordpress/?p=20485|website=Inweekly|date=September 24, 2014|access-date=September 8, 2016}}{{cite web|title=Skull Fuckers|url=http://defyunlearn.com/bands.php?band=Skull%20Fuckers|website=defyUnlearn|access-date=September 8, 2016|archive-date=September 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922180714/http://defyunlearn.com/bands.php?band=Skull%20Fuckers|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=News. |url=http://annieclark.us/news.html |access-date=September 8, 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040326112258/http://annieclark.us/news.html |archive-date=March 26, 2004 }} Clark left the Polyphonic Spree and joined Sufjan Stevens' touring band in 2006. During this period, she recorded and released an EP titled Paris Is Burning (2006).

In 2006, she began recording a studio album under the stage name St. Vincent. In an interview on The Colbert Report, she said that she "took [her] moniker from a line in a Nick Cave song" that referred to the hospital where Dylan Thomas died: "And Dylan Thomas died drunk in / St. Vincent's hospital" (from Cave's song "There She Goes, My Beautiful World", from the 2004 album Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus). The name is also a reference to her great-grandmother, whose middle name was St. Vincent.Chris Barrett, {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20091018015245/http://www.metropulse.com/news/2009/oct/07/annie-clark-discusses-her-band-st-vincent-and-art-/ "Annie Clark Discusses Her Band, St. Vincent, and the Art of Whole-Body Guitar"]}}, Metro Pulse, October 7, 2009. Accessed at the Internet Archive, October 2, 2015. Clark released her debut album, Marry Me, on July 10, 2007, on Beggars Banquet Records. Named after a line from the television sitcom Arrested Development,{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/guest-lists/6680-st-vincent/|title=Pitchfork Guestlist Feature|work=Pitchfork|date=August 30, 2007 |access-date=February 25, 2014}} it features appearances from drummer Brian Teasley (Man or Astro-man?, the Polyphonic Spree), Mike Garson (David Bowie's longtime pianist), and horn player Louis Schwadron (the Polyphonic Spree).

The album was well received by critics, who compared Clark to the likes of Kate Bush and David Bowie{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/10457-marry-me/|work=Pitchfork|title=Marry Me review|date=July 27, 2007|author=Klein, Joshua}} and lauded the album for its arrangements, themes and style. In their review, The A.V. Club said: "There's a point where too much happiness turns into madness, and St. Vincent's multi-instrumentalist Annie Clark knows this place well". Pitchfork said, "At every turn Marry Me takes the more challenging route of twisting already twisted structures and unusual instrumentation to make them sound perfectly natural and, most importantly, easy to listen to as she overdubs her thrillingly sui generis vision into vibrant life." The songs on Marry Me were written largely when Clark was 18 and 19, and, she says, "represented a more idealized version of what life was or what love was or anything in the eyes of someone who hadn't really experienced anything." The album yielded one single, "Paris Is Burning", and a music video was produced for "Jesus Saves, I Spend".

In 2008, Clark was nominated for three PLUG Independent Music Awards: New Artist of the Year, Female Artist of the Year, and Music Video of the Year. On March 6, 2008, she won the PLUG Female Artist of the Year award.{{cite web|url=http://www.plugawards.com/general_vote.php|title=2006 PLUG Independent Music Awards nominees|access-date=February 24, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080221190502/http://www.plugawards.com/general_vote.php|archive-date=February 21, 2008}} After returning to New York from a lengthy tour, Clark began working on her second album. Her inspiration reportedly came from several films, including Disney movies: "Well, the truth is that I had come back from a pretty long — you know, about a year-and-a-half of touring, and so my brain was sort of all circuit boards that were a little bit fried", Clark said. "So I started watching films as sort of a way to get back into being human. And then it started to just really inform the entire record."{{cite interview|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104499182|work=National Public Radio (NPR)|title=All Things Considered: Annie Clark, shredding to The Wizard of Oz|year=2009|subject=St. Vincent}} Clark, who did not have a studio at the time, began writing the album in her apartment on her computer using GarageBand and MIDI, because she had gotten noise complaints from neighbors.{{cite web|url=http://www.ithacatimesartsblog.com/interview-with-gregg-gillis-of-girl-talk/st-vincent-and-her-mutant-sounds-an-interview-with-annie-clark/|title=St. Vincent and Her Mutant Sounds: An interview with Annie Clark|access-date=November 19, 2009|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101023084918/http://www.ithacatimesartsblog.com/interview-with-gregg-gillis-of-girl-talk/st-vincent-and-her-mutant-sounds-an-interview-with-annie-clark|archive-date=October 23, 2010}} The songs were inspired largely by scenes from various children's films. Clark said she imagined soundtracks for certain scenes in films when writing the music and lyrics, including scenes in Snow White (1937) and The Wizard of Oz (1939).

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Her second album, Actor, was released by 4AD Records on May 5, 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.4ad.com/st-vincent/|title=St. Vincent profile|website=4ad.com|access-date=May 7, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090222123153/http://www.4ad.com/st-vincent/|archive-date=February 22, 2009}} It was also well received and gained more commercial attention than its predecessor.{{cite web|url=http://blogs.westword.com/backbeat/2010/02/qa_with_annie_clark_of_st_vinc.php|title=Q&A With Annie Clark of St. Vincent|date=February 12, 2010|author=Murphy, Tom|work=Denver Westword|access-date=February 4, 2011|archive-date=July 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717095624/http://blogs.westword.com/backbeat/2010/02/qa_with_annie_clark_of_st_vinc.php|url-status=dead}} Spin gave the album eight out of ten stars, noting its "[juxtaposition of] the cruel and the kind, and here, the baroque arrangements are even more complex and her voice even prettier, with both only underlining the dark currents running through her songs".{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/reviews/st-vincent-actor-4ad|work=Spin|title=Actor Review|year=2009|access-date=February 2, 2011|author=Suarez, Jessica|archive-date=July 18, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718115346/http://www.spin.com/reviews/st-vincent-actor-4ad|url-status=dead}} Entertainment Weekly said the album "plays up the contrasts, [with Clark] letting her church-choir voice linger on lyrics that hint darkly at themes of violence, sex, and general chaos", and branded it "a uniquely potent cocktail of sounds and moods".{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2009/05/06/actor|title=Actor|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|author=Vozick-Levinson, Simon|date=May 6, 2009|access-date=February 3, 2011|archive-date=May 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525115629/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20276760,00.html|url-status=live}} Actor charted well for an independent release, peaking at No. 9 on Billboard{{'}}s Independent Albums chart, No. 5 on the Tastemaker Albums chart,{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=st. vincent|chart=Alternative Albums}}|magazine=Billboard|title=St. Vincent Album & Song Chart History}} and No. 90 on the Billboard 200. Although it spawned no singles (except in the UK, where "Actor Out of Work" was issued as a 7" vinyl single), music videos for "Marrow" and "Actor Out of Work" were released, and aired on several music channels. A promotional music video for "Laughing with a Mouth of Blood", featuring Portlandia's Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein (then of ThunderAnt), was also filmed.

