Formed by Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus – three singer/songwriters each already deep into successful solo careers -- indie supergroup boygenius showcased Dacus' wit, Baker's emotionally active style, and Bridgers' darkly confessional lyricism on their self-titled 2018 EP. Baker, Bridgers, and Dacus became friends as their paths overlapped during their respective and similarly paced rises in fame. All approaching their craft from different angles, Dacus and Baker both signed to Matador Records and Bridgers to Dead Oceans around the same time. They would see each other by chance on the road, growing closer through the unique shared experience of being young indie musicians in the process of breaking through to larger audiences. A plan was eventually hatched to form a collaborative group, basing the idea around a three-way co-headlining tour that would take place in November of 2018. Preceding the tour, boygenius assembled in a studio for four days to write and record what would become their self-titled six-song EP, which represented the strengths of all three of the band members and yielded something outside the sum of its parts.
