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Angel Olsen

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Fresh grief, like fresh love, has a way of sharpening our vision and bringing on painful clarifications. No matter how temporary these states may be the vulnerability and transformation they demand can overpower the strongest among us. Then there are the rare, fertile moments when both occur, when mourning and limerence heighten, complicate and explain each other; the songs that comprise Angel Olsen’s Big Time were forged in such whiplash.

Big Time is an album about the expansive power of new love, but this brightness is tempered by a profound sense of loss. During Olsen’s process of coming to terms with her queerness and confronting the traumas that had been keeping her from fully accepting herself, she felt it was time to come out to her parents, a hurdle she’d avoided for some time. “Finally at the ripe age of 34, I was free to be me,” she said. Three days later her father died and shortly after her mother passed away. The shards of this grief are scattered throughout the album.

Three weeks after her mother’s funeral she was in the studio recording this wise and tender new album. Loss has long been a subject of Olsen’s elegiac songs, but few can write elegies with quite the reckless energy as she. If that bursting-at-the-seams energy has come to seem intractable to her work, this album proves Olsen is now writing from a more rooted place of clarity. These are songs not just about transformational mourning, but of finding freedom and joy in the privations as they come.

Genres

: alternative americana art pop chamber pop countrygaze dream pop experimental pop indie pop indie rock noise pop singer-songwriter

Total plays

510.8 million
Updated on 2025-11-02

Social media links

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Monthly listeners

606,037

Followers

505,350

Top Cities

  1. United States
    Los Angeles
    12,309 listeners
  2. United States
    Chicago
    10,705 listeners
  3. United States
    New York City
    11,392 listeners
  4. Australia
    Melbourne
    10,377 listeners
  5. United Kingdom
    London
    19,486 listeners

