Lucy Dacus
{{Short description|American singer-songwriter (born 1995)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Lucy Dacus
| image = AllPointsEastAug2022 (135 of 385) (52327083531) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Dacus performing in 2022
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| birth_name = Lucy Elizabeth Dacus
| birth_place = Mechanicsville, Virginia, U.S.
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|5|2|mf=y}}
| origin =
| instrument = {{flatlist|
- Vocals
- guitar
- tambourine
- synthesizers
}}
| genre = {{hlist|Indie rock|indie folk}}
| years_active = 2015–present
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Singer-songwriter
- musician
- record producer}}
| label = {{flatlist|
}}
| current_member_of = Boygenius
| website = {{URL|lucydacus.com}}
}}
Lucy Elizabeth Dacus ({{IPAc-en|'|d|eɪ|k|ə|s}} {{respell|DAY|kəss}};{{Cite web |last=DeLuca |first=Dan |date=Jun 20, 2021 |title=Songwriter Lucy Dacus is now Philly's own. Lucky us. |url=https://www.inquirer.com/entertainment/lucy-dacus-new-album-philadelphia-boygenius-20210620.html |access-date=April 12, 2023 |website=The Philadelphia Inquirer}} born May 2, 1995) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. Originally from Richmond, Virginia, Dacus first gained fame following the release of her debut album, No Burden (2016), which led to a deal with Matador Records. Historian, her second album, was released in 2018 to critical acclaim. Home Video, her third studio album, was released in 2021. Forever is a Feeling, her fourth album, was released in 2025.
In addition to her solo work, Dacus is also a member of the indie supergroup Boygenius, with Julien Baker and Phoebe Bridgers. The band has released one studio album and two EPs to critical acclaim and widespread touring. The band won three Grammy Awards in 2024, including Best Alternative Music Album. They also became the first all-female band to win Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance.
In October 2023, Rolling Stone named Dacus the 213th-greatest guitarist of all time, noting: "[her] guitar is as essential an instrument as her voice".{{Cite magazine |last= |first= |date=Oct 13, 2023 |title=The 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-guitarists-1234814010/lucy-dacus-6-1234847977/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}
Early life
Lucy Elizabeth Dacus{{cite web|url=https://repertoire.bmi.com/Search/Catalog?num=aV7YsA5zAzsyQOqy3nKGuw%253d%253d&cae=aFk5huyLMVyz8kHThw%252fvmQ%253d%253d&partType=WriterList&search=%7B%22Main_Search_Text%22%3A%22dacus%20lucy%22%2C%22Sub_Search_Text%22%3Anull%2C%22Main_Search%22%3A%22Writer%2FComposer%22%2C%22Sub_Search%22%3Anull%2C%22Search_Type%22%3A%22all%22%2C%22View_Count%22%3A20%2C%22Page_Number%22%3A0%2C%22Part_Type%22%3Anull%2C%22Part_Id%22%3Anull%2C%22Part_Id_Sub%22%3Anull%2C%22Part_Name%22%3Anull%2C%22Part_Cae%22%3Anull%2C%22Original_Search%22%3Anull%2C%22DisclaimerViewed%22%3Anull%7D&resetPageNumber=True&partIdSub=YO0HedHMatLb45JzS23DVw%253d%253d|title=Songwriter/Composer: Dacus Lucy Elizabeth|work=Broadcast Music, Inc. |access-date=July 30, 2021}} was born on May 2, 1995.{{Cite magazine |last=Petrusich |first=Amanda |date=2025-03-17 |title=The Subversive Love Songs of Lucy Dacus |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/03/24/the-subversive-love-songs-of-lucy-dacus |access-date=2025-03-23 |magazine=The New Yorker |language=en-US |issn=0028-792X}}{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Sam |date=2020-04-30 |title=Watch Lucy Dacus cover Yo La Tengo's "Tom Courtenay" |url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/news/watch-lucy-dacus-cover-yo-la-tengos-tom-courtenay-124744/ |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=UNCUT |language=en-GB}} She was adopted as an infant and grew up in Mechanicsville, Virginia, a suburb of Richmond.{{cite web |last=Bengal |first=Rebecca |title=Lucy Dacus Takes Confessional Songwriting to a New Level |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/21/t-magazine/lucy-dacus-home-video.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=December 23, 2021 |date=June 21, 2021}}{{cite magazine |last=Regensdorf |first=Laura |title=The Wisdom of Lucy Dacus, Body and Soul |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2021/10/lucy-dacus-home-video-tour |magazine=Vanity Fair |access-date=December 23, 2021 |date=October 26, 2021}} She is of Uzbek and Irish descent.