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The Record is the only studio album by American indie rock supergroup Boygenius, consisting of Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus. It was released on March 31, 2023, through Interscope Records.
The Record received critical acclaim, and was awarded perfect scores by the likes of DIY, NME and Rolling Stone. It went on to top the charts in Ireland, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, marking the first number-one album for all band members, and peaked at number four on the Billboard 200.
The Record and its tracks received a total of seven nominations at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year and Record of the Year. It received three awards, including Best Alternative Music Album.
Background
After releasing their debut self-titled EP Boygenius in 2018, the trio had since been working on their solo projects and had all released their respective albums—Little Oblivions by Julien Baker, Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers, and Home Video by Lucy Dacus—before performing as a group for the first time in 3 years on November 19, 2021.[3] Rumours about a debut album from Boygenius began spreading in late 2022 to 2023, after the trio was spotted in a photoshoot together in November 2022 and after Boygenius was announced to be on the 2023 Coachella lineup on January 10, 2023.[4][5][6]
Release
On January 18, 2023, Boygenius announced the album, along with the release of three lead singles, "$20", "Emily I'm Sorry", and "True Blue".[7][1]
On March 1, 2023, Boygenius released the album's fourth single "Not Strong Enough", along with an accompanying music video edited by Bridgers' brother Jackson Bridgers.[8] The song was sent to adult album alternative and alternative radio in the United States on March 13 and 28, 2023, respectively.[9][10]
The B-side of the vinyl version of the record ends with a locked groove at the end of "Letter to an Old Poet," resulting in the group repeating the phrase "waiting" until the listener lifts the needle.
The Film
On March 30, 2023, Boygenius released "The Film", a promotional short film for the album, featuring the videos for all three singles, "$20", "Emily I'm Sorry", and "True Blue". The videos are interconnected with visual details.
"The Film" was directed by Kristen Stewart, and was launched with a proper film premiere at the El Rey Theatre, a live music venue in Los Angeles. The premiere was followed by a live Q&A with the band, for the press and fans.[11]
Touring and promotion
The group embarked on two tours to support the album, the Re:SET Concert Series in June 2023, and their own The Tour from April to October 2023. The Tour saw the band notably play Coachella, Pukkelpop in Belgium, Connect Music Festival in the UK and Rock en Seine in France.[12][13]
The band also performed "Not Strong Enough" on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and during Bridgers' opening set for Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour in Nashville.[14][15]
Critical reception
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 8.5/10[16] |
Metacritic | 90/100[17] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [18] |
Clash | 7/10[19] |
DIY | [20] |
Exclaim! | 8/10[21] |
The Line of Best Fit | 8/10[22] |
NME | [23] |
Mojo | [24] |
Pitchfork | 8.2/10[25] |
Rolling Stone | [26] |
Slant Magazine | [27] |
On review aggregator website Metacritic, The Record holds a score of 90 out of 100, based on reviews from 26 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[17] A five-star review by NME raved that The Record was an "instant classic" as a result of each Boygenius member "getting to know each other artistically and collaboratively".[23] Rolling Stone wrote that Boygenius were able to "transcend any kind of 'supergroup' cliché" through "recombining their individual styles into a different kind of chemistry for each song".[26] Matthew Neale of Clash praised Lucy Dacus' contributions to the album in particular with tracks "True Blue" and "We're in Love".[19] John Amen of PopMatters wrote, "Democratically curated and effusing a palpable enthusiasm, [The Record] stands as a testimony to the power of aesthetic commonality, enduring friendship, and the magic of teamwork, something we could all use more of these days."[28] Kyle Lemmon of Flood Magazine stated that The Record "just plain rips as an indie-rock record".[29]
Year-end lists
Numerous critics and publications listed The Record in their year-end ranking of the best albums of 2023, often inside the top-ten.