Two soundtracks for The Twilight Saga have featured Clark's songs. "Rosyln", in collaboration with indie folk band Bon Iver, appeared on the 2009 soundtrack of New Moon; and "The Antidote" was written for and appeared on 2012's Breaking Dawn – Part 2. In November 2010, Clark appeared with American rappers Kid Cudi and Cage on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. They performed "Maniac" from Cudi's Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager, which prominently samples "The Strangers", the opening song on Actor.{{cite magazine|first=Walter |last=Frazier |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/viral-videos/951744/kid-cudi-performs-with-st-vincent-cage-on-jimmy-fallon |title=Kid Cudi Performs With St. Vincent, Cage on 'Jimmy Fallon' |magazine=Billboard |date=November 4, 2010 |access-date=September 26, 2016}}

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Clark spent much of her time in Seattle writing her third album, Strange Mercy, in October 2010. In an interview with Julie Klausner for Spin magazine, she recalled: "[Death Cab for Cutie drummer] Jason McGerr had an office that was closing. He offered me the space for a month, for all of October. I was alone. I stayed at the Ace Hotel downtown, in one of the rooms with a shared bathroom. I would just get up in the morning and caffeinate, and run, and go to the studio for 12 hours, come back, eat dinner alone with a book, have a glass of wine, and go to bed. And do it all over again."{{cite web |url=http://m.spin.com/articles/style-issue-st-vincent/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150118161140/http://m.spin.com/articles/style-issue-st-vincent/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 18, 2015 |title=The Style Issue: St. Vincent |work=Spin |date=August 14, 2011 |access-date=January 14, 2015 }} On January 12, 2011, Clark announced via Twitter that she was working on Strange Mercy, a follow-up to Actor.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/st_vincent/status/25207853732077568 |title=Twitter / st vincent: Did I mention I'm working |via=Twitter|access-date=July 6, 2011}}{{Primary source inline|date=March 2021}} In early March 2011, producer John Congleton, who also worked with Clark on Actor, said that he and Clark were nearly a third of the way through recording it.{{cite web |last=Hopkins |first=Daniel |url=http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/2011/03/john_congleton_works_with_st_v.php |title=Between Production Work With St. Vincent and David Byrne, Paper Chase Mastermind John Congleton Launches New Band Nighty Night – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night |publisher=Blogs.dallasobserver.com |date=March 2, 2011 |access-date=July 6, 2011 |archive-date=July 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718094155/http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/2011/03/john_congleton_works_with_st_v.php |url-status=dead }}

On July 4, Clark stated via Twitter that if enough followers tweeted the hashtag "#strangemercy", she would release a track from the album. On July 22, after the threshold was met, she released "Surgeon" for download and streaming on her official website.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/467534/indierock-st-vincent-goes-twitter-happy-for-strange-mercy|magazine=Billboard|title=St. Vincent goes Twitter Happy|date=September 9, 2011|author=Maples, Jillian|access-date=September 10, 2011}} In August 2011, Clark was interviewed and featured on the cover of Spin magazine.{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2011/08/style-issue-st-vincent/|work=Spin|title=Style Issue: St. Vincent|author=Klausner, Julie|date=August 14, 2011|access-date=September 9, 2011}} On August 24, 2011, a music video was released for the song "Cruel", and on September 5, the entire album was put up for streaming on NPR Music.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2011/09/04/139946514/first-listen-st-vincent-strange-mercy|publisher=NPR|date=September 4, 2011|title=First Listen: St. Vincent's Strange Mercy|author=Katzif, Michael|access-date=September 10, 2011}} On August 25, 2011, she debuted Strange Mercy in the Temple of Dendur room at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City,{{cite web|last=Anderson|first=Stacey|title=St. Vincent Debuts New Album at NYC's Metropolitan|url=https://www.spin.com/2011/08/st-vincent-debuts-new-album-nycs-metropolitan/|work=Spin|date=August 26, 2011|access-date=August 4, 2012}} introducing Toko Yasuda (ex-Enon), Matt Johnson, and Daniel Mintseris as members of her live band. The album was released September 13, 2011.{{cite web|url=https://stereogum.com/718011/st-vincent-strange-mercy-details/news/ |title=St. Vincent Strange Mercy Details |website=Stereogum |date=June 2, 2011 |access-date=July 6, 2011}}

Strange Mercy received widespread acclaim from music critics. It achieved an overall rating of 8.1/10 at{{cite web|url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/3596/St-Vincent-Strange-Mercy.aspx|title=Reviews of Strange Mercy collated by AnyDecentMusic?|website=Anydecentmusic.com|access-date=October 12, 2011}} AnyDecentMusic? based on 36 reviews. It was St. Vincent's highest-charting album yet, peaking at No. 19 on the US Billboard 200.[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=st. vincent|chart=all}} Strange Mercy – St. Vincent]. Billboard.com. Retrieved September 22, 2011 Clark stated, "I don't think it's the best record I'll ever make, but I think it's a good record."{{cite web|last=Carlick |first=Stephen |url=http://exclaim.ca/Interviews/FromTheMagazine/st_vincent_is_ambitious |title=St. Vincent Is Ambitious • Interviews • |work=Exclaim! |access-date=February 25, 2014}} She began touring the US and Europe in support of the record in the fall of 2011 and continued a worldwide tour throughout 2012.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