{{cite web |last=O'Toole |first=Lucy |title=Lucy Dacus: "I've never taken music classes. I never thought I would do this. And then, suddenly, it was my career..." |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/lucy-dacus-interview-22858385 |website=Hot Press |access-date=December 23, 2021 |date=June 24, 2021}} Her adoptive mother is a professional pianist and music teacher, and her adoptive father is a graphic designer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.styleweekly.com/richmond/from-maggie-walker-to-national-indie-darling-richmonds-lucy-dacus-makes-an-early-mark/Content?oid=2326876|title=From Maggie Walker to National Indie Darling, Richmond's Lucy Dacus Makes an Early Mark|last=Baldwin|first=Brent|website=Style Weekly|language=en|date=3 May 2016|access-date=31 October 2021}} Dacus had an early interest in music, and bought her first guitar, an Ibanez, from Craigslist when she was in middle school. After graduating from Maggie L. Walker Governor's School in 2013, she began studying film at Virginia Commonwealth University, but left to avoid student debt and the "feeling of being misunderstood" in her university program.{{cite news|first=Greg|last=Cochrane|url=https://www.loudandquiet.com/interview/lucy-dacus-a-songwriter-making-sense-and-art-from-of-the-most-traumatic-year-of-her-life/|title=Lucy Dacus — A songwriter making sense of the most traumatic year of her life|work=Loud and Quiet|date=14 March 2018|access-date=31 October 2021}}{{cite news| first= Nate |last= Scott| url= http://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/06/new-matador-signing-lucy-dacus-talks-her-startling-debut-lp-and-why-we-all-need-to-go-to-croatia |title= New Matador signing Lucy Dacus talks her startling debut LP (and why we all need to go to Croatia)| work= USA Today| date= 23 June 2016| access-date= 2 December 2016}} Prior to becoming a full-time musician, she was employed by Richmond Camera as an editor for children's school photos.{{cite web|url=https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/musician-lucy-dacus-on-being-true-to-yourself/|title=Musician Lucy Dacus on being true to yourself|work=The Creative Independent|date=19 July 2021|access-date=31 October 2021}} During this time, she wrote approximately 30 songs, nine of which would make up the tracklist of No Burden.
Career
= 2015–2018: ''No Burden'' and ''Historian'' =
Dacus first performed in New York City in March 2015.{{cite news| first= Hilary |last= Hughes| url= https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2016/09/13/493765987/the-on-the-road-education-of-lucy-dacus |title= The On-the-Road Education of Lucy Dacus| work= The Record: Music News | publisher= NPR|date= 13 September 2016| access-date= 2 December 2016}} Her first single, "I Don't Wanna Be Funny Anymore", premiered in November 2015. Her debut album No Burden was produced in Nashville by her hometown friends, Berklee College of Music graduate Collin Pastore and Oberlin Conservatory of Music graduate Jacob Blizard;{{cite web| work= styleweekly.com| url= http://www.styleweekly.com/richmond/after-hype-from-rolling-stone-and-npr-richmond-musician-lucy-dacus-keeps-it-humble/Content?oid=2291719| title= After Hype from Rolling Stone and NPR, Richmond Musician Lucy Dacus Keeps it Humble | first= Hilary| last= Langford| date= February 16, 2016| access-date= April 21, 2018}}{{cite web| first= Robin |last= Murray| url= http://www.clashmusic.com/features/in-conversation-lucy-dacus |title= In Conversation: Lucy Dacus| work= Clash| date= 25 November 2016| access-date= 2 December 2016}} it was recorded at the request of Blizard for a school project. The album was originally released digitally on CD, and on vinyl via Richmond's EggHunt Records on February 26, 2016. Dacus was then signed to Matador Records, who re-released the album on September 9, 2016.{{cite web| url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/no-burden-mw0002922430/releases| title= Lucy Dacus: No Burden | work= Allmusic| access-date= April 21, 2018}}{{cite web| title= Lucy Dacus is the Author of Her Own Story| first= Simon| last= Vozick-Levinson| date= August 10, 2016| url= http://www.mtv.com/news/2917573/lucy-dacus-is-the-author-of-her-own-story/| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160811062412/http://www.mtv.com/news/2917573/lucy-dacus-is-the-author-of-her-own-story/| url-status= dead| archive-date= August 11, 2016| website= MTV.com| access-date= April 21, 2018}}{{cite web| first= Judy |last= Berman| url= http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/1260-lucy-dacus-on-what-its-like-to-have-20-record-labels-fighting-over-you/ |title= Lucy Dacus On What It's Like to Have 20 Record Labels Fight Over You| website=Pitchfork| date= 8 August 2016| access-date= 2 December 2016}} In the same year she performed at Lollapalooza, in Chicago's Grant Park and made her national television debut on CBS This Morning.