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Most popular tracks

Track Plays Duration Release date
Shut Up Kiss Me
Shut Up Kiss Me
62,560,340 3:22 2016-09-02
Unfucktheworld
Unfucktheworld
41,171,186 2:05 2014-11-18
Some things Cosmic
Some things Cosmic
29,074,036 2:55 2011-04-11
Like I Used To
Like I Used To
18,544,942 4:24 2021-05-21
Never Be Mine
Never Be Mine
16,426,795 3:41 2016-09-02
Spring
Spring
16,412,696 3:23 2019-10-04
New Love Cassette
New Love Cassette
14,812,844 3:26 2019-10-04
All Mirrors
All Mirrors
14,473,699 4:42 2019-10-04
All The Good Times
All The Good Times
11,163,357 4:37 2022-06-03
Sister
Sister
11,052,708 7:46 2016-09-02
True Blue (feat. Angel Olsen)
True Blue (feat. Angel Olsen)
9,945,836 5:48 2019-06-21
Intern
Intern
9,898,133 2:47 2016-09-02
Give It Up
Give It Up
9,133,376 2:56 2016-09-02
Windows
Windows
8,745,459 4:08 2014-11-18
Lark
Lark
7,762,759 6:19 2019-10-04
Heart Shaped Face
Heart Shaped Face
7,479,362 5:33 2016-09-02
Stranger's Kiss (Duet with Angel Olsen)
Stranger's Kiss (Duet with Angel Olsen)
7,262,031 4:01 2017-09-08
Sweet Dreams
Sweet Dreams
6,760,781 3:12 2013-01-20
Forgiven/Forgotten
Forgiven/Forgotten
6,567,262 2:04 2013-11-14
Fly On Your Wall
Fly On Your Wall
6,091,718 3:38 2017-11-10
Those Were the Days
Those Were the Days
5,903,990 4:20 2016-09-02
The Waiting
The Waiting
5,775,450 3:43 2012-09-04
Lights Out
Lights Out
5,600,188 4:27 2014-11-18
Chance
Chance
5,574,172 5:59 2019-10-04
Hi-Five
Hi-Five
5,469,191 2:58 2014-01-09
Acrobat
Acrobat
5,391,425 3:38 2012-08-14
Woman
Woman
5,164,772 7:37 2016-09-02
Big Time
Big Time
5,062,725 4:07 2022-06-03
New Love Cassette (Mark Ronson Remix)
New Love Cassette (Mark Ronson Remix)
4,570,903 3:28 2020-06-18
Not Gonna Kill You
Not Gonna Kill You
4,546,916 4:57 2016-09-02
White Fire
White Fire
4,387,165 6:56 2014-11-18
Iota
Iota
3,719,547 3:28 2014-11-18
Creator, Destroyer
Creator, Destroyer
3,514,432 3:55 2011-04-11
Whole New Mess
Whole New Mess
3,428,080 3:43 2020-08-28
Free
Free
3,412,148 2:29 2012-09-04
What It Is
What It Is
3,410,367 3:17 2019-10-04
High & Wild
High & Wild
3,319,941 3:53 2014-11-18
Go Home
Go Home
3,165,433 5:25 2022-06-03
Eyes Without A Face
Eyes Without A Face
3,079,220 4:41 2021-08-20
Only With You
Only With You
3,043,310 2:35 2014-11-18
Ghost On
Ghost On
3,000,905 4:20 2022-06-03
Like I Used To - Acoustic Version
Like I Used To - Acoustic Version
2,993,078 4:02 2021-08-10
Pops
Pops
2,937,295 4:41 2016-09-02
Stars
Stars
2,838,384 4:38 2014-11-18
Special
Special
2,759,043 7:21 2017-11-10
Heartstruck (Wild Hunger)
Heartstruck (Wild Hunger)
2,693,918 3:31 2017-10-12
California
California
2,675,567 3:50 2013-01-20
Too Easy
Too Easy
2,591,046 2:58 2019-10-04
May as Well
May as Well
2,577,819 2:39 2014-11-18
Endless Road
Endless Road
2,528,226 2:04 2014-11-18
All Right Now
All Right Now
2,434,794 2:59 2014-11-18
Big Time
Big Time
2,379,618 4:08 2022-09-13
Dance Slow Decades
Dance Slow Decades
2,208,580 4:06 2014-11-18
Enemy
Enemy
2,197,301 5:44 2014-11-18
Waving, Smiling
Waving, Smiling
2,170,912 3:52 2020-08-28
Impasse
Impasse
2,050,593 4:24 2019-10-04
Summer
Summer
2,047,926 4:05 2019-10-04
Drunk and with Dreams
Drunk and with Dreams
2,047,041 3:54 2011-04-11
Tonight
Tonight
1,986,767 4:39 2019-10-04
Nothing's Free
Nothing's Free
1,922,883 4:39 2023-04-14
Endgame
Endgame
1,916,701 5:20 2019-10-04
Lonely Universe
Lonely Universe
1,864,353 7:23 2012-09-04
For You
For You
1,836,404 1:54 2017-11-10
Through The Fires
Through The Fires
1,830,769 4:32 2022-06-03
Who's Sorry Now
Who's Sorry Now
1,825,808 2:18 2017-04-07
Mr. Lonely
Mr. Lonely
1,798,463 2:54 2020-09-17
All The Flowers
All The Flowers
1,786,721 3:38 2022-06-03
Gloria
Gloria
1,785,905 4:38 2021-08-20
Right Now
Right Now
1,771,999 5:07 2022-06-03
Dream Thing
Dream Thing
1,749,620 3:54 2022-06-03
If It's Alive, It Will
If It's Alive, It Will
1,592,601 3:23 2011-06-14
If it's Alive, it Will
If it's Alive, it Will
1,592,601 3:23 2011-04-11
Tougher Than the Rest
Tougher Than the Rest
1,569,525 3:31 2017-11-10
Safety Dance
Safety Dance
1,483,853 3:51 2021-08-20
Chasing The Sun
Chasing The Sun
1,464,527 4:43 2022-06-03
Tiniest Lights
Tiniest Lights
1,395,557 2:57 2011-04-11
This Is How It Works
This Is How It Works
1,319,243 6:25 2022-06-03
Tiniest Seed
Tiniest Seed