Publication/critic | Accolade | Rank | Ref. |
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Billboard | The 50 Best Albums of 2023 | 2 | [30] |
Dazed | The 20 Best Albums of 2023 | 5 | [31] |
Entertainment Weekly | The 10 Best Albums of 2023 | 3 | [32] |
NME | The Best Albums of 2023 | 1 | |
People | Top 10 Albums of 2023 | 9 | |
Pitchfork | The 50 Best Albums of 2023 | 16 | |
PopMatters | The 30 Best Rock Albums of 2023 | 2 | |
Rolling Stone | The 100 Best Albums of 2023 | 2 | [37] |
The Independent | The 30 Best Albums of 2023 | 1 | |
Variety | The Best Albums of 2023 | 1 | [39] |
Accolades
Association | Year | Nominated Work | Category | Result |
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Grammy Award | 2024[40] | The Record | Album of the Year | Nominated |
Best Alternative Music Album | Won | |||
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical | Nominated | |||
"Not Strong Enough" | Record of the Year | Nominated | ||
Best Rock Song | Won | |||
Best Rock Performance | Won | |||
"Cool About It" | Best Alternative Music Performance | Nominated |
Track listing
All tracks are written by Boygenius (Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus), except "Leonard Cohen" (written by Boygenius, HoJun Yu and Leonard Cohen) and "Cool About It" (written by Boygenius and Paul Simon).[41]
No. | Title | Lead vocals | Length |
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1. | "Without You Without Them" |
| 1:21 |
2. | "$20" | Baker | 3:20 |
3. | "Emily I'm Sorry" | Bridgers | 3:34 |
4. | "True Blue" | Dacus | 4:56 |
5. | "Cool About It" |
| 3:00 |
6. | "Not Strong Enough" |
| 3:54 |
7. | "Revolution 0" | Bridgers | 4:17 |
8. | "Leonard Cohen" | Dacus | 1:42 |
9. | "Satanist" |
| 4:50 |
10. | "We're in Love" | Dacus | 4:54 |
11. | "Anti-Curse" | Baker | 3:18 |
12. | "Letter to an Old Poet" | Bridgers | 3:07 |
Total length: | 42:13 |
Notes
- "Leonard Cohen" contains portions of "Anthem" written and performed by Leonard Cohen.[42]
- "Letter to an Old Poet" contains interpolations of "Me & My Dog" written and performed by Boygenius.[43]
- In the liner notes of the album, songwriter Paul Simon is thanked for inspiration on "Cool About It".[44]
Personnel
- Boygenius – production, performance
- Catherine Marks – co-production, recording, performance
- Tony Berg – additional production
- Ethan Gruska – additional production, performance
- Melina Duterte – additional production, performance
- Sarah Tudzin – additional production, performance
- Kaushlesh "Garry" Purohit – engineering
- Bobby Mota – engineering
- Owen Lantz – engineering
- Will Maclellan – engineering
- Mike Mogis – mixing
- Pat Sullivan – mastering
- Carla Azar – performance
- Jacob Blizard – performance
- Anna Butterss – performance
- Barbara Gruska – performance
- Rob Moose – performance
- Sebastian Steinberg – performance
- Marshall Vore – performance
- Matt Grubb – album artwork
The Tour
The Tour is the second concert tour[45] by American indie rock supergroup Boygenius, in support of their debut album The Record.[46] The tour was announced on March 28, 2023, and began on April 13, 2023.[47]
Background
In 2018, Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus booked a co-headlining tour together,[48] and, after booking the tour, decided to record a six-song EP to help promote the tour.[49] The three ended up forming a band called boygenius, coming on stage together at the end of each show and playing the entire EP.[50] In 2023, the group returned with the announcement of their debut album, The Record.[51][52] That same month, the group also announced they would be heading out on the Re:SET Concert Series.[53] With the Re:SET Concert Series only hitting select cities, the group announced a proper headlining tour to hit markets not part of the concert series.[54] In February, they announced their first concerts in the United Kingdom and Europe.[55] A final fall US leg of the tour was announced in July including shows at Madison Square Garden and the Hollywood Bowl.[56]
Reception
Reviewing the opening show in Pomona, Chris Willman of Variety described it as a "galvanizing gig", further commended Boygenius as they "managed to find the ideal balance and blend of voices, personalities and musical sensibilities".[57]
Set list