{{cite news| url= http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/saturday-sessions-lucy-dacus-performs-i-dont-wanna-be-funny-anymore/ |title= Saturday Sessions: Lucy Dacus performs 'I Don't Wanna Be Funny Anymore'| publisher= CBS News| date= 30 July 2016| access-date= 2 December 2016}} She recorded a Tiny Desk Concert for NPR the same weekend.{{cite news| author-link= Bob Boilen| first= Bob |last= Boilen| url= https://www.npr.org/2016/07/27/487658722/lucy-dacus-tiny-desk-concert |title= Tiny Desk: Lucy Dacus| website= NPR.org| date= 29 July 2016| access-date= 2 December 2016}} In October 2016 she played the London Calling festival in Amsterdam, as a replacement for The Duke Spirit, who had been forced to cancel.{{cite web| url= http://www.londoncalling.nl/the-duke-spirit-moet-annuleren-lucy-ducas-is-vervanger/| title= The Duke Spirit Moet Annuleren, Lucy Ducas Is De Vervanger| language= nl| website= londoncalling.nl| date= October 26, 2016| access-date= 2 December 2016| archive-date= June 16, 2020| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200616012125/https://www.londoncalling.nl/the-duke-spirit-moet-annuleren-lucy-ducas-is-vervanger/| url-status= dead}}
Dacus's second album, titled Historian, was released on March 2, 2018.{{cite web| url= https://www.avclub.com/the-breeders-camp-cope-and-more-albums-to-know-about-1823336220| website= avclub.com| publisher= AV Club| title= The Breeders, Camp Cope, and more albums to know about this week| first1= Kelsey J. |last1= Waite| first2= Matt |last2= Gerardi| first3= Alex |last3= McLevy| first4= David |last4= Anthony| first5= Steve |last5= Erickson| date= March 2, 2018| access-date= April 21, 2018}} Like its predecessor, it was met with widespread critical acclaim. Writing for Pitchfork, Sasha Geffen praised its nuance and sensitivity: "It’s not an easy album to wear out. It lasts, and it should, given that so many of its lyrics pick at time, and the way time condenses around deep emotional attachments to other people."{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/lucy-dacus-historian/|title=Lucy Dacus: Historian Album Review|last=Geffen|first=Sasha|date=March 6, 2018|website=Pitchfork.com|language=en}} Rolling Stone rated the album 4/5 stars,{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/review-lucy-dacus-turns-interior-drama-into-indie-rock-gold-on-historian-201599/ | title=Review: Lucy Dacus Turns Interior Drama into Indie Gold on 'Historian' | magazine=Rolling Stone | date=March 5, 2018 }} as did NME.{{cite web | url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album-review-lucy-dacus-historian-2247422 | title=Lucy Dacus - 'Historian' Review | website=NME | date=March 2, 2018 }} Historian, like No Burden, was recorded in Nashville, at Trace Horse Studio, in a similar collaborative effort by Lucy Dacus, Jacob Blizard, and Collin Pastore.{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/15/arts/music/lucy-dacus-historian-interview.html | title=How an Indie-Rock Star is Made in 2018 | work=The New York Times | date=February 15, 2018 | last1=Coscarelli | first1=Joe }}
= 2018–2025: Boygenius, ''2019'' EP, and ''Home Video'' =
In 2018, Dacus, along with Phoebe Bridgers and Julien Baker, formed the supergroup Boygenius. In August, they released three songs from their self-titled debut EP, which was fully released on October 26, 2018.{{Cite magazine |last=Rincón |first=Alessandra |date=August 21, 2018 |title=Julian Baker, Lucy Dacus, Phoebe Bridgers Form Boygenius, Release Three Singles From EP: Listen |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8471478/boygenius-announces-ep-tour-new-songs |access-date=2018-11-05 |magazine=Billboard}}
To coincide with Valentine's Day 2019, Dacus released a cover of "La Vie en rose", the first in a planned series of songs commemorating major holidays.{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2019/01/31/690253638/lucy-dacus-covers-an-edith-piaf-classic-and-pays-homage-to-love|title=Lucy Dacus Covers An Edith Piaf Classic And Pays Homage To Love|website=Npr.org|date=January 31, 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-02-15|last1=Boilen |first1=Bob }}
