Julien Baker and Torres have canceled the remainder of their tour in support of new album Send a Prayer My Way, the duo announced Sunday. “Due to recent events, Julien Baker is prioritizing her well-being and taking time to focus on her health,” read a statement posted on Baker’s Instagram. …
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When Lucy Dacus hard-launched her relationship with Julien Baker in a New Yorker interview earlier this year, she noted that her protective instincts kick in when it comes to their partnership. She wants to protect it from any potential parasocial overstepping, and part of that means keeping her eyes off …
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Julien Baker and Mackenzie Scott (a.k.a Torres) are indie singer-songwriters with Southern roots. Baker is from Memphis, and Torres hails from Macon, Georgia. They’ve both always been excellent storytellers with an eye for the harder-edged emotional details in life. On Send a Prayer My Way, they get together for a …
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Julien Baker and Torres have shared their new song “Dirt,” the latest single from their upcoming collaborative album Send a Prayer My Way. Following previous offerings “Sylvia” and “Sugar in the Tank,” “Dirt” is an acoustic ballad that reflects the Lucinda Williams and alt-country influences the duo discussed recently with …
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“I’m thinking about breaking your heart someday soon,” Lucy Dacus confesses in “Limerence,” one of the highlights from her fourth album Forever Is a Feeling. It’s a twisted supper-club piano ballad where she’s munching popcorn with friends who smoke weed and play Grand Theft Auto. But the Virginia indie-rock troubadour …
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A few years ago, Jasmine Cruickshank found herself adrift. After coming out as trans, the English singer-songwriter got divorced and decamped from Bristol to Manchester, where she slept on floors and discovered a new wellspring of inspiration: her true self. “I really struggled, in the years leading up to my …
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Julien Baker teamed up with Jasmine.4.t for a rendition of System of a Down‘s 2001 single “Toxicity” at SXSW. Baker joined the British musician and her band for a raucous take on the hard rock track during Jasmine.4.t’s set at the Austin festival. Before launching into the cover, the musician …
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Lucy Dacus doesn’t want her relationship with Julien Baker to feel like a house of cards. In a recent interview with the New Yorker, the musician expressed feeling a sense of protection around their romantic partnership, primarily in the face of parasocial fandom that holds the potential to drag a …
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“Everybody’s just in the best mood and it gets better and better throughout the day,” I overheard a fan say Thursday afternoon at the 2025 Luck Reunion. His observation was spot-on. For its 13th year, the boutique festival held on Willie Nelson’s Luck Ranch in Spicewood, Texas — just outside …
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Julien Baker and Torres stopped by The Daily Show to showcase their country ballad “Bottom of a Bottle” and to chat with host Michael Kosta. The duo, in coordinating custom-made suits, performed the introspective song alongside a live band in front of a colorful backdrop. “Bottom of a Bottle” comes …
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