In 2011, Clark composed "Proven Badlands", an instrumental piece based on "The Sequel" from her sophomore release Actor, for ensemble Music's album Beautiful Mechanical.{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/44082-listen-to-a-new-orchestral-composition-by-st-vincents-annie-clark/ |title=Listen to a New Orchestral Composition by St. Vincent's Annie Clark |last1=Battan |first1=Carrie |website=Pitchfork |date=September 22, 2011 |access-date=April 20, 2014}} In 2012, Clark was featured on Andrew Bird's album Break It Yourself singing on "Lusitania". On June 14, 2012, "Who", the first single from her collaboration with David Byrne, formerly of Talking Heads, was released. The single came from their album Love This Giant, which was released September 11, 2012.{{cite web|last=Adams|first=Gregory|title=David Byrne and St. Vincent Detail Collaborative Album, Announce North American Tour|url=http://exclaim.ca/News/david_byrne_st_vincent_detail_collaborative_album_announce_north_american_tour|work=Exclaim!|access-date=July 15, 2012}}[http://mp396.com/love-this-giant-by-david-byrne-st-vincent.html Love This Giant by David Byrne & St. Vincent, September 7, 2012] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826115134/http://mp396.com/love-this-giant-by-david-byrne-st-vincent.html |date=August 26, 2014 }}. Retrieved September 1, 2010. On September 18, 2012, Clark participated in the "30 Songs / 30 Days" campaign to support Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, a multiplatform project inspired by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's bestselling book.{{cite web |url=http://www.halftheskymovement.org/blog/entry/30-songs-30-days-for-half-the-sky1 |title=30 Songs / 30 Days for Half the Sky |publisher=Halftheskymovement.org |date=August 30, 2012 |access-date=September 16, 2012 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014103757/http://www.halftheskymovement.org/blog/entry/30-songs-30-days-for-half-the-sky1 |archive-date=October 14, 2012 }} Clark also provided guest vocals for the song "What's the Use of Won'drin'" on the album Who Killed Amanda Palmer from Amanda Palmer, of the Dresden Dolls.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12208-who-killed-amanda-palmer/|title=Amanda Palmer: Who Killed Amanda Palmer|website=Pitchfork}}

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On May 28, 2013, David Byrne and St. Vincent released Brass Tactics, which includes a previously unreleased Love This Giant bonus track, two remixes, and two live tracks.{{cite web|last=Pelly|first=Jenn|title=Download David Byrne and St. Vincent's Free Brass Tactics EP|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/50882-download-david-byrne-and-st-vincents-free-brass-tactics-ep/|website=Pitchfork|date=May 28, 2013|access-date=May 29, 2013}} In November 2013, Clark received the Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award for Performing Arts{{cite web|url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/specialreports/the-2013-smithsonian-american-ingenuity-awards-180947632|title=The 2013 Smithsonian Ingenuity Awards Winners|website=Smithsonianmag.com|access-date=July 2, 2014}} and signed to Loma Vista Recordings.{{Cite news|url=https://yahoo.com/entertainment/news/tom-whalleys-loma-vista-goes-concord-music-group-040019287.html|title=Tom Whalley's Loma Vista Goes to Concord Music Group|publisher=Yahoo!|access-date=April 7, 2020|archive-date=March 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321192621/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/news/tom-whalleys-loma-vista-goes-concord-music-group-040019287.html|url-status=dead}} The new label released "Birth in Reverse" the following month, the first single from Clark's fourth album, St. Vincent,{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/st-vincent/74310 |title=St Vincent unveils new track 'Birth In Reverse' and confirms new album details – listen |work=NME |date=December 9, 2013|access-date=December 10, 2013}} The second single, "Digital Witness", was released in January 2014,{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2014/01/st-vincent-digital-witness-stream/ |title=St. Vincent Takes on Sharing Culture in Brassy 'Digital Witness' |work=Spin |date=January 6, 2014 |access-date=January 10, 2013}} and the album was released the next month to critical acclaim.{{cite web|title=St. Vincent Wraps Fourth Album for February 25 Release|url=http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/dc-music-news-feed/2013/12/2/st-vincent-wraps-fourth-album-for-february-25-release.html|publisher=Direct Current|access-date=December 3, 2013|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207031443/http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/dc-music-news-feed/2013/12/2/st-vincent-wraps-fourth-album-for-february-25-release.html|archive-date=December 7, 2013}} A number of publications, including The Guardian, Entertainment Weekly, NME, Gigwise, and MusicOMH, ranked it as the No. 1 album of 2014, while Time put it at No. 2 and Rolling Stone ranked it No. 4. Clark received her first Grammy, as St Vincent won "Best Alternative Music Album" in February 2015.{{cite web|title=2015 Grammy Awards nominations (Arcade Fire, St. Vincent, Kendrick Lamar, Kanye, Jack White, Beck, Disclosure, James Franco, Aphex Twin, Little Dragon & more)|url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2014/12/2015_grammy_awa.html|website=Brooklyn Vegan|date=December 5, 2014 |access-date=December 6, 2014}}

On April 10, 2014, Clark fronted Nirvana, performing lead vocals on "Lithium" at the 29th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony.{{cite magazine|last=Montgomery|first=James|title=Nirvana's Rock Hall Performance Had St. Vincent Profanely Excited|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/nirvanas-rock-hall-performance-had-st-vincent-profanely-excited-20140411|date=April 11, 2014|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=April 11, 2014|archive-date=April 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414015144/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/nirvanas-rock-hall-performance-had-st-vincent-profanely-excited-20140411|url-status=dead}} She also provided vocals on the Swans' album To Be Kind.{{cite web|last=Minkser|first=Evan|title=Swans Announce New Album To Be Kind Featuring St. Vincent, Michael Gira Announces Solo Tour|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/53635-swans-announce-new-album-to-be-kind-featuring-st-vincent-michael-gira-announces-solo-tour/|website=Pitchfork|date=January 27, 2014|access-date=January 28, 2014}} On August 12 and 13, 2014, Clark filled in for Fred Armisen, who was away filming the fifth season of Portlandia, as band leader for the 8G Band on Late Night with Seth Meyers.{{Citation|title=8G Band Gets Temporary New Leader St. Vincent|publisher=NBC|url=http://www.nbc.com/late-night-with-seth-meyers/blog/late-night-with-seth-meyers/8g-band-gets-temporary-new-leader-st-vincent|access-date=August 13, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813230554/http://www.nbc.com/late-night-with-seth-meyers/blog/late-night-with-seth-meyers/8g-band-gets-temporary-new-leader-st-vincent|archive-date=August 13, 2014}} Clark toured the United States, Europe, Australia, and Asia throughout 2014, ending the year as the supporting act for the Black Keys. She extended her Digital Witness tour into the summer of 2015,{{cite web|title=St. Vincent Adds New U.S. Tour Dates Following Coachella Appearance|url=http://www.musictimes.com/articles/24451/20150113/st-vincent-new-us-tour-dates-coachella-full-schedule.htm |website=musictimes.com|date=January 13, 2015 |access-date=January 14, 2015}} and performed alongside the Pixies and Beck at Boston Calling Music Festival in May 2015.{{cite web|last1=Ollman|first1=Jonah|title=Boston Calling Announces May 2015 Lineup|url=http://soundofboston.com/boston-calling-announces-may-2015-lineup/|website=Sound of Boston|date=January 13, 2015|access-date=January 15, 2015}}