Dacus released her third studio album Home Video on June 25, 2021.{{Cite web |date=April 13, 2021 |title=Lucy Dacus Announces Album and Tour, Shares Video for New Song "Hot & Heavy": Watch |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/lucy-dacus-announces-album-and-tour-shares-video-for-new-song-hot-and-heavy-watch/ |access-date=April 13, 2021 |website=Pitchfork.com |language=en}} She performed one of its singles, "Hot & Heavy", on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on April 13.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2144081/watch-lucy-dacus-play-a-luminous-hot-heavy-on-colbert/news/|title=Lucy Dacus Plays A Luminous "Hot & Heavy" On 'Colbert': Watch|website=Stereogum.com|date=April 14, 2021|access-date=June 25, 2021}} On November 10, Dacus released her single "Thumbs Again", a re-release of her song "Thumbs" with additional instrumentation, alongside the announcement of 2022 US tour dates.{{cite web |last1=Leas |first1=Ryan |title=Lucy Dacus – "Thumbs Again" |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2166878/lucy-dacus-thumbs-again/music/ |website=Stereogum |access-date=14 November 2021 |date=10 November 2021}}
On February 2, 2022, Dacus released a single "Kissing Lessons", accompanied by a music video.
{{cite web |last1=Rettig |first1=James |title=Lucy Dacus – "Kissing Lessons" |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2174710/lucy-dacus-kissing-lessons/music/ |website=Stereogum |access-date=4 August 2022 |date=2 February 2022}} On March 8, 2023, Dacus released a music video for the song "Night Shift", directed by Jane Schoenbrun, for the fifth anniversary of Historian.{{Cite web |last=Bergeson |first=Samantha |date=2023-03-08 |title=Jane Schoenbrun Directs Jasmin Savoy Brown in Lucy Dacus 'Night Shift' Video — Watch |url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/watch-lucy-dacus-night-shift-video-directed-by-jane-schoenbrun-1234817357/ |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=IndieWire |language=en-US}} Boygenius' debut studio album The Record was released on March 31, 2023 and Dacus spent much of the year touring the album with the group, including an appearance at Coachella{{Cite magazine |last=Martoccio |first=Angie |date=2023-01-19 |title=How boygenius Became the World's Most Exciting Supergroup |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/boygenius-julien-baker-phoebe-bridgers-lucy-dacus-the-record-interview-1234660514/ |access-date=2024-10-13 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Hussey |first=Allison |date=2023-03-28 |title=Boygenius Announce 2023 North American Tour |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/boygenius-announce-2023-north-american-tour/ |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Rode |first=Erin |title=Coachella 2023: boygenius brings the feels during powerful, political Coachella set |url=https://www.desertsun.com/story/life/entertainment/music/coachella/2023/04/16/boygenius-coachella-set-the-boys-are-back-in-tocelebrates-female-friendship-at-coachella-performance/70118417007/ |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=The Desert Sun |language=en-US}} and on Saturday Night Live.{{Cite web |last=Vincenty |first=Samantha |title=Watch Boygenius Rock SNL with "Not Strong Enough" and "Satanist" |url=https://www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/watch-boygenius-on-snl-not-strong-enough-satanist |website=NBC |date=November 12, 2023 |language=en-US}} On February 1, 2024, Boygenius announced a hiatus.{{Cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |date=2024-02-02 |title=Boygenius Announce Hiatus: "We're Going Away for the Foreseeable Future" |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/boygenius-announce-hiatus-were-going-away-for-the-foreseeable-future/ |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}
On October 8, 2024, Dacus was a surprise opener for a makeup Julien Baker show at New York City's Brooklyn Steel, where she performed an untitled new song, now known as "Best Guess" on International Lesbian Day.{{Cite magazine |last=Richardson |first=Kalia |date=2024-10-09 |title=Lucy Dacus Previews New Song During Julien Baker's Make-Up Show |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lucy-dacus-new-song-lesbians-julien-baker-show-1235129853/ |access-date=2024-10-13 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}File:Boygenius.jpg
= 2025–present: ''Forever Is a Feeling'' =
On January 15, 2025, Dacus announced her fourth studio album, Forever Is a Feeling. The same day, she released the single "Ankles".
