# Bodywash Share New Song La Renommée

> Bodywash releases mesmeric new track La Renommée inspired by Sonic Youth.
- Title: Bodywash Share New Song La Renommée · Stereogum | Shortify
- Summary: Bodywash releases mesmeric new track La Renommée inspired by Sonic Youth. Bodywash's new song La Renommée, inspired by Sonic Youth and Kim Gordon's…
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- Source: Stereogum — https://stereogum.com/2514712/bodywash-la-renommee/music
- Published: 2026-10-15T17:55:50+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: bodywash, sonic youth, kim gordon, la renommée, montreal statue, fictional bartender, music, culture
## New Song Release
Bodywash shares new track La Renommée, a mesmeric rocker inspired by Sonic Youth and Kim Gordon's autobiography.

> I'd been reading Kim Gordon's autobiography and listening to a lot of EVOL -era Sonic Youth at the time and wanted to write a song that had the same hushed sense of urgency
## Song Inspiration
The track blends a fictional bartender with Montreal's La Renommée statue, a winged woman in Jeanne Mance Park.

> The lyrics are half about a fictional bartender, half about a real montreal statue called la renommée, a winged woman in jeanne mance parc
## Release Date
Laughing At Noise album drops November 20 on Light Organ.
## Key takeaway

Bodywash's new song La Renommée, inspired by Sonic Youth and Kim Gordon's autobiography, features a fictional bartender and Montreal statue.