This set list is representative of the show on September 28, 2023, in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. It does not represent all dates throughout the tour.[58]
- "Without You Without Them" (from backstage)
- "$20"
- "Satanist"
- "Emily I'm Sorry"
- "True Blue"
- "Cool About It"
- "Souvenir"
- "Bite the Hand"
- "Revolution 0"
- "Stay Down"
- "Leonard Cohen"
- "Please Stay" (Lucy Dacus song)
- "Favor" (Julien Baker song)
- "Graceland Too" (Phoebe Bridgers song)
- "Voyager" (live debut)
- "We're in Love"
- "Anti-Curse"
- "Letter to an Old Poet"
- "Not Strong Enough"
- "Salt in the Wound"
Encore
- "Ketchum, ID"
- "Salt in the Wound"
Charts
Weekly charts
| Year-end charts
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Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI)[84] | Silver | 60,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
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External links
- The Record at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
- "We Three Kings: boygenius On Their Breakout Year" at Stereogum
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Boygenius (stylized in all lowercase) is an American indie rock supergroup[1][2][3][4] consisting of American singer-songwriters Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus.[5][6] They debuted with their self-titled EP in 2018,[7][8][9] and then returned after a hiatus with their debut studio album, The Record (2023), which was both a critical and commercial success, winning the members three Grammy Awards and one Brit Award. Labeled an "instant classic" by NME,[10] it topped the charts in the UK, Ireland and the Netherlands, and peaked at number four on the U.S. Billboard 200. Their second EP, The Rest, was released on October 13, 2023.[11] The group is currently on hiatus.[12]
History
2018: Formation, EP, and tour
Bridgers has called the formation of the group "kind of an accident," wherein each of the members were simply fans of each other's work and then became friends.[4] Both Dacus and Bridgers had opened for Baker on separate tours in 2016, and they all ran in similar circles as young up-and-coming performers navigating the indie scene.[13][14]
The three became close and shared their frustrations of constantly being compared to each other as "women in rock" despite their considerably different musical styles.[15] Dacus has commented that the idea of women in music "should not be remarkable whatsoever," with Bridgers adding, "it's not a genre."[15] Each has spoken on the tendency of the music industry to pit women against each other, and the group was formed in part to reject this idea.[4][15] "I hope people see the three of us and know there isn't competition," Dacus has said. "You don't have to compete with your contemporaries. You can make something good with people you admire."[16]
Baker had joked to Dacus years before about a "pipe dream" that they could one day all form a band.[17] The three decided to book a co-headlining tour in early 2018, and they originally planned to record a single or cover so that they could perform something together on stage.[4] Upon meeting up that summer, however, they found themselves overwhelmed with ideas, and they ended up forming the band, writing, recording, and self-producing the Boygenius EP in four days, with the process involving almost exclusively women.[16][18]
Each brought one full song and one incomplete idea with them to the group.[19] They sought to create an environment free of the competitiveness and "bravado" they had often encountered in previous experiences, and they have remarked that the absence of adult men in the process proved significant, allowing them to relate to each other openly without constantly having to explain themselves.[4][18] The record was met with universal acclaim from critics and audiences alike; it was named the 12th best album of 2018 by NPR Music, despite being only an EP.[20] Their subsequent tour that November saw them performing all across the U.S., as well as on Late Night with Seth Meyers and the Tiny Desk.[17][21][22]
2019–2021: Continuing collaborations