Forever Is a Feeling was released on March 28, 2025. The Guardian{{'}}s Alexis Petridis gave the album three stars, writing that Dacus "gets lost in understatement on a loved-up album about her relationship with bandmate Julien Baker, shrouding sharp lyrics in shy melodies".{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/mar/27/lucy-dacus-forever-is-a-feeling-review-boygenius-singer-major-label-debut | title=Lucy Dacus: Forever is a Feeling review – Boygenius singer turns timidly tasteful | work=The Guardian | date=March 27, 2025 | last1=Petridis | first1=Alexis }} Pitchfork{{'}}s Laura Snapes gave the album a 6.1, writing "Forever Is a Feeling is Dacus' sweetest and most sentimental-sounding album, all but extinguishing the bonfire crackle of her previous records."{{cite web | url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/lucy-dacus-forever-is-a-feeling/ | title=Lucy Dacus: Forever is a Feeling | website=Pitchfork }}
Artistry
Dacus' vocals have been described as "rich [and] buttery," and her lyrics are characterized as "playful and also heartrendingly candid."{{Cite web |title=Lucy Dacus Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More ... |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/lucy-dacus-mn0003480460#biography |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=AllMusic |language=en}} Lyrical themes explored by Dacus in her songs include young love and lovesickness. According to Ivy Nelson of Pitchfork, "The people in her songs seem to naturally settle into realms of instability and ambiguity."{{Cite web |last=Nelson |first=Ivy |title=Lucy Dacus: No Burden |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21609-no-burden/ |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}
Activism
After Texas's new abortion law went into effect on September 1, 2021, Dacus announced on Twitter that all the money she makes at her upcoming shows in Texas "will be going towards abortion funds." She also informed her fans to bring extra money to her Houston and San Antonio shows for the donation to the abortion funds.{{Cite magazine|last=Mamo|first=Heran|title=Lucy Dacus Says All Proceeds From Her Texas Concerts Will Go Toward Abortion Funds|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9624068/lucy-dacus-donating-texas-show-proceeds-abortion-funds/|date=September 2, 2021|access-date=September 2, 2021|magazine=Billboard}} During her Home Video Tour in July 2022, Dacus announced that she and her supporting act Camp Cope would be donating tips from the merchandise stand to the organization Fund Abortion Not Police.{{cite web |last1=Cross |first1=Alan |title=Yet another check on Ottawa Bluesfest 2022. This is part one of a report on Day 7. |url=https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/yet-another-check-on-ottawa-bluesfest-2022-this-is-part-one-of-day-7/ |website=A Journal of Musical Things |access-date=31 July 2022 |date=19 July 2022}}
While performing with Boygenius at Coachella in April 2023, the band spoke in support of trans rights following bills proposed in states like Florida and Missouri.{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2023-04-16 |title=Boygenius say "trans lives matter" and "fuck Ron DeSantis" during Coachella 2023 set |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/boygenius-say-trans-lives-matter-and-fuck-ron-desantis-during-coachella-2023-set-3430987 |access-date= |website=NME |language=en-GB}} At a later tour date in June 2023 in Tennessee, Dacus and her fellow band members performed in drag in protest of anti-drag legislation that state governor Bill Lee signed into law that was blocked in federal court.{{Cite magazine |last=Dailey |first=Hannah |date=2023-06-26 |title=Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus & Julien Baker Wear Drag at Nashville Boygenius Show: 'F–k Bill Lee' |url=https://www.billboard.com/culture/pride/boygenius-wear-drag-slam-governor-bill-lee-1235361347/ |access-date= |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}
