We want to hear it. In 2018, singer-songwriters Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus and Phoebe Bridgers, all known for their solo acts, debuted as boygenius with their self-titled EP. There was never any passive-aggression. And we talked about it in the car the whole rest of the tour. "There's nothing avant-garde about it," she says of Punisher, her second solo record and fourth major . 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. That comes, in part, from what theyve each individually shared through their flourishing solo careers. Part of that was like, Have I been sober all this time because its whats healthiest for me, or because I have an obsessive-compulsive tendency towards extremities? Its either all or nothing. But if theres any one thing that theyre about, well, its just themselves. Theres a realm in which I feel permitted to be ambitious in this band, in a way that I cant for my own solo stuff, because its something shared with people that I love who are the greatest songwriters ever, Baker says. We liked In Rainbows, she says. (Representative headline: The Infinite Gay Joy of Boygenius.) But fixation on the personal can also come from an unchecked obsessiveness, especially with Bridgers, whose breakup with actor Paul Mescal generated cringey tabloid headlines and who is famous enough to present awards to Taylor Swift. 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. But the group knows its going to be supported out there, no matter what. It was the first date of their tour together, and the first time any of them had played that historic venue; it was also the debut of a collab a girl group that they'd come to call, with clever irony, boygenius. We talk all the time about the ability to leave the room and know that its not going to get f up. That feeling, of trusting each other with our best ideas, is singular. We all get the high of each other being in the front, which is so sick and has been the ethos of this band since day one.. In 2021-22, the four-time Grammy nominee took her "Reunion Tour" to venues all over the country and lent her talent to numerous music festivals. 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In the last two years, the spotlight on Bridgers has only intensified, including tight analysis of her dating life. And it takes no effort. Adds Bridgers, The thesis statement came after the thing, you know? No one ever suggested we should start a band that feels genuine, she says they just did it. We talked about fucking astrology and anger and healthy boundaries. The singer posted a number of photos on her Instagram account with Emily. Turn Out the Lights - Julien Baker (2017). It was a heavy thing to connect on, but shes such a great person to have those conversations with because shes wildly intelligent and really fucking funny., After recovering from opioid abuse, Baker quickly found herself in the straight-edge hardcore scene. Covid happened, and I didnt feel superproductive, she says. Bridgers: Im going to have a toxic tattoo year, I can tell. . 28 Apr 2023 21:06:44 That you can come together every once in a while, make something good, and then stop. After touring together in 2018, the band members went back to their own busy solo careers: Bridgers released her 2020 album Punisher and in 2021, Baker put out her album Little Oblivions and. Just an adult being like, What youre doing is important and it matters. Next comes a collective dreamy recollection of said teachers: Libby Germer, Georgianne Stinnett, Mr. Wilhite. During a Malibu writing trip, she went for a swim, ignoring Bridgers warning that the tide was too high. I was also extremely star struck then. It is a moneyed and razor-sharp commitment to the bit. (I think of the novelist Ottessa Moshfegh telling the New Yorker that in a theoretical autocratic society shed be uncomfortably high up.) Baker brims over with youngest-sibling nervous energy. Because normally if, say, Im working with Manchester Orchestra, no one wants to do any exercise. A variety of things can happen from there, she says. See their exclusive Coachella photo diary. Julien Rose Baker (born September 29, 1995) is an American indie rock singer and guitarist. The two wolves inside us can be self-hatred and self-aggrandizing, Bridgers explains. boygenius, Assemble: Julien Baker Shares New Single "Favor," Featuring Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus. Something thats been really important to us is to be able to exist like any other band: to make a sick song and have that not be weighted because of all these extraneous identifiers that we work within, says Baker. Hair by dita vushaj at tracey mattingly using leonor greyl. While narrowing down tracks, Baker voted to cut Were in Love from the album. Fucking love a leitmotif! Baker says. Initially I wanted to be polite and respectful. We meet here because they make espresso tonics, Bakers favorite coffee beverage. (Despite this, a man walks up to Bridgers, says, My girlfriend sleeps in a Phoebe Bridgers shirt, and asks for a photo anyway. I had those conversations a lot as a child, just listening to Green Day and being like, Screw George Bush! Bloodshot 7. Marks says there was somewhat of a morning routine at the studio: Baker would go trail running while Dacus would read tarot cards to get a vibe check., Marks would also join Bridgers in yoga sessions: Such a luxury for me, Marks says. The three artists' relationship has also become a site for undertaking, as Baker has put it, "a learning process to know the difference between being scrutinized and being seen." It's a concern. Boygenius Is Bigger Than the Moment. I don't think that makes sense. I think the first rider was, like, vegetables, hummus, water, tofurkey slices and pita bread. Directly after the albums release, the next big moment will be Coachella. Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker, and Lucy Dacus are about to release The Record, their debut album as a unit and follow-up their critically-acclaimed EP. But when she is in Philly, she keeps a sacred routine: She loves to wake up and not speak for the first couple of hours of the day. TS 10. The record has sonic influences but, on a deeper level, were influenced by the space and opportunity to make bad art for a long time., That leads to a digression about, as Baker puts it, that one cool teacher who was like, Hey kid, I heard your band is releasing a record you dont have to turn in your homework! Bridgers parents divorced in 2015, when she was 20 years old. Three songs are out now and preview a . Trending I play to thousands of people a night, and sometimes Im mentally in a really bad place, Bridgers says. Its harder to maintain, and its been an ongoing thing that requires a lot of humility., I wonder how Baker feels about fame and whether shell welcome an increase in attention after The Record. Baker is candid and direct about her sobriety and how its aided her career. The trio put out an EP in 2018, and announced a new album this week by releasing three new songs. On Not Strong Enough, Dacus takes the bridge, chanting us into a meditative trance: Always an angel, never a god / Always an angel, never a god. And then Bridgers and Baker jump in, almost screaming their assent. 02 may 2023 01:25:08 For the groups just-released full-length debut, The Record, it signed with the major label Interscope. You dont want to make out with us? Bridgers asks. Its something Baker, Bridgers, and Dacus have addressed in interviews over the years. Send us a tip using our anonymous form. (Can you imagine describing the Traveling Wilburys or CSNY as an all-male supergroup?) She felt beholden to others who also grew up. I am, to my core, an indie person, but some people think Im not famous enough to complain about it, she says. She recalls early morning yoga, runs and walks, then intense long days everyone doing something. I was watching them color outside the lines in a way that they dont in their solo projects, Tudzin says. Thats like so sweet.. Throughout our time together, she worries over my audio quality and is careful to specify whats on and off the record. I feel like Im going to be 50 years old and run a pit bull rescue or some fucking shit., Hardcore fans can instantly identify Bakers role in any boygenius song, from her searing guitar to one-liners that rip your heart out. The new episode of our weekly Rolling Stone Music Now digs deep into the band and the album, with Angie Martoccio, who wrote the cover story, joining host Brian Hiatt. Highlight Reel 12. During that time, they were asked about reuniting in nearly every interview. WHEN WE MEET ON THE BEACH, boygenius can hardly believe theyre less than two months away from releasing new music. Bridgers was so enraptured that she lost sight of the GPS, and her bandmates didnt have the heart to tell her she was headed in the wrong direction. Dacus and Baker met in 2016, when they played a show together in Washington, D.C. I came into the dressing room and Luce was in there, reading The Portrait of a Lady, Baker recalls. Its kitschy and fun to roll up, Dacus says. I had been a fan of her music through the internet, but she seemed very intimidatingly cool. Diary-like candour: Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker, AKA Boygenius. Baker . Boygenius members: Lucy Dacus, left, Phoebe Bridgers and Julien Baker. Do you mind if I be a nerd for a second?, Dacus is constantly writing even on the walk here today. OK, Seriously, What Was Frank Oceans Deal at Coachella? It feels like one of Tony Sopranos dreams. 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. Dacus grew up in Richmond, Va., Baker in Bartlett, Tenn. A band composed of Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker, "Boygenius" is a collaboration of some of the most lyrically sharp and sonically hypnotizing artists right now. When wed all go to bed, wed text each other about ideas. I got pummeled by the waves to where I couldnt keep my head up long enough to get my bearings, she says. The end result of all that hard work and loving s talking is already landing some of the best reviews of the year. It was on one of those writing trips that Leonard Cohen was born. Send us a tip using our anonymous form. Phoebe Lucille Bridgers (born August 17, 1994) is an American indie musician from Los Angeles, California. But boygenius also love to subvert male hero worship of all kinds their band name is a reference for overconfident men who are praised for their every thought and more than anything, they just want to be treated like famous bands of dudes. We ran into each other and we literally just said, "Dude," to each other ten times in a row and then bro'd out in the dressing room. Dacus ripped out the back blank page of the book and wrote down her email. Im obsessed with that format, because when its done poorly, its so shitty, Bridgers explains. Take $20, the second track on The Record, which begins