Introducing the new Amy Shark. The half-up top knot is gone, as is her signature indie-punk-pop-diary-girl sound. When she speaks to marie claire, the Year of the Fire Horse has only just begun, and Shark has bolted out of the starting gates. There’s a new album, two new films, and an appearance on the soundtrack of Lena Dunham’s upcoming Netflix romcom film, Good Sex, for which Dunham personally requested Shark. “I’m also turning 40!” she adds to the end of the list she’s been counting on one hand. “We’re galloping, we’re swimming – it’s the Year of the Fire Shark!”
Her new album, soft pop, out July 31, is unlike anything she's done before, right down to the microphone she used and the tuning of her guitar. There were no co-writers, just Shark and her producer. “I don't want people to think this is just another Amy Shark record, it's so different," she shares.
And then there's her film debut in the MMA fight movie Beast, across from Russell Crowe and Daniel MacPherson. Shark plays a fight coach and undertook intensive training to get ready for the part. "I had to take real hits and get in there and swear and push and look like I'm not terrified," she says, laughing.
This is Amy Shark like you've never seen her before.
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