1,309,535 3:29 2012-09-04
Sans
Sans
1,270,763 2:34 2017-11-10
Safe in the Womb
Safe in the Womb
1,243,269 5:23 2012-09-04
It's Every Season (Whole New Mess)
It's Every Season (Whole New Mess)
1,221,638 4:56 2021-05-07
White Water - Bonus Track
White Water - Bonus Track
1,160,236 5:40 2014-11-18
All Mirrors (Johnny Jewel remix)
All Mirrors (Johnny Jewel remix)
1,154,298 3:35 2020-04-09
Miranda
Miranda
1,154,256 4:48 2012-09-04
Don't (Just) Vote
Don't (Just) Vote
1,047,647 5:12 2020-10-27
You Are Song
You Are Song
1,011,244 3:52 2012-09-04
Forever Means
Forever Means
966,716 3:28 2023-04-14
(We Are All Mirrors)
(We Are All Mirrors)
962,940 2:37 2020-08-28
Can't Wait Until Tomorrow
Can't Wait Until Tomorrow
928,195 2:18 2012-09-04
Dream of You
Dream of You
871,693 3:58 2024-04-11
How Many Disasters
How Many Disasters
867,536 2:43 2017-11-10
Always Half Strange
Always Half Strange
851,869 2:50 2012-09-04
So That We Can Be Still
So That We Can Be Still
838,760 4:38 2011-04-11
California Paranoia (feat. Angel Olsen)
California Paranoia (feat. Angel Olsen)
815,058 3:46 2015-10-02
Attics of My Life
Attics of My Life
799,492 4:16 2016-05-20
The Sky Opened Up
The Sky Opened Up
787,538 4:07 2012-09-04
Alive and Dying (Waving, Smiling)
Alive and Dying (Waving, Smiling)
726,678 4:16 2021-05-07
Dance With Me
Dance With Me
673,371 4:44 2017-03-03
Something on Your Mind
Something on Your Mind
645,199 3:43 2022-01-13
(New Love) Cassette
(New Love) Cassette
579,625 2:50 2020-08-28
Too Easy (Bigger Than Us)
Too Easy (Bigger Than Us)
517,228 2:32 2020-08-28
Forever Young
Forever Young
513,819 5:37 2021-08-20
Greenville
Greenville
501,177 2:45 2023-09-06
Chance (Forever Love)
Chance (Forever Love)
496,741 5:29 2020-08-28
The Blacksmith
The Blacksmith
495,102 4:33 2015-01-01
Lark Song
Lark Song
491,731 6:31 2020-08-28
(Summer Song)
(Summer Song)
479,874 4:10 2020-08-28
More Than This
More Than This
468,308 3:26 2021-05-07
Tonight (Without You)
Tonight (Without You)
450,752 4:01 2020-08-28
If You Leave
If You Leave
408,798 4:29 2021-08-20
Smaller
Smaller
402,855 1:04 2021-05-07
What It Is (What It Is)
What It Is (What It Is)
380,026 2:36 2020-08-28
Impasse (Workin' For The Name)
Impasse (Workin' For The Name)
344,393 3:48 2020-08-28
Time Bandits
Time Bandits
306,975 3:55 2023-04-14
The Takeover
The Takeover
299,656 3:50 2024-11-12
My Reverie - From "A Small Light: Episode 4"
My Reverie - From "A Small Light: Episode 4"
293,293 3:09 2023-05-09
Holding On
Holding On
253,551 4:01 2023-04-14
Sinkhole
Sinkhole
183,271 4:03 2024-12-06
One Too Many Mornings
One Too Many Mornings
165,645 2:59 2022-05-27
Mercury Avenue
Mercury Avenue
156,388 4:51 2024-06-05
Farfisa Song
Farfisa Song
131,591 4:01 2024-11-19
I Can't Stand It
I Can't Stand It
104,986 2:58 2024-03-27
It's Not There feat. Angel Olsen
It's Not There feat. Angel Olsen
102,822 3:43 2025-02-12
Forever (New Feelings Version)
Forever (New Feelings Version)
96,078 4:05 2022-03-04
Swimming
Swimming
62,694 2:38 2024-12-06
In the Morning
In the Morning
56,847 2:55 2011-08-02
Born Too Blue
Born Too Blue
50,832 5:11 2024-12-06
Give Erin a Compliment (So Kind)
Give Erin a Compliment (So Kind)
37,125 4:29 2017-10-20
Sidetracked In Miami
Sidetracked In Miami
32,996 2:36 2013-12-03
This Time (Not The Next Time)
This Time (Not The Next Time)
23,518 2:49 2013-12-03
Idolize
Idolize
13,965 1:38 2013-12-03
Snowglobe
Snowglobe
12,985 1:42 2013-12-03
Swim Colleen
Swim Colleen
12,770 3:51 2017-10-20
100 Kinds Of Crazy
100 Kinds Of Crazy
12,035 1:35 2013-12-03
The Crossing Guard
The Crossing Guard
10,522 2:11 2013-12-03
Daddy Wants To Be A Robin
Daddy Wants To Be A Robin
9,248 1:38 2013-12-03
All In My Head
All In My Head
6,994 1:55 2013-12-03
The Bus Is Coming
The Bus Is Coming
6,539 3:07 2013-12-03
Devonte’s In A Coma
Devonte’s In A Coma
6,388 1:56 2013-12-03
Never Finished Counting
Never Finished Counting
6,229 1:52 2013-12-03
Cold Blooded Old Times
Cold Blooded Old Times
6,089 4:17 2021-09-24
The Baseball Player’s Wife
The Baseball Player’s Wife
6,041 4:06 2013-12-03
God Ain’t Ready For You
God Ain’t Ready For You
4,202 0:32 2013-12-03
Not What I Came For
Not What I Came For
3,048 4:05 2021-12-01
Over And Over (Egyptian Variation) - Amazon Original
Over And Over (Egyptian Variation) - Amazon Original
< 1000 3:05 2018-10-26