A demo of "Teenage Talk", a track she had previously recorded but that was not included on her eponymous album,{{Citation|title=LISTEN: St. Vincent Releases New Song " Teenage Talk"|date=March 10, 2015|publisher=Mxdwn.com|url=http://music.mxdwn.com/2015/03/10/news/listen-st-vincent-releases-new-song-teenage-talk|access-date=March 13, 2015}} premiered on the HBO series Girls on March 10, 2015.{{Citation|title=Exclusive 'Girls' to Premiere New Tracks by St. Vincent, Grimes, and Family of the Year|magazine=Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/entry/view/id/113090|access-date=March 13, 2015}}{{Dead link|date=June 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The song was released as a single on April 6.{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/teenage-talk-single/id980130206l=en|title=Single by St. Vincent|publisher=iTunes Store|access-date=April 25, 2015}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} On May 17, 2015, Clark performed with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra for the inaugural Soluna: International Music & Arts Festival.{{Citation|title=Review: St. Vincent and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra at Winspear Opera House|publisher=Star-Telegram|url=http://www.star-telegram.com/entertainment/arts-culture/article21268773.html}}

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On April 12, 2016, it was announced that Clark would make her film directorial debut helming one of the segments of the women-directed anthology horror film XX.{{cite web|last=Verhoeven |first=Beatrice |url=https://www.thewrap.com/st-vincents-annie-clark-to-make-directorial-debut-with-horror-anthology-film-xx/ |title=St. Vincent's Annie Clark to Make Directorial Debut on 'XX' |work=TheWrap |date=April 12, 2016 |access-date=September 26, 2016}}

In June 2017, St. Vincent released "New York", the lead single from her fifth album. The Fear the Future Tour was announced in June 2017, with dates between October 2017 and February 2018.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/st-vincent-announces-fear-the-future-tour-w489006|title=St. Vincent 'Announces' Fear the Future Tour|date=June 21, 2017|magazine=Rolling Stone|last1=Kreps|first1=Daniel|access-date=July 1, 2017|archive-date=June 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170624063310/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/st-vincent-announces-fear-the-future-tour-w489006|url-status=dead}} Masseduction, Clark's fifth studio album, was released in October 2017 through Loma Vista Recordings.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/st-vincent-announces-new-album-masseduction-shares-new-song-los-ageless-listen|title=St. Vincent Announces New Album MASSEDUCTION, Shares New Song "Los Ageless": Listen {{!}} Pitchfork|website=Pitchfork|date=September 6, 2017|language=en|access-date=September 6, 2017}} It was met with "universal acclaim" with an average score of 88 on Metacritic.{{cite web|title=Reviews and Tracks for Masseduction by St. Vincent|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/masseduction/st-vincent|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=February 7, 2018}} In the US, Masseduction debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200, becoming St. Vincent's first album to peak in the top ten of the chart, selling 29,000 units in its first week.{{cite magazine|last1=Caulfield|first1=Keith|title=Pink's 'Beautiful Trauma' Bows at No. 1 on Billboard 200 With 2017's Biggest Debut for a Woman|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8006949/pink-beautiful-trauma-billboard-200-album-chart|magazine=Billboard|access-date=February 7, 2017}}

Clark was Record Store Day's ambassador for 2017, making her its first female ambassador.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7767699/record-store-day-2017-founders-10th-anniversary-vinyl |title=Record Store Day 2017: Founders Look Back On The 10th Anniversary |magazine=Billboard |date=April 21, 2017 |access-date=June 16, 2017}} In 2018, the singer embarked on the I Am a Lot Like You! Tour, a second tour promoting the album, which took her to perform at Coachella in April. One of her performances, "Slow Disco", inspired the release of a new rendition of the track titled "Fast Slow Disco" in June.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nme.com/news/st-vincent-says-her-dazzling-pop-rework-of-slow-disco-was-taylor-swifts-idea-2333619|title=St. Vincent says her dazzling pop rework of 'Slow Disco' was Taylor Swift's idea – NME|date=June 6, 2018|work=NME|access-date=October 25, 2018|language=en-US}} She released MassEducation, an acoustic rendition of her previous album.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/st-vincent-announces-new-album-a-stripped-down-rework-of-masseduction/|title=St. Vincent Announces New Album, a Stripped Down Rework of MASSEDUCTION {{!}} Pitchfork|website=Pitchfork|date=October 3, 2018|language=en|access-date=October 25, 2018}} The album was given an 80 on Metacritic and praised by Entertainment Weekly for her versatile lyrics and strong vocals.{{Cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/music/2018/10/12/st-vincent-masseducation-review/|title=St. Vincent's 'MassEducation' is an ambitious reimagining of 'Masseduction'|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=October 25, 2018|language=en}} That same year, St. Vincent collaborated with the American rock band Sleater-Kinney to produce their ninth studio album, The Center Won't Hold, which was released the following year.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2019/01/08/683258495/new-sleater-kinney-album-produced-by-st-vincent-confirmed-for-this-year|title=New Sleater-Kinney Album, Produced By St. Vincent, Confirmed For This Year|website=NPR|date=January 8, 2019|last1=Hilton|first1=Robin}}

In 2019, St. Vincent performed at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards, where she joined Dua Lipa for a medley of her own "Masseduction," the late Aretha Franklin's "Respect," and Lipa's Calvin Harris collaboration "One Kiss." The same night, "Masseduction" was awarded the Grammy for Best Rock Song.{{cite web |last1=Sacher |first1=Andrew |title=St. Vincent wins Best Rock Song Grammy, performed with Dua Lipa |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/st-vincent-wins-best-rock-song-grammy/ |website=Brooklyn Vegan |date=February 10, 2019 |access-date=July 28, 2020}} That summer, St. Vincent was credited as a co-writer on "Cruel Summer" with Taylor Swift and Jack Antonoff for Swift's seventh studio album Lover (2019).{{Citation|title=Lover by Taylor Swift|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/lover/1468058165|language=en-us|access-date=August 22, 2019}} In December, she released Masseduction Rewired, a collection of remixes curated by Russian techno DJ Nina Kraviz.{{cite web |last1=Helman |first1=Peter |title=St. Vincent Announces 'Masseduction' Remix Album, Shares Nina Kraviz "New York" Reworking: Listen |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2061156/st-vincent-announces-masseduction-remix-album-shares-nina-kraviz-new-york-reworking/music/ |website=Stereogum |access-date=July 28, 2020 |date=October 11, 2019}}