After former President Barack Obama included "Not Strong Enough" by Boygenius on his annual summer playlist, Dacus quote tweeted him, saying "war criminal {{nowrap|:(}}".{{cite tweet |user=lucydacus |last=Dacus |first=Lucy |title=war criminal :( |number=1682149257015595008 |access-date=21 July 2023 |language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/lucy-dacus-barack-obama-boygenius-b2379912.html|title=Singer calls Barack Obama a 'war criminal' after he puts Boygenius song on playlist|last=Rissman|first=Kelly|date=July 21, 2023|website=The Independent}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/lucy-dacus-barack-obama-war-criminal-boygenius-summer-playlist-1235376522/|title=Lucy Dacus Calls Barack Obama a 'War Criminal' After Boygenius Made His Playlist|first=Rania|last=Aniftos|date=July 21, 2023|magazine=Billboard}}
Personal life
Dacus was raised Christian but is no longer religious.{{cite magazine |last=Vozick-Levinson |first=Simon |title=Lucy Dacus Remembers Everything |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/lucy-dacus-home-video-interview-1164081/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=December 23, 2021 |date=May 12, 2021}} She is queer.{{cite web |last=Dacus |first=Lucy |title=Musician Lucy Dacus Wonders If She Ever Really Came Out |url=https://www.oprahdaily.com/life/relationships-love/a37143947/lucy-dacus-coming-out-queer/|website=Oprah Daily |access-date=February 5, 2024 |date=July 28, 2021}} Dacus lived in Richmond, Virginia until late 2019, and Philadelphia until 2023. She currently resides in Los Angeles with her partner, fellow Boygenius bandmate Julien Baker.{{cite magazine |last1=Petrusich |first1=Amanda |date=March 17, 2025 |title=The Subversive Love Songs of Lucy Dacus |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/03/24/the-subversive-love-songs-of-lucy-dacus |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250317224411/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/03/24/the-subversive-love-songs-of-lucy-dacus |archive-date=March 17, 2025 |access-date=March 17, 2025 |magazine=The New Yorker}}
Discography
{{Infobox artist discography
| Artist = Lucy Dacus
| Studio = 4
| EP = 3
| Singles = 21
| Music videos = 8
}}
= Studio albums =
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| scope="row" | No Burden
|
| — || — || — || — || — || ― || ― || ― || ― || ― |
| scope="row" | Historian
|
| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|Historian did not enter the Billboard 200 but did peak at number 20 on the Top Album Sales chart.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/top-album-sales/2023-06-10/|title=Top Album Sales: Week of June 10, 2023|magazine=Billboard |access-date=June 6, 2023}}}} || — || 12 || — || — || ― || ― || ―{{efn|group=upper-alpha|Historian did not enter the UK Albums Chart but peaked at number 45 on the UK Album Sales chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-sales-chart/20230602/|title=Official Albums Sales Chart Top 100 |website=Official Charts Company|access-date=June 6, 2023}}}} || 10 || 9 |
| scope="row" | Home Video
|
| 104 || 9 || 3 || 10 || 16 || — || ― || 85 || 8 || 2 |
| scope="row"| Forever Is a Feeling
|
| 16 || — || 1 || — || 1 || 49 || 14 || 5 || ― || 2 |
| colspan="15" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
= Extended plays =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| EP details ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions |
|---|
| scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| US Heat {{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/heatseekers-albums/2019-11-23|title=Heatseekers Albums: November 23, 2019|magazine=Billboard|access-date=February 17, 2021}} |
| scope="row"|Girls Back Home
|
|― |
| scope="row"|Lucy Dacus on Audiotree Live
|
|― |
| scope="row"|2019
|
|22 |
| scope="row"|Spotify Singles
|
|— |
= Singles =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" | ||||
| scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="5"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| US AAA Peaks on the Adult Alternative Airplay chart:
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| US ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| US
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| MEX ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| NZ | ||||
