Lucy Dacus premieres her new song at Julien Baker’s Brooklyn show

Lucy Dacus debuted a new song at a live performance in Brooklyn with Julien Baker.

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On October 8, Lucy Dacus was announced as a special guest performer for Julien Baker’s rescheduled concert in Brooklyn, New York. The show was intended as a replacement date for Baker’s October 6 performance, which had to be canceled due to the singer’s illness.

During the October 6 show, Dacus appeared on stage to thunderous applause, only to break the news to the audience that the performance was canceled because Baker was too ill to continue performing. A rescheduled date has been announced for October 8th with a “special guest” cast member.

Fast forward to October 8th and Dacus played a short six-song acoustic set before Julien Baker’s makeup set and debuted a new song. Check out fan footage of Lucy Dacus’ new song below.

The song has not yet been given a title, but was “dedicated to lesbians.” “Happy Lesbian Day. “This song is dedicated to lesbians,” Dacus said before beginning the song.

Late last month in Chicago, Baker debuted two new tracks – “Middle Children” and “High In The Basement”. She was also joined by Bartees Strange in Washington DC for a special rendition of “Ringside.”

Baker and Dacus are two of the three members of Boygenius who won three Grammy Awards earlier this year: Best Rock Performance (“Not Strong Enough”), Best Rock Song (“Not Strong Enough”) and Best Alternative Music Album (“The Record.” “).

It came shortly after the trio announced their hiatus at a secret show in LA. “We’re going away for the foreseeable future,” they quoted fans as saying. “This is our last show and we feel it.”

Boygenius told us back in December NME that they liked the idea of ​​the band’s future remaining “a surprise” after their debut LP The Record was named our 2023 Album of the Year.

Baker continued: “I like that this band is something that, because it’s more ephemeral or whatever, isn’t specifically tied to any one of us or any person that we have to live with every day. It is something we can revisit if we are motivated to do so, or it is a place we can retreat to. I like to keep it as something sacred rather than feeling like I have to constantly drag it around.”

“The Record” gave Boygenius their first UK number one album last April. In a five star review NME said the project was “the instant classic we were hoping for.”