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In 2020, St. Vincent was credited as a guitarist on "Texas Man" and as a co-writer on "Young Man" with the Chicks, Antonoff, and Justin Tranter for the Chicks' eighth studio album Gaslighter.{{cite web |last1=Liang |first1=Isabel |title=The Chicks share righteous, passionate anger on Gaslighter |url=https://www.34st.com/article/2020/07/the-chicks-dixie-gaslighter-jack-antonoff-taylor-swift-st-vincent-not-ready-to-make-nice-march-march-for-her-texas-man |website=34st.com |access-date=July 28, 2020}} In August 2020, St. Vincent collaborated with Japanese musician Yoshiki to release a classical arrangement of "New York".{{Cite magazine|date=August 28, 2020|title=St. Vincent, Yoshiki Release Classical Version of 'New York'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/st-vincent-yoshiki-new-york-1051313/|access-date=August 28, 2020|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}} In October 2020, St. Vincent's online instruction class on Creativity and Songwriting was added to the MasterClass series.{{cite web|title=St. Vincent Teaches Creativity and Songwriting|url=https://www.masterclass.com/classes/st-vincent-teaches-creativity-and-songwriting|access-date=October 25, 2020|website=MasterClass}} In late 2020, St. Vincent was featured on the track "Chalk Tablet Towers" from the first season of the Song Machine project by Gorillaz.{{cite web|last=Strauss|first=Matthew|title=Gorillaz Detail New Song Machine Project Featuring St. Vincent, the Cure's Robert Smith, and More|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/gorillaz-detail-new-song-machine-project-featuring-st-vincent-the-cures-robert-smith-and-more/|access-date=March 5, 2021|website=Pitchfork|date=September 9, 2020|language=en-us}}

On December 15, 2020, St. Vincent announced she would be releasing her sixth studio album in 2021.{{cite web |last1=Sanchez |first1=Gabrielle |title=St. Vincent Is 'Locked and Loaded' With a New Album |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/12/st-vincent-announces-new-album-on-twitter.html#:~:text=Vincent%2C%20announced%20today%20that%20a,Unclear. |website=Vulture |date=December 15, 2020 |access-date=December 28, 2020}} On February 25, 2021, street posters revealed the Daddy's Home album would be released on May 14, 2021.{{Cite news |last=Strauss, Matthew |date=February 25, 2021 |title=St. Vincent Teases New Album Daddy's Home With Street Posters and Hotline |work=Pitchfork |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/st-vincent-teases-new-album-daddys-home-with-street-posters/ |access-date=March 4, 2021}}

The album's first single "Pay Your Way in Pain" was released March 4, 2021, along with a music video.{{Cite news |last=Langford, Jackson |date=March 2, 2021 |title=St. Vincent announces new single 'Pay Your Way In Pain' |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/st-vincent-announces-new-single-pay-your-way-in-pain-2891948 |access-date=March 4, 2021}}

The album's second single "The Melting of the Sun" was released April 1, 2021, alongside a lyric video. Two days later St. Vincent was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live,{{cite web|first=Alex|last=Young|date=March 16, 2021|title=Saturday Night Live on April 3rd, 2021|url=https://consequence.net/2021/03/st-vincent-snl/|access-date=April 1, 2021}} performing both "Pay Your Way in Pain" and "The Melting of the Sun".{{cite web | last=Hussey | first=Allison | title=St. Vincent plays 'Pay Your Way in Pain' and 'The Melting of the Sun' on SNL | website=Pitchfork | date=April 4, 2021 | url=https://pitchfork.com/news/watch-st-vincent-play-pay-your-way-in-pain-and-the-melting-of-the-sun-on-snl/ | access-date=2021-04-05}}

St. Vincent starred in the 2020 psychological thriller film The Nowhere Inn, featuring a script written by her and Carrie Brownstein, about a fictional attempt to make a documentary on St. Vincent's musical career. Additionally, she wrote the film's soundtrack, releasing on digital streaming services on September 17, 2021, and later on limited vinyl on April 23, 2022, as part of Record Store Day.{{cite web|title=Special Release|url=https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/14752|access-date=2022-03-21|website=recordstoreday|language=en}} She contributed a cover of the Metallica song "Sad but True" to the charity tribute album The Metallica Blacklist, released in September 2021.{{cite web|last=He|first=Richard S.|date=September 10, 2021|title=Every Metallica Blacklist cover ranked from worst to best|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/every-metallica-blacklist-cover-ranked-from-worst-to-best|access-date=2021-10-22|website=loudersound|language=en}}

On April 3, 2022, Daddy's Home won the award for Best Alternative Music Album at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards.{{cite web |last1=Minsker |first1=Evan |title=St. Vincent Wins Best Alternative Music Album at 2022 Grammys |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/st-vincent-wins-best-alternative-music-album-at-2022-grammys/#:~:text=St.%20Vincent%20has%20won%20her,Arlo%20Parks'%20Collapsed%20in%20Sunbeams. |website=Pitchfork |access-date=April 9, 2022 |date=April 3, 2022}} On June 3, 2022, St. Vincent released her cover of Lipps Inc.'s "Funkytown" appearing on the soundtrack for Illumination's film Minions: The Rise of Gru.{{Cite magazine|last=Bowenbank|first=Starr|title=St. Vincent Channels Her Inner Disco Queen on 'Funkytown' Cover for 'Minions' Soundtrack: Listen|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/st-vincent-funkytown-cover-minions-soundtrack-listen-1235081598/|date=June 3, 2022|access-date=June 5, 2022|magazine=Billboard}} On February 13, 2023, St. Vincent joined Yoshiki on stage at Royal Albert Hall to perform an orchestral version of "New York".{{Cite web |last=Major |first=Michael |title=YOSHIKI's Royal Albert Hall Show With St Vincent & Ellie Goulding Now Streaming |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/YOSHIKIs-Royal-Albert-Hall-Show-With-St-Vincent-Ellie-Goulding-Now-Streaming-20231018 |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |language=en}} In September 2023, St. Vincent performed in the music documentary film Yoshiki: Under the Sky.{{Cite web |title=Magnolia Pictures: Yoshiki: Under the Sky |url=https://www.magpictures.com/yoshikiunderthesky/ |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=Magnolia Pictures}}

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On February 29, 2024, St. Vincent released "Broken Man", the lead single from her seventh studio album All Born Screaming which was released on April 26, 2024.{{Cite magazine |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |date=2024-02-29 |title=St. Vincent Returns With Fiery Single 'Broken Man' From Upcoming Album All Born Screaming |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/st-vincent-broken-man-new-album-all-born-screaming-1234978263/ |access-date=2024-02-29 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}} A second single, "Flea", was released on March 28, same day the All Born Screaming Tour was officially announced.{{Cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |date=2024-03-28 |title=St. Vincent Announces Tour, Shares New Song "Flea": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/st-vincent-announces-tour-shares-new-song-flea-listen/ |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=Pitchfork |publisher=Condé Nast |language=en-US}} Upon release, the album received critical acclaim, aggregating a weighted average score of 89 on Metacritic.