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Cosmic Waves Volume 1
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Mercury Avenue
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Dream of You
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I Can't Stand It
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Aisles
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[Jagjaguwar]
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Song of the Lark and Other Far Memories
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[Jagjaguwar]
Don't (Just) Vote
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[Anti/Epitaph]
Mr. Lonely
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[Jagjaguwar]
Whole New Mess
Whole New Mess
2020-08-28
[Jagjaguwar]
New Love Cassette (Mark Ronson Remix)
New Love Cassette (Mark Ronson Remix)
2020-06-18
[Jagjaguwar]
All Mirrors (Johnny Jewel remix)
All Mirrors (Johnny Jewel remix)
2020-04-09
[Jagjaguwar]
All Mirrors
All Mirrors
2019-10-04
[Jagjaguwar]
Phases
Phases
2017-11-10
[Jagjaguwar]
MY WOMAN
MY WOMAN
2016-09-02
[Jagjaguwar]
Burn Your Fire For No Witness (Deluxe Edition)
Burn Your Fire For No Witness (Deluxe Edition)
2014-11-18
[Jagjaguwar]
Hi-Five
Hi-Five
2014-01-10
[Jagjaguwar]
Hi-Five
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2014-01-09
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Forgiven/Forgotten
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2013-11-14
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Sleepwalker
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2013-01-20
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Miracle of Love: A Bathetic Records Compilation
Miracle of Love: A Bathetic Records Compilation
2012-08-14
[Bathetic Records]
Strange Cacti
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