It took me a minute to realize that. They teased it with three new songs: "$20," "Emily . And then Covid was this built-in boundary [where] we cant see each other, so it was nice to realize what I actually wanted: to be able to talk with no strings attached. Not long after our interview, Bridgers dad died at age 60. Theres something a little scary about that. By Rachel Syme April 1, 2023 Over the past few years, each woman's highly specific take on emotionally. Just think of the cover of their self-titled EP, where they sat on a couch in the same formation as Crosby, Stills, and Nash did on their debut. That's how boygenius Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus refer to one another. Plus, there are dozens of episodes featuring genre-spanning discussions, debates, and explainers with Rolling Stones critics and reporters. And when I write for other people, Im playing Bananagrams., Yeah, well, that makes sense, Bridgers says, cracking everyone up again, because I f suck at Bananagrams., It was Bridgers who originally broached the idea of getting back together to follow up their brief, beloved self-titled 2018 EP. I was in the seventh grade. The two wolves inside us can be self-hatred and self-aggrandizing, Bridgers explains. Theyve expressed annoyance over the need for their gender to be remarkable and their disdain for virtue signaling being treated as symbols instead of artists. Bridgers: You let me have food on my face. I don't think that makes sense. I think the first rider was, like, vegetables, hummus, water, tofurkey slices and pita bread. Who knows, maybe all three of them will make out. It's the Wednesday between Coachella weekends. I was vegan, I didn't drink, so it was just the most basic shit ever. JULIAN BAKER, LUCY DACUS, AND PHOEBE BRIDGERS REUNITE AT THE - Twitter I could just go play these gigs in bigger venues than Im used to playing, and then I could just continue to go home and go help my neighbors mow their lawn., She eyes the menu. Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker are three of the best - and most obsessed-over - songwriters today. I was just like, Diamond Eyes? Lucys a noticer, Bridgers says. I don't know what the impulse was for me to go sing songs. A candid interview with Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, and Phoebe Bridgers about friendship, creativity, and fake wokeness. They check in on each others attempted vibes. ALBUMS: April 2023 In Review - Rock and Roll Globe Phoebe Bridgers On 'Punisher,' Conor Oberst And The Poetry Of I feel an uncomplicated pride about it., Adds Bridgers: Were obsessed with each other. Boygenius, the supergroup of Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, and Julien Baker, is releasing their debut album, "The Record," on March 31. We dig deep into the magic of Boygenius Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, and Julien Baker and gently correct their facts on Leonard Cohen. Bridgers happily obliges.). Both say they never planned on music careers. Now when I listen to music I can just go on an acid jazz trip for an hour and listen to 100 bands I've never heard of. I want to normalize talking shit about fans, says Bridgers. That was all the money I had, so I would buy the one CD and if I didn't immediately like it I wouldn't have anything else to play. There are obvious parallels with the negative experiences of Phoebe Bridgers, Baker's pal and bandmate in side project boygenius. We dig deep into the magic of Boygenius Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, and Julien Baker and gently correct their facts on Leonard Cohen, The new Rolling Stone Music Now episode explores the music of Boygenius Boygenius (from left: Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, and Julien Baker), The Genius of Boygenius: Inside the Supergroup Saving Rock, You Are Grimes Now: Inside Musics Weird AI Future, Andor Star Diego Luna on Bold Season Two and Why Hes Done With Cassian. Three years since her debut, Bridgers has returned with a head rush of personal growth, loss, and catharsis in Punisher. Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers & Lucy Dacus on the Transformative Power Together, they're a one-of-a-kind band powered by friendship, sick books, and sicker songs. Very childrens-book vibes. Expectations for the album were high on account of an impressive self-titled EP that Boygenius released in 2018, but even so, "the record" transcended. All of a sudden, Phoebe Bridgers appears behind me like an apparition. Dacus grew up in Richmond, Va., Baker in Bartlett, Tenn. She brought the most to the table., The trio took two writing trips Healdsburg, California, in April 2021, and Malibu in August 2021 and worked via text, in a group chat thats been going strong since 2018. Im old school, a one-man guy, Baker replies. But for The Record, they say, Interscope made the most sense. Bridgers and Mescal were said to be engaged and, later, rumored to have broken up; Bridgers didnt comment, other than to say she is not presently engaged. Photography direction by emma reeves. Spring Playlist: Black Thought, Low Cut Connie, Lana Del Rey, Muna SZA met Bridgers when the R&B superstar cold-messaged her online, and after chatting a bit the pair agreed to collaborate and turned the track around in about a week. After Bridgers sent her demo, Baker created a folder containing several Logic demos, each titled "boygenius 1," "boygenius 2," "boygenius 3," and so on. I feel like I had a deep engagement with songs that even I didn't immediately like and learned to pick apart music by returning to a smaller catalogue. We liked In Rainbows, she says. Bridgers, a 28-year-old L.A. native who recently bought a house in nearby Calabasas, is