A profile in The New York Times after the album's release noted: "Seven albums and 17 years into an acclaimed solo career, Clark has eked out a singular space in music, occasionally intersecting with the mainstream but for the most part staying uncompromisingly countercultural," labeling tracks from the new release "some of the heaviest, darkest and weirdest St. Vincent music to date. 'That’s what I want from music right now, personally,' Clark said, safe in the shade of the California sun. 'I would like a pummeling. I want something to feel dangerous'".{{Cite web |last=Zoladz |first=Lindsay |date=2024-04-18 |title=St. Vincent Dived Headfirst Into the Darkness| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/18/arts/music/st-vincent-all-born-screaming.html/ |access-date=2024-07-06 |newspaper=The New York Times |language=en-US}}

On November 15, 2024, St. Vincent released a Spanish-language version of All Born Screaming entitled Todos Nacen Gritando.{{AllMusic |id=todos-nacen-gritando-mw0004385952 |title=Todos Nacen Gritando |access-date=2024-11-28}} In an interview prior to Todos Nacen Gritando{{'}}s release, Clark said that translating and recording the album was "a beautiful exercise and an attempt to offer a little thanks to Spanish-language fans who have met me in my native tongue for seven records."{{Cite web |last=McGowan |first=Charis |date=2024-11-13 |title=St Vincent tells us about her Spanish-language album 'Todos Nacen Gritando': "It was a beautiful exercise" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/st-vincent-interview-spanish-language-album-todos-nacen-gritando-future-3812317 |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=NME |language=en-US}}

On February 2, 2025, St. Vincent attended the 67th Annual Grammy Awards where she won in three separate categories for Best Rock Song, Best Alternative Music Performance, and Best Alternative Music Album. The latter category marked her third win in the category, extending her record there as the female soloist with the most wins.{{cite web |last1=Frazier |first1=Nina |title=2025 GRAMMYs: See The Full Winners & Nominees List (UPDATING LIVE) |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2025-grammys-nominations-full-winners-nominees-list |website=Grammy.com |publisher=Grammy Awards |access-date=2 February 2025}}

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Clark’s music, which features her mezzo-soprano voice,{{cite news| url = https://www.avclub.com/st-vincent-marry-me-1798202760| title = St. Vincent: Marry Me| work=The A.V. Club| date=August 10, 2007| access-date=April 1, 2018| first=Sean| last=O'Neil}}{{cite news| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/11/arts/music/st-vincent-masseduction-review.html| title = St. Vincent Makes Her Move Into Pop With 'Masseduction'| work=The New York Times| date=October 11, 2017| access-date=April 1, 2018| first=Jon| last=Pareles}}{{cite news| url = http://newsok.com/article/5576927/bams-favorite-national-album-of-2017-tulsa-born-st.-vincent-enthralls-with-her-masseduction| title = BAM's favorite national album of 2017: Tulsa-born St. Vincent enthralls with her 'Masseduction'| work=The Oklahoman| date=December 29, 2017| access-date=April 1, 2018| first=Brandy| last=McDonnell}} has been noted for its wide array of instruments and complex arrangements, as well as its polysemous lyrics, which have been described as teetering between "happiness and madness".{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/st-vincent-marry-me-1798202760|work=AV Club|title=Marry Me|author=O'Neal, Sean|date=July 10, 2007}} In response, Clark has said, "I like when things come out of nowhere and blindside you a little bit. I think any person who gets panic attacks or has an anxiety disorder can understand how things can all of a sudden turn very quickly. I think I'm sublimating that into the music." In addition to guitar, Clark also plays bass, piano, organ, and theremin. Her music also often features violins, cellos, flutes, trumpets, clarinets, and other instruments.Marry Me (2007). Beggers Banquet (liner notes) Her musical style has been characterised as rock,{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/69p55r/st-vincent-is-the-best-rock-band-in-the-world|title=St. Vincent Is the Best Rock Band in the World|last=Kramer|first=Kyle|date=July 21, 2014|website=Vice|access-date=July 2, 2019}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/08/28/st-vincents-cheeky-sexy-rock|title=St. Vincent's Cheeky, Sexy Rock|last=Paumgarten|first=Nick|date=August 21, 2017|magazine=The New Yorker|access-date=July 2, 2019}} pop,{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/st-vincent-completes-annie-clark-s-transformation-into-1798179572|title=St. Vincent completes Annie Clark's transformation into art-rock pop star|last=Wild|first=Matt|date=February 25, 2014|website=The A.V. Club|access-date=July 2, 2019|archive-date=July 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702063627/https://music.avclub.com/st-vincent-completes-annie-clark-s-transformation-into-1798179572|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/the-totally-original-sound-of-st-vincent-180947634/|title=The Totally Original Sound of St. Vincent|last=Himes|first=Geoffrey|date=December 2013|website=Smithsonian|access-date=July 2, 2019}} art rock{{r|30 Best}} and indie rock,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7957063/st-vincent-songs-best-hits-list|title=St. Vincent's 10 Best Songs: Critic's Picks|last=Cirisano|first=Tatiana|date=September 7, 2017|magazine=Billboard|access-date=July 2, 2019}}{{r|Wallace (2011)}} incorporating a wide range of influences including experimental rock, chamber pop, electropop, soft rock, and cabaret jazz.{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/artist/st-vincent/|title=St. Vincent|website=Consequence of Sound|access-date=July 2, 2019}}