The group was slated to perform in summer 2019 at Woodstock 50, before its cancellation due to a series of production issues.[23][24] In 2020, they were featured on Hayley Williams' "Roses/Lotus/Violet/Iris" from her EP Petals for Armor II, and also reunited on backing vocals for numerous songs from each other's solo projects: "Graceland Too" and "I Know the End" from Bridgers' Grammy-nominated Punisher, Baker's Little Oblivions single "Favor", and Dacus's "Please Stay" and "Going Going Gone" on Home Video.[25] With the releases scattered throughout the year, all of these were actually recorded on the same day, a process Dacus said "had the same atmosphere as when we recorded the boygenius EP[...] a natural result of being together, easy as can be."[25]
In July 2020, the trio released a handful of demos from their Boygenius recording sessions on Bandcamp to raise money for charitable organizations in their respective hometowns, raising over $23,000 for the Downtown Women's Center of Los Angeles, OUTMemphis, and Mutual Aid Distribution Richmond.[26][27] After reuniting on stage for occasional surprise appearances at one another's solo tours throughout 2021, the group performed their first full show together since 2018 as the headliner of Bread and Roses Presents' annual benefit concert in San Francisco on November 19, 2021.[28]
2022–2024: Record release, activities, and hiatus
In January 2022, Boygenius recorded their debut studio album, The Record, at Shangri-La in Malibu, California.[1] In January 2023, the band announced the album, with a release date of March 31, 2023. The album artwork and three singles from the album, "$20," "Emily I'm Sorry," and "True Blue" were released alongside the album's initial announcement.[29] The three videos from the singles were all directed by Kristen Stewart, and were combined into a single promotional short film called The Film.[30] On January 31, 2023, AEG (Anschutz Entertainment Group) Presents announced that the band would be one of three headline acts at the inaugural Re:SET Concert Series.[31] In April 2023, the group played at the Coachella Music Festival.[32]
The band then embarked on an international tour, dubbed The Tour. The tour dates started as early as April 12, and ending on August 27 featuring special guests Carly Rae Jepsen, Bartees Strange, Claud, Broken Social Scene and Illuminati Hotties.[33] The band then later announced an additional 5 tour dates in the fall of 2023. These dates were joined with special guests Palehound, Samia, and MUNA.[34] When asked if this tour was the greatest tour the bandmembers have ever been on, Bridgers replied "Yeah... yeah 100 percent" immediately, stating the band only had one bad day on tour.[35]
On September 20, 2023, a music video was released for their song "Cool About It" directed by Lauren Tsai.[36] On October 13, the band released their second EP The Rest, which includes four new songs.[37] On November 11, 2023, the band was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live, performing two songs and appearing in a sketch with Timothée Chalamet.[38] On November 17, 2023, the band collaborated with Ye Vagabonds to release a cover of "The Parting Glass", paying tribute to the late Sinéad O'Connor, an Irish singer and activist. All proceeds were donated to the Aisling Project, Sinéad O’Connor Estate's charity of choice.[39] The group received seven nominations at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year and Record of the Year, ultimately winning three, including Best Alternative Music Album.[40]
On February 2, 2024, the band announced an indefinite hiatus during a secret show in Los Angeles.[41] They said the hiatus would last for the foreseeable future. Before the final song of their set, Dacus said "this is the last song" and Baker added "not ever".[42] On the red carpet of the Grammys, the band was asked what this meant for their future, with Dacus stating that she is "not convinced" followed by Baker adding, "How do you know a meteor is not going to crash into earth tomorrow?"[43]
Band name
The group has been vocal about the origins of their name, which began as a joke and a way to encourage each other in the studio.[18] All three had shared negative experiences with overconfident male collaborators—as Baker put it, "the archetype of the tortured genius, [a] specifically male artist who has been told since birth that their every thought is not only worthwhile but brilliant."[19] Dacus described the "boy genius" trope as "boys and men we know who've been told that they are geniuses since they could hear, basically," and has detailed how they attempted to channel that energy while making the EP. "If one person was having a thought—'I don't know if this is good, it's probably terrible'—it was like, 'No! Be the boy genius! Your every thought is worthwhile, just spit it out.'"[18]