| scope="row" | "I Don't Wanna Be Funny Anymore"
|2015 | — || — || — || — || — | |rowspan="2"|No Burden | ||||
| scope="row" | "Strange Torpedo"
|2016 |— || — || — || — || — | | ||||
| scope="row" | "Night Shift"
|2017 |— || — || — || — || — | |rowspan="3"|Historian | ||||
| scope="row" | "Addictions"
|rowspan="2"|2018 | — || — || — || 48 || — | | ||||
| scope="row" | "Next of Kin"
|— || — || — || — || — | | ||||
| scope="row" | "La Vie en Rose"
|rowspan="7"|2019 |— || — || — || — || — | |rowspan="7"|2019 | ||||
| scope="row" | "My Mother & I"
|— || — || — || — || — | | ||||
| scope="row" | "Forever Half Mast"
|— || — || — || — || — | | ||||
| scope="row" | "Dancing in the Dark"
|— || — || — || — || — | | ||||
| scope="row" | "In the Air Tonight"
|— || — || — || — || — | | ||||
| scope="row" | "Last Christmas"
|— || — || — || — || — | | ||||
| scope="row" | "Fool's Gold"
|— || — || — || — || — | | ||||
| scope="row" | "Isabella" {{small|(with Hamilton Leithauser)}} |2020 |— || — || — || — || — | |{{Non-album single}} | ||||
| scope="row" | "Thumbs"
|rowspan="6"|2021 |— || — || — || — || — | |rowspan="5"|Home Video | ||||
| scope="row" | "Hot & Heavy"
| 24 || — || — || — || — | | ||||
| scope="row" | "VBS"
|— || — || — || — || — | | ||||
| scope="row" | "Brando"
| 13 || — || — || — || — | | ||||
| scope="row" | "Going Going Gone"
| — || — || — || — || — | | ||||
| scope="row" | "Thumbs Again"
| — || — || — || — || — | |rowspan="3" {{non-album singles}} | ||||
| scope="row" | "Kissing Lessons"
|rowspan="2"|2022 | 20 || — || 50 || — || — | | ||||
| scope="row" | "Home Again" / "It's Too Late"
| — || — || — || — || — | | ||||
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | "Ankles" / "Limerence"
|rowspan="4"|2025 | 4 || 47 || 37 || — || 34 | |rowspan="4"|Forever Is a Feeling | ||||
| — | — | — | — | —
| |
| scope="row"| "Best Guess"
| — || — || — || — || — | | ||||
| scope="row"| "Talk"
| — || — || — || — || — | |
= Other charted songs =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |
|---|
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| US Rock {{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/rock-songs/2025-04-12/|title=Hot Rock & Alternative Songs: Week of April 12, 2025|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 9, 2025}} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| NZ |
| scope="row"| "Bullseye" {{small|(with Hozier)}} | 2025 | 35 || 14 | Forever Is a Feeling |
= Other appearances =
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Song !Album !Notes |
| 2020
|Save Stereogum: An '00s Covers Comp{{Cite web|title=Various - Save Stereogum: An '00s Covers Comp|url=https://www.discogs.com/Various-Save-Stereogum-An-00s-Covers-Comp/master/1802443|access-date=2021-05-18|website=Discogs|language=en}} |Hinder cover |
= Music videos =
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;" |
| scope="col"| Title
! scope="col"| Year ! scope="col"| Director |
|---|
| scope="row" | "I Don't Wanna Be Funny Anymore"
| 2016 |Joseph McCormick & Henry Sho Kellam |
| scope="row" | "Addictions"
| 2018 |Lucy Dacus |
| scope="row" | "Hot & Heavy"
| rowspan="4"|2021 |Lucy Dacus & Marin Leong |
| scope="row" | "VBS"
|Marin Leong |
| scope="row" | "Going Going Gone" {{small|(Live at Spang)}} |Jordan Rodericks |
| scope="row" | "Brando"
|{{unknown}} |
| scope="row" | "Kissing Lessons"
| 2022 |Mara Palena |
| scope="row" | "Night Shift"
| 2023 |
| scope="row" | "Ankles"
| 2025 | M. Amberson |
| scope="row" | "Best Guess"
| 2025 | Lucy Dacus |
= Guest appearances =
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;" |
| scope="col"| Title
! scope="col"| Year ! scope="col"| Other artists ! scope="col"| Album |
|---|
| scope="row" | "Isabella"
| rowspan="8" |2020 |The Loves of Your Life |
| scope="row"| "Roses/Lotus/Violet/Iris" |
| scope="row"| "Graceland Too"
| rowspan="2"| Phoebe Bridgers | rowspan="2"|Punisher |
| scope="row"| "I Know the End" |
| scope="row"| "Lose This Number"
|rowspan="4"|Christian Lee Hutson |rowspan="4"|Beginners |
| scope="row"| "Unforgivable" |
| scope="row"| "Get the Old Band Back Together" |
| scope="row"| "Single for the Summer" |
| scope="row"| "Favor"