Clark mentioned that singers such as David Bowie and Kate Bush had inspired her,{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/guest-lists/6680-st-vincent/ |title=Guest lists: St. Vincent |website=Pitchfork |date=August 30, 2007 |access-date=June 13, 2015}} as had Jimi Hendrix and Siouxsie and the Banshees.{{cite magazine |author=Gallo, Phil|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5944777/st-vincent-delivers-groove-element-at-grammy-museum-show-qa |title=St. Vincent delivers groove element at Grammy museum show |magazine=Billboard |date=March 21, 2014 |access-date=June 15, 2014}} She said in a 2015 lecture she listens to a Bowie track every day, and that "It's No Game (Part One)" was her favorite.{{cite web |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/01/st-vincent-david-bowie-chicago-museum-of-art-lecture/ |title= St. Vincent Bows to David Bowie With Chicago Lecture |magazine=Spin|date=January 5, 2015|first=Brennan |last=Carley }} Talking Heads, Patti Smith and Pink Floyd are also influences,{{cite web|last=Graves |first=Shahlin |url=http://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/annie-clark/interview-annie-clark-aka-st-vincent-'strange-mercy |title=Interview St. Vincent |website=coupdemainmagazine.com |date=May 26, 2012 |access-date=June 15, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130207191202/http://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/annie-clark/interview-annie-clark-aka-st-vincent-%E2%80%98strange-mercy |archive-date=February 7, 2013 }} as well as guitarists Robert Fripp and Adrian Belew (both from King Crimson),{{cite web | url = https://reverb.com/news/video-annie-clark-of-st-vincent-talks-gear-and-influence-at-namm-2017 | access-date = March 24, 2017 | website = Reverb.com | format = video | title = Video: Annie Clark of St. Vincent Talks Gear and Influence at NAMM 2017 | time = 1:34 | date = January 20, 2017 | author = Jim }} Marc Ribot and Tool.{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/watch-st-vincent-cover-tools-forty-six-and-2/ |title=Watch St. Vincent Cover Tool's "Forty Six & 2" |website=Pitchfork |date=June 10, 2018 |access-date=August 23, 2019}} Clark cited the author Lorrie Moore as an inspiration for St Vincent.{{cite magazine |last1=Cirisano |first1=Tatiana |title=6 Things We Learned From Surviving St. Vincent's 'Masseduction' Escape Room |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7989199/st-vincent-masseduction-escape-room-interview |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Billboard Media, LLC |access-date=November 2, 2021}}

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Clark has played a 1967 Harmony Bobkat, 1960's Silvertone 1488, 1979 Hagström Super Swede, and Fender Deluxe Nashville Telecaster.{{Cite web |date=2011-10-18 |title=St. Vincent: All-Star Dropout |url=https://www.premierguitar.com/artists/st-vincent-all-star-dropout |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=Premier Guitar |language=en}} In recent years, she has primarily played her signature Ernie Ball Music Man St. Vincent guitar.

In March 2016, Ernie Ball announced that Clark had designed a signature Music Man guitar.{{cite news|url=https://www.guitarworld.com/gear-electrics-features-magazine-interviews-news/st-vincent-discusses-her-new-signature-ernie-ball|title=St. Vincent Discusses Her New Signature Ernie Ball Music Man Guitar|last1=Reiff|first1=Corbin|date=February 14, 2016|work=Guitar World}} Unique to the guitar was the design, which Welsh singer Cate Le Bon claimed in The Guardian as being made for women's bodies and providing pleasing aesthetic form in support of the guitar's function.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/26/cate-le-bon-first-guitar-designed-for-women-st-vincent|title=Cate Le Bon: 'Guitars were inspired by female bodies. Why are they uncomfortable for women to play?'|last1=Bon|first1=Cate Le|date=January 26, 2017|work=The Guardian}} However, Clark has since stated that the guitar being specifically for women was not a consideration during the design process.{{cite web |last1=Choi |first1=Mary HK |title=Guitar hero |url=https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/eva3ve/st-vincent-is-the-first-woman-to-design-her-own-line-of-signature-guitars-for-mass-market |website=Vice.com|date=March 13, 2017 }}{{cite web |last1=Shankenhauser |first1=Richard |title=The Music Man St Vincent Guitar (is not just for women) |url=https://www.electricherald.com/ernie-ball-music-man-st-vincent/ |website=electricherald.com|date=July 6, 2017 }}

It was originally released in 2016 as the St. Vincent HHH with three mini-humbuckers in a signature Vincent Blue finish, a paint color which Clark herself had personally hand-mixed and selected, as well as in Black.{{Cite web |title=Ernie Ball Music Man artist @st_vincent mixing the perfect shade of "Vincent Blue" with Sterling Ball for her signature guitar |url=https://twitter.com/ernieball/status/1092951345110216708 |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=Twitter |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2015-08-27 |title=St. Vincent Designs Signature Ernie Ball Guitar |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/60970-st-vincent-designs-signature-ernie-ball-guitar/ |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}

In 2017, four additional colors were added to the guitar line, Polaris White, Heritage Red, Tobacco Burst, and Stealth Black. 2017 was also the last year to feature a solid rosewood neck and fingerboard, due to heavy rosewood trade restrictions under CITES, later models would primarily use a roasted maple neck with ebony fingerboard.{{cite web|url=https://www.music-man.com/instruments/guitars/st-vincent|title=St. Vincent|year=2017|website=Ernie Ball Music Man guitars}}{{Cite web |last=LixXxi |title=Ernie Ball Music Man St Vincent 2017 – Guitar Planet |url=https://www.guitar-planet.co.uk/ernie-ball-music-man-st-vincent-2017/ |access-date=2022-11-21 |language=en-GB |archive-date=November 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121211709/https://www.guitar-planet.co.uk/ernie-ball-music-man-st-vincent-2017/ |url-status=dead }} A St. Vincent HH signature model was released in 2018 featuring two humbuckers in place of the three mini-humbuckers on the original.{{cite web|url=https://www.music-man.com/instruments/guitars/st-vincent-hh|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501052014/https://www.music-man.com/instruments/guitars/st-vincent-hh|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 1, 2019|title=St. Vincent HH|website=Ernie Ball Music Man guitars|language=en-us|access-date=September 6, 2019}}

In 2021, a new St. Vincent Goldie signature model was released, featuring three gold foil mini-humbucker pickups, a reverse matching finish headstock, redesigned pickguard shape in 3-ply parchment, a roasted maple neck, and stainless steel frets.{{Cite web |title=St. Vincent Goldie |url=https://www.music-man.com/instruments/guitars/st-vincent-goldie |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=Ernie Ball Music Man guitars |language=en-us}}{{Cite web |author1=Jonathan Horsley |date=2021-06-02 |title=Ernie Ball Music Man officially releases the St Vincent Goldie |url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/St-Vincent-EBMM-Goldie |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=MusicRadar |language=en}}

