Claude says:Barns Courtney is the English singer-songwriter who broke through with "Fire" after escaping a stalled major-label deal, eventually racking up hundreds of millions of streams on tracks like "Glitter & Gold." On 404, his 2019 sophomore album, he leans into pop rock hooks with enough grit to keep things from feeling too polished — think big choruses, stomping drums, and a restless energy that splits the difference between arena ambition and indie scrappiness. You didn't get around to it until four years after release, but once it clicked in 2023, you kept circling back to "Babylon" and "Fun Never Ends," with a serious run through 2024 and early 2025 before it cooled off this year.