| 2021 |
= As part of Boygenius =
- Boygenius (2018)
- Boygenius (Demos) (2020)
- The Record (2023)
- The Rest (2023)
Tours
- 2016 Tour (2016){{cite web|url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/lucy-dacus-adds-dates-playing-mercury-lounge-after-car-seat-headrest-tour/|title=Lucy Dacus adds dates, playing Mercury Lounge after Car Seat Headrest tour|last=Sacher|first=Andrew|work=BrooklynVegan|date=September 6, 2016}}
- 2017 Tour (with Hamilton Leithauser) (2017){{cite web|url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/lucy-dacus-lists-her-top-10-lps-of-2016-touring-with-hamilton-leithauser/|title=Lucy Dacus lists her top 10 LPs of 2016, touring with Hamilton Leithauser|last=Sacher|first=Andrew|work=BrooklynVegan|date=November 30, 2016|access-date=April 2, 2023}}
- Historian Tour (2018){{cite web|url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/lucy-dacus-announces-new-album-historian-shares-night-shift/|title=Lucy Dacus announces new album 'Historian' & tour, shares "Night Shift"|last=Sacher|first=Andrew|work=BrooklynVegan|date=December 12, 2017|access-date=April 2, 2023}}
- North American Summer 2018 Tour (2018){{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/lucy.dacus/photos/next-tour-coming-right-up-north-americajulyaugust-2018-supporting-julien-baker-s/1427141510719437/?paipv=0&eav=AfY3bl6_-Pu2x1CoQB_GarznKr7tyRvVBFqWpRZ4sXmGxq7z9rXuEM9IR79HTtlxy8A&_rdr|title=North American Summer 2018 Tour Announcement|website=Facebook|access-date=April 2, 2023}}
- Julien Baker and Phoebe Bridgers with Lucy Dacus Tour (2018)
- 2019 Tour (2019){{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lucy-dacus-2019-us-tour-dates-766840/|title=Lucy Dacus Plots 2019 Headlining US Tour|last=Reed|first=Ryan|date=December 10, 2018|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=April 2, 2023}}
- Fall Tour 2019 (2019){{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lucy-dacus-fall-north-american-tour-2019-840832/|title=Lucy Dacus Announces Massive North American Tour|last=Shaffer|first=Claire|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=May 28, 2019|access-date=April 2, 2023}}
- Spring UK/EU Tour (2020; suspended after 2 dates){{cite web|url=https://diymag.com/news/lucy-dacus-announces-spring-uk-and-european-tour|title=LUCY DACUS ANNOUNCES SPRING UK AND EUROPEAN TOUR|work=DIY|date=February 3, 2020|access-date=April 2, 2023}}
- 2021 North American Tour (2021){{cite web|url=https://www.melodicmag.com/2021/07/07/lucy-dacus-announces-north-american-tour-amidst-third-studio-album-home-video/|title=Lucy Dacus announces North American tour amidst third studio album 'Home Video'|work=Melodic Magazine|last=Vacca|first=Bria|date=July 7, 2021}}
- Winter Tour 2022 (2022){{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/lucy-dacus-announces-2022-tour-shares-new-song-thumbs-again-listen/|title=Lucy Dacus Announces 2022 Tour, Shares New Song "Thumbs Again": Listen|last=Minsker|first=Evan|work=Pitchfork|date=November 10, 2021|access-date=April 2, 2023}}
- UK/EU 2022 (2022){{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/lucy-dacus-announces-2022-uk-and-european-tour-2969953|title=Lucy Dacus announces 2022 UK and European tour|last=Moore|first=Sam|website=NME |date=June 15, 2021|access-date=April 2, 2023}}
- Summer Tour 2022 (2022)
- Home Video Tour (2022){{Cite web|title=Lucy Dacus Adds Tour Dates, Covers Cher's "Believe": Listen|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/lucy-dacus-adds-tour-dates-covers-chers-believe-listen/|last=Hussey|first=Allison|work=Pitchfork|date=July 20, 2022|access-date=April 2, 2023}}
- Re:SET Concert Series (2023)
- The Tour (2023)
- Forever is a Feeling Tour North America (2025)
- Forever is a Feeling Tour UK/EU (2025)
Accolades
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Association !Category !Nominated work !Result !Ref |
| 2019
|Best Breakthrough Artist/Release |Historian |{{nom}} |
| 2022
| Outstanding Breakthrough Music Artist | Home Video | {{nom}} |
| rowspan=7|2024
| rowspan=6|Grammy Awards{{efn|name=boyg|Nominated as a member of boygenius.}} |rowspan=2 | the record |{{nom}} |
| Best Alternative Music Album
|{{won}