Complete List Of Boygenius Songs From A to Z

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Boygenius began with mutual admiration rather than a formal plan. Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus had crossed paths while building separate careers, and each understood the frustration of being compared with other women working in independent music as though only one of them could occupy that space. Their answer was not competition but collaboration.

The trio entered Sound City Studios in Los Angeles in June 2018 with several nearly finished songs and emerged with the six-track EP boygenius. “Bite The Hand,” “Me & My Dog,” “Souvenir,” “Stay Down,” “Salt In The Wound,” and “Ketchum, ID” allowed each songwriter to retain her own perspective while using the group’s harmonies and arrangements as a shared language.

Boygenius released three early rehearsal demos in 2020 as a one-day charity project. The voice-memo versions of “Bite The Hand,” “Me & My Dog,” and “Stay Down” captured the songs before the trio entered the studio and offered a revealing contrast with the completed EP recordings.

After several years devoted primarily to their individual work, Baker, Bridgers, and Dacus reunited to record their first full-length album at Shangri-La in Malibu. the record arrived on March 31, 2023, opening with the unaccompanied harmonies of “Without You Without Them” before moving through the explosive “$20,” the conversational folk of “Cool About It,” the driving release of “Not Strong Enough,” and the intimate closing song “Letter To An Old Poet.”

The album reached number one in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the Netherlands and number four in the United States. Its success carried Boygenius through a major international tour and festival run while preserving the directness that had defined the original EP.

Four additional songs followed on the rest in October 2023. “Black Hole,” “Afraid of Heights,” “Voyager,” and “Powers” extended the emotional world of the record with quieter arrangements and writing centered on distance, risk, transformation, and attachment.

In November 2023, Boygenius joined the Irish folk duo Ye Vagabonds for “The Parting Glass,” a traditional song recorded in tribute to Sinéad O’Connor. Proceeds from the single supported the Aisling Project in Dublin.

Boygenius won three Grammy Awards in 2024. the record received Best Alternative Music Album, while “Not Strong Enough” won Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song. Shortly before the Grammy ceremony, the trio announced that the group would step away for the foreseeable future, allowing Baker, Bridgers, and Dacus to return to their individual work while leaving the collaboration open-ended.