Susanna Hoffs and Rufus Wainwright duet on new single "Bad Case Of Loneliness"

Susanna Hoffs has put out "Bad Case Of Loneliness," a duet with Rufus Wainwright and the third song lifted from her coming solo album The List. Stereogum posted the song on September 1, filed under new music and written up by Danielle Chelosky, who called it a weepy collaboration.

It is the third piece of the album to reach listeners. "Casablanca" came first, then "This Island," and the pattern is a steady drip rather than a surprise drop: a record being introduced one song at a time. MusicSuey covered the album itself when it arrived last month, in the announcement of The List.

Hoffs is placed for readers, as she usually is, through the Bangles. That band is the reference point every outlet reaches for, and it is what puts a 1980s pop group beside a 2026 solo album on the same page. The List is her own record rather than a band project, which is part of why each new song is being handed over separately.

Wainwright arrives here as the guest voice rather than a co-billed act, and a duet credit does a specific job on a rollout like this one: it puts two separate listenerships in front of the same song. Anyone tracking new pop releases week to week can see the whole schedule so far on the release calendar.

What the coverage does not carry is a release date for The List, a label, or a track listing. Three songs are out, a fourth has not been named, and the album is still described only as forthcoming. Until that changes, the singles are the whole of what has been published.