(Dead Oceans)The US singer took years away from public life after her silvery balladry reshaped pop. Her return is an ornate reinvention Since her Boygenius supergroup with Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus went on hiatus in February 2024, Phoebe Bridgers has taken a wholehearted break from life in the public eye. Who could blame her? Bridgers became a figure of invasive parasocial behaviour from fans after her spooked, sad second album, 2020’s Punisher, resonated with life under lockdown and made her a superstar. In recent years, young women making introspective and ornate indie-rock songs have risen to startling, pop star levels of fame and scrutiny – and none more so than Bridgers and her peer Mitski. When Bridgers was rumoured to be engaged in 2022, fans possessed by her devastating music rued her happiness; when she started a new relationship, the gossip mill churned. In 2023, she castigated the so-called fans who aggressed her in an airport while on the way to her father’s funeral. Even her recent analogue return has prompted reactions that might have a less self-possessed artist wondering why they bother. Last month, mysterious posters started appearing in small towns across
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(Dead Oceans)The US singer took years away from public life after her silvery balladry reshaped pop. Her return is an ornate reinvention Since her Boygenius supergroup with Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus went on hiatus in February 2024,…
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(Dead Oceans)The US singer took years away from public life after her silvery balladry reshaped pop. Her return is an ornate reinvention Since her Boygenius supergroup with Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus went on hiatus in…
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(Dead Oceans)The US singer took years away from public life after her silvery balladry reshaped pop. Her return is an ornate reinvention Since her Boygenius supergroup with Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus went on hiatus in February 2024,…
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