Budoár staré dámy report on the absurd state of the world like TV news presenters in “Zprávy”
The new video combines archival news footage, war, parties and fairground rides into an overwhelming stream of news.
Artist: Budoár staré dámy
Title: Zprávy
Release date: 25 August 2026
Listen: https://orcd.co/bsd_singlb
Brno band Budoár staré dámy release “Zprávy”, the second single from their forthcoming album V úplně pitomé době. This gritty, insistent guitar track tackles the overwhelming pressures of the modern world and the constant flood of negative news. Much like a child watching a horror film through their fingers, the band’s frontwoman Marta Kovářová creates a protective distance, putting on a spacesuit when watching the news so it does not affect her quite so deeply. The lyrics draw on the experiences of someone with overly sensitive antennae, as well as the “world around us that is so loud”, while the video offers a welcome sense of perspective and humour.
The single “Zprávy” follows the previous track and video “To nemůžu být já”, while revealing the opposite side of the forthcoming album. Whereas the first single was stripped back both musically and visually, the new track recalls Budoár staré dámy’s earlier, heavier guitar sound. The video reinforces the song’s spirit. Amid a punkish flood of archival news footage, the band members take on the roles of TV news presenters reporting on the absurd state of the world. The video draws on postmodern collage aesthetics and chroma key techniques to bring together old and new, war and parties, or outer space and fairground rides in one overwhelming stream of news.
The video concept came from the band’s drummer and sociologist, Petr Fučík. “Over the past few decades, news has evolved into a genre whose underlying principles are surprisingly close to those of music videos. There are emotions, entertainment, editing, striking visuals and a musical element, which naturally takes centre stage in our case. The purpose has also become similar. Bands once used music videos to compete for the audience’s attention, and today television channels face the same challenge. Their unfortunate presenters have become the pop stars of our time, starring in their own sad shows,” says Fučík.
Marta invited performer and cinematographer Tereza Sikorová to collaborate on the video. Together, they developed the idea of a screaming world and a deaf audience into a performance piece. They played their own news bulletin, the finished music video, on the television screen watched by Marta’s parents, then took the television outside, into a shop, onto public transport and into nature. “Modern news no longer needs a living room. It has become a parasitic presence that has colonised every corner of human experience. News media has become a kind of weather. It rains down on us without stopping,” says Sikorová.
Marta Kovářová explains that writing songs is her way of engaging with the world while also coping with distressing news. “Songs are my outlet and my protective spacesuit,” says the musician and lyricist. The music is a collective creation by Budoár staré dámy, with production by Petr Fučík. The recording, mixing and mastering were handled by Broněk Šmid. The video was directed by Tereza Sikorová and Marta Kovářová, with cinematography by Sikorová and editing by Kovářová.
The seventh studio album by Budoár staré dámy, V úplně pitomé době, will be released on 25 September on Indies Scope. It explores the tension between everyday life and timeless concerns, touching on work, care, overwhelm, engagement and absurdity. The band will celebrate the album’s release on 3 October at Klub Leitnerova in Brno, joined by Erkyll and Voicebabes, and on 17 October at Klub Kaštan in Prague, with Schrödingerova kočka and poets Kamil Bouška, Elena Pecenová and Jan Škrob.
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