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Phoebe Bridgers Earns Acclaim For Primetime, Contributes New Song To End Credits

1:59 PM EDT on September 5, 2026

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Phoebe Bridgers has been busy. Last month, she shared her highly anticipated new album Lost Weekend and struggled to celebrate the release thanks to appendicitis. Now, she's making her acting debut in Lance Oppenheim's Primetime, which premiered Friday (Sept. 4) at the Venice Film Festival.

The singer-songwriter plays a decoy named Del in the To Catch A Predator-themed film, which also stars Robert Pattinson. She earned acclaim in a new review from The Hollywood Reporter that says she gives a "a remarkably assured acting debut." On a panel, Pattinson discussed his reaction to Bridgers being considered for the cast: "I didn't even know Lance and Phoebe were friends before this happened and he was like 'Why don't we get Phoebe Bridgers for this?' And I was like 'Why don't we get the Queen?'"

Bridgers contributed a new song for the end credits, and you can hear it in attendees' videos taken during an eight-and-a-half minute standing ovation. The track is titled “On Video” and written with Jack Antonoff and Christian Lee Hutson. It may or may not feature Godflesh's Justin Broadrick and will be released with Ari Balouzian's Primetime score on Sept. 25.

Meanwhile, the new Oasis documentary Don't Look Back In Anger premiered at the Venice Film Festival as well.

Liam and Noel Gallagher arrive at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival for the premiere of the documentary ‘Oasis: Don’t Look Back In Anger’[?: Giulia Parmigiani]

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