in her signature black attire, except for a beige baseball cap that reads Lucy loves me, Dads fear me. It refers to Thumbs, a track off Dacus instant-classic 2021 solo album, Home Video, where she fantasizes about murdering her friends shitty dad. I sometimes have difficulty engaging with a song thats super sentimental, in a really specific, tender way. 11. The first full-length album from Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker, and Lucy Dacus evinces a premptive nostalgia for the honeymoon phase of creative collaboration. I simply need to talk about the genius (haha) new album from renowned Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, and Julien Baker indie outfit, boygenius. Or just glance at the cover of this magazine, where theyve replicated our January 1994 Nirvana cover. The real-estate company that owns the studio responsible for landmark albums from Frank Sinatra to Green Day announces mass layoffs and a shift in direction. Styling assistance by jess mcatee. Little Oblivions by Julien Baker, released 26 February 2021 1. Im just looking pissed off, Bridgers reports. And the boys have a sinus infection. Indie-Rock Supergroup boygenius Returns, and 5 More New Songs When we meet back in February in the lounge of Manhattan's Ludlow Hotel, the California musician is living up to her reputation as a slightly ghostly singer-songwriter whose 2017 debut album Stranger in the Alps a collection of songs that dissects themes of love and death made her a breakout star. "I could go on and on and on" about Boygenius' The Record How to get last-minute Taylor Swift 'Eras' tickets in Nashville Our interpersonal dynamics the collective, not the individual are part of the personality of the band. Thanks, Mom, Baker says to her bandmate, beaming. We all get to be the lead. They were acclaimed songwriters living parallel lives, yet they sounded like one cohesive, awesome unit partly because of how much they relate to one another on a fundamental level. All three band members have specific anecdotes of absurd fan interactions: Baker is sometimes stopped midrun, Dacus is often greeted while reading at a bench (she does not stand up for a photo, she admits), and Bridgers once had a tearful conversation with her mom while on a walk, not realizing she was being followed for five blocks. I was like, Were gonna be friends. They quickly bonded over Southern backgrounds (Baker is from Tennessee, Dacus from Virginia) that were deeply rooted in religion. If you've ever been to one of her intimate live shows, you'll know this: alone on stage, she uses only a guitar, a keyboard and a loop pedal. Phoebe Bridgers was born on August 17th, 1994, in Los Angeles, California. I was in OSS a lot, says Baker out-of-school suspension. See their exclusive Coachella photo diary. @phoebe bridgers. It was, for real, 25 straight-up hits, she says. Boygenius Wants to Be More Than the 'Cool, Obscure Thing' - The Atlantic Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus set 'the record' straight on boygenius LP. Julien is really an amazing instrumentalist and she has an incredible ear for tone and arrangement, and Phoebe is a super-creative idea machine. Styling by jared ellner at the only agency. While narrowing down tracks, Baker voted to cut Were in Love from the album. Its so hard to relate to people. On 'the record,' boygenius honors how friendship shapes our very sense Its so hard to relate to people. Soon they were sending long missives back and forth, trading book recommendations, and developing crushes on each other, which they didnt admit to until later. We have a shared experience that is not shared by a lot of other people in our lives. For Bridgers, being around the Boys means being constantly validated that my problems are real problems., It would take four years for them to cut a full-length album. That owl on the cover is sick and it's in the rock section. Baker asks if Im OK. Bridgers shares a consoling story about herself getting jammed in the mouth with a glass bottle and then breaking out into tears. Theres a way to [be a fan] without filming me without my permission behind the back of my head, chasing me down the street.. When I was a teen, I went to festivals, and those shows are burned into my head. Turn Out the Lights - Julien Baker (2017). But Cameron Crowe Wont Let the Music Die, The Raw, Unfiltered Magic of this New Seventies Neil Young Bootleg. Boygenius' Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker & Lucy Dacus on 'The Record TS 10. It's very of it's time. Lifting each other up [is] how we create, Bridgers says. 3/4 (4.75/5 stars) Fast forward to 2023. boygenius (the name is stylized in all lower case) is a combination of three indie women who've individually put out terrific albums, capable writers in their own right. All rights reserved. And we talked about it in the car the whole rest of the tour. Baker responds, with a shout, Oh, s yeah. In her past attempts at collaboration in writing sessions, Baker says, shed be giving out only B-stream lyrics. It was the first time I had arranged chords into my own chosen phrasings and written words of my own instead of listening to someone else's songs. The story thats being told here is that people can find other people that they love and work with them without that, eventually, making everyone hate each other. Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus (the boys) are Boygenius (stylized in all lowercase), the alternative/indie rock band that released its sublime debut album, "the record" on Friday, March 31. If I was going on a solo-album campaign right now, I wouldnt. Baker, Bridgers, and Dacus could have kept charging along with their solo careers and personal ambitions.