Notable users of the guitar include Jack White, who used the three pickup version during every performance of his Boarding House Reach tour in 2018, Todd Tamanend Clark, Tom Morello, J Mascis, Les Priest of LANY, Eva Hendricks of Charly Bliss, Emily Roberts of The Last Dinner Party, and Dan Boeckner of Wolf Parade.{{cite web |title=St. Vincent Is Seriously Stoked That Jack White Used Her Signature Guitar on 'SNL' {{!}} Exclaim! |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/st_vincent_celebrates_after_jack_white_uses_her_signature_model_guitar_on_snl |access-date=2022-06-03 |website=exclaim.ca |language=en-ca}}{{cite web |title=Tom Morello on Instagram: "The "B" Team." |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Bjv5t2mgVRs/ |access-date=2022-06-03 |website=Instagram |language=en}}{{cite web |last=Doriapublished |first=Matt |date=June 17, 2021 |title=Dinosaur Jr.'s J Mascis on being inspired by Thin Lizzy and working with Kurt Vile |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/features/dinosaur-jrs-j-mascis-on-being-inspired-by-thin-lizzy-and-working-with-kurt-vile |access-date=2022-06-03 |website=guitarworld |language=en}}{{cite web |last=Ball |first=Ernie |date=April 26, 2018 |title=Ernie Ball on Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/ernieball/status/989559196520611840 |access-date=2022-06-03 |website=Twitter |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Emily Roberts on Instagram: "'Nothing Matters' is out now!!" |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CrOU5_tKXzS/ |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=Instagram |language=en}}{{cite web |last1=Baines |first1=Huw |title=How Wolf Parade have found their feet as a modern trio |url=https://guitar.com/features/interviews/wolf-parade-thin-mind/ |website=Guitar.com |date=January 29, 2020 |access-date=9 August 2022}}

Clark divides her time between Los Angeles, Dallas, and New York City.{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/04/arts/music/st-vincent-favorites.html |title=St. Vincent Is Trying to Understand People|last1=Horn|first1=Olivia|date=May 5, 2021|work=The New York Times}} A 2014 Village Voice profile describes her as a private person. David Byrne, with whom she collaborated and toured, said of her: "Despite having toured with her for almost a year, I don't think I know her much better, at least not on a personal level... Mystery is not a bad thing for a beautiful, talented young woman (or man) to embrace. And she does it without seeming to be standoffish or distant."{{cite news |last=Maloney |first=Devon |title=St. Vincent Has Crafted a Magnificent Mythology on Her Own Terms |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2014-02-26/music/the-bulletproof-altar-of-st-vincent-annie-clark/ |access-date=2014-02-27 |newspaper=The Village Voice |date=February 26, 2014 |archive-date=March 1, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301222345/http://www.villagevoice.com/2014-02-26/music/the-bulletproof-altar-of-st-vincent-annie-clark/ |url-status=dead }}

When asked during a 2014 interview with Rolling Stone whether she identified as gay or straight, Clark responded: "I don't think about those words. I believe in gender fluidity and sexual fluidity. I don't really identify as anything. I think you can fall in love with anybody. I don't have anything to hide but I'd rather the emphasis be on music."{{cite web |title=The Dream World of St. Vincent |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-dream-world-of-st-vincent-20140623 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=June 23, 2014 |access-date=2014-07-02 |archive-date=May 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517220958/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-dream-world-of-st-vincent-20140623 |url-status=dead }} Later that year, in an interview with the UK's Sunday Times, she elaborated: "I'm not one for gender or sexual absolutism in the main; I fully support and engage in the spectrum."{{cite news |url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/music/article1471087.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029062531/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/music/article1471087.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 29, 2014 |date=October 19, 2014 |newspaper=The Sunday Times |title=St. Vincent: Start making sense |first=Louis |last=Wise |access-date=2015-02-17}} She identifies as queer.{{Cite magazine |last=Lynch |first=Joe |date=2024-06-17 |title=St. Vincent Opens Up: 'I'm Queer. I Know How to Code-Switch' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/st-vincent-billboard-pride-2024-1235710329/ |access-date=2025-02-05 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}} Clark was in a relationship with the actress and fashion model Cara Delevingne from late 2014 until mid-2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/aug/19/st-vincent-interview-deep-nun-mode-cara-delevingne|title=St Vincent: 'I'm in deep nun mode'|first1=Tom|last1=Lamont|date=August 19, 2017|website=The Guardian|access-date=February 22, 2018}} Clark briefly dated the actress Kristen Stewart in late 2016.{{Cite web |title=Kristen Stewart and St. Vincent make their first official appearance as a couple |url=https://graziamagazine.com/articles/kristen-stewart-st-vincent-official-couple/ |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=Grazia |language=en-US}} While accepting a Grammy Award in 2025, she revealed she has a wife named Leah as well as a daughter.{{Cite web |last=Chuba |first=Kirsten |date=2025-02-03 |title=St. Vincent Surprises Fans by Thanking Wife and Daughter at Grammys: "We've Kept It Under Wraps" |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/st-vincent-surprises-fans-wife-daughter-grammys-1236125225/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}

In May 2010, Clark's father was convicted of one count of conspiracy, seven counts of wire fraud, five counts of securities fraud, and one count of money laundering.{{cite web|date=October 29, 2010|title=Securities Attorney and Former Stock Broker Each Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Prison for $43 Million Pump-and-Dump Stock Manipulation Scheme|url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/securities-attorney-and-former-stock-broker-each-sentenced-more-12-years-prison-43-million|access-date=2021-05-17|website=Justice.gov|language=en}} The album Daddy's Home was in part inspired by her father's eventual release.{{Cite magazine|last1=Ehrlich|first1=Brenna|date=March 4, 2021|title=St. Vincent's Family Ties|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/st-vincent-daddys-home-interview-1136037/|access-date=2021-05-17|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}

{{main|St. Vincent discography}}

Studio albums

• Marry Me (2007)
• Actor (2009)
• Strange Mercy (2011)
• St. Vincent (2014)
• Masseduction (2017)
• Daddy's Home (2021)
• All Born Screaming (2024)

Collaborative albums

• Love This Giant (with David Byrne) (2012)

• Marry Me Tour (2007–08)
• Actor Tour (2009–10)
• Strange Mercy Tour (2011–12)
• Love This Giant Tour (with David Byrne) (2012–13)
• Digital Witness Tour (2014–15)
• Fear the Future Tour (2017–18)
• I Am a Lot Like You! Tour (2018–19)
• Daddy's Home Tour (2021–23)
• All Born Screaming Tour (2024–25)

{{portal|Biography}}

• LGBTQ culture in New York City
• List of LGBT people from New York City
• List of guitarists

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