The group occasionally writes their name as "xboygeniusx", such as on social media and their website.[44][45] This is a tongue-in-cheek reference to the X symbol of the straight-edge punk subculture, which Baker was somewhat involved in as a teen. She noted that they had all joked about boygenius being a hardcore band, and when creating their social media they thought it would be funny to stylize themselves as extremely punk when it wasn't characteristic of any of their music at the time.[46]
Influences
The band shared a Spotify playlist paying tribute to an assortment of artists that influenced the music on The Record, which included bands and singer-songwriters such as Hop Along, Waxahatchee, Mineral, Fugazi, Joyce Manor, Nada Surf, Wilco, Iron and Wine, Wednesday, Broken Social Scene and Brian Eno.[47]
Discography
Studio albums
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
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US [48] | AUS [49] | CAN [50] | GER [51] | IRE [52] | NLD [53] | NZ [54] | SWE [55] | SWI [56] | UK [57] | |||
The Record |
| 4 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 22 | 1 |
Extended plays
Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||||
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US [48] | US Alt. [59] | US Folk [60] | US Indie [61] | US Rock [62] | GER [51] | NLD Vinyl [63] | SCO [64] | UK Sales [65] | UK Indie [66] | ||||||
Boygenius |
| —[B] | 24 | — | 9 | — | — | 10 | 26 | 85 | 10 | ||||
The Rest |
| 50 | 6 | 4 | — | 8 | 67 | — | — | — | — | ||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart. |
Singles
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
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US AAA [68] | US Alt [69] | US Rock [70] | IRE [71] | JPN Over. [72] | NZ Hot [73] | |||||||||
"$20" | 2023 | 30 | — | 44 | — | — | — | The Record | ||||||
"Emily I'm Sorry" | — | 25 | 44 | — | — | 31 | ||||||||
"True Blue" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
"Not Strong Enough" | 1 | 20 | 26 | 78 | 9 | — | ||||||||
"Cool About It"[74] | 2 | —[C] | 34 | 97 | – | 21 | ||||||||
"The Parting Glass" (with Ye Vagabonds) | — | —[D] | — | 44 | — | — | Non-album single | |||||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart. |
Other charted songs
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
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NZ Hot [73] | UK [57] | |||||||||||||
"Without You Without Them" | 2023 | 39 | — | The Record | ||||||||||
"Revolution 0" | 40 | — | ||||||||||||
"Letter to an Old Poet" | 35 | — | ||||||||||||
"Black Hole" | 18 | 56 | The Rest | |||||||||||
"Afraid of Heights" | 25 | — | ||||||||||||
"Voyager" | 28 | — | ||||||||||||
"Powers" | 34 | — | ||||||||||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart. |
Music videos
Title | Year | Director(s) |
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"Not Strong Enough" | 2023 | Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus |
"Emily I'm Sorry" (from The Film) | Kristen Stewart | |
"$20" (from The Film) | ||
"True Blue" (from The Film) | ||
"Cool About It" | Lauren Tsai |
Accolades
Year | Association | Nominated Work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2024 | Grammy Awards | The Record | Album of the Year | Nominated | |
Best Alternative Music Album | Won | ||||
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical | Nominated | ||||
"Not Strong Enough" | Record of the Year | Nominated | |||
Best Rock Song | Won | ||||
Best Rock Performance | Won | ||||
"Cool About It" | Best Alternative Music Performance | Nominated | |||
Brit Awards | boygenius | International Group | Won | [79] | |
iHeartRadio Music Awards | The Record | Alternative Album of the Year | Won | [80] |
Notes
- ^ Indefinite hiatus
- ^ Boygenius did not enter the US Billboard 200 chart, but peaked at number 3 on the US Heatseekers chart.[67]
- ^ "Cool About It" did not enter the Hot Alternative Songs chart but peaked at number 34 on the Alternative Airplay Chart.[75]
- ^ "The Parting Glass" did not enter the Hot Alternative Songs chart but peaked at number ten on the Alternative Digital Song Sales Chart.[76]
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