with Its a bad idea and Im all about it over a heavy riff. Im about to lose a chess game. On their last day at Los Angeles' Sound City Studios this past June, Phoebe Bridgers brought a half-finished song to her new bandmates, Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus. Theyre playing April 15 and 22, on the festivals Saturday nights ahead of the headliner, Blackpink, the massive K-pop girl group. The band has been brainstorming ideas for the tour, one being that Dacus and Bridgers will possibly make out while Baker performs a guitar solo. While the song has broader meaning about a dysfunctional relationship . There was a year that I didnt talk to my mom and I had a Friendsgiving, and it was so beautiful and perfect, she says. When Bakers tuna poke doesnt arrive, a concerned Bridgers asks the waiter of its whereabouts. That's how I heard about Deftones. I was in OSS a lot, says Baker out-of-school suspension. We all thought that we were more excited than the other person.. Produced by rhianna rule. Everyone was laughing and having a good time and I was, like, one solo awkward 20-year-old being like, Just wanted to say thanks. I hope it was endearing and not awkward. 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. No blood for oil! And my parents were like, Youre literally 10., Baker grew up gay in an evangelical household in Memphis. She loves to cook, and will grill vegetables and seafood: salmon teriyaki, tuna steaks, and fish tacos with tilapia and grouper. That should be the headline, Dacus says. How boygenius Became the Worlds Most Exciting Supergroup, Gordon Lightfoot: 10 Essential Songs by the Canadian Folk Icon, Almost Famous Didnt Last on Broadway. Meeting [Lucy] in real life, I was like, Oh, God, you have no idea how familiar I feel with you, she says. I haaaate sharing control., Phoebe Bridgers is calling out fans who harassed her after her dad died, and the Boygenius musician isnt holding back: This is dehumanizing abuse, In this band, though, Bridgers continues, its great because I trust yall . n another life we were arsonists, goes a lyric on this first album from, Watch the video for Boygeniuss Not Strong Enough. When we started talking to labels, it was just whos going to give us the best deal, let us own our masters, give us the most freedom and resources creatively.. Or maybe I died and Im in some kind of hazy afterlife, one where you get to hang out with the worlds most exciting indie band. - Phoebe Bridgers Pitchfork Julien Baker Lucy Dacus . Photography direction by emma reeves. Its a telling line for music that blazes with feeling, and is unabashed about drolly skewering and examining the male ego (see: songs about internalised notions of masculinity and lines such as And I am not an old man having an existential crisis at a Buddhist monastery writing horny poetry on a track called Leonard Cohen). Before The Record, the album had many possible titles, all of which reflect typical boygenius humor: American Idiot, The White Album, Beach Boys, and so on. Theres a way to [be a fan] without filming me without my permission behind the back of my head, chasing me down the street.. Some bands, their fanbase hate-watches them. I was listening to a lot of Reliant K and pop-punk bands, so it was sort of like playful school delinquency lyrics, nothing super deep. This is what its like to be with all three members of boygenius: Everything is on the table, from mucous membranes to what it would be like if Shakespeare learned the music software Ableton. The National Begin Their Next Act Brilliantly With 'First Two Pages Of Frankenstein' Who knows, maybe all three of them will make out. I had an almost completely closed hymen, Bridgers says, as Baker and Dacus laugh hysterically. The band Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus played "Ketchum, ID," "True Blue" and "Emily I'm Sorry" first. Boygenius was on my mind a lot, and we had been texting, like, Oh, my God, what the fuck is happening on the Earth? I just wanted to talk to my friends. I dont think that my life can change and blow up without my permission. Baker can sum up her enthusiasm with one sentence, which she says in the third person: This bitch loves a Google Drive. 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 took piano lessons for maybe a couple of months, less than a year and I had to do a recital. Someone throws a bunch of pearls around a stuffed bear and they get some pics with that too. She had a strained relationship with her father, who inspired her Punisher single Kyoto, though they reconciled during the pandemic. Bridgers, 28, can place you in the blowout fight just as someone's said something excessively mean. Ron DeSantis F-cked With the Wrong Fandom Boygenius is a rare collection of revered young songwriters, each with their own unique ability to make their fans cry. After that, each member went back to her individual career Baker and Dacus each released level-up third records; Bridgers collaborated with everyone from Conor Oberst to Taylor Swift, and her. I want to normalize talking shit about fans, says Bridgers. Both of them are incredible lyricists. Looking back on the driving incident, Dacus and Bridgers break it down to a single sentence. The project, which showcased each member's. The Murray State News Search this siteSubmit Search Home News Breaking News Sports Baseball Basketball Cross-Country Football Golf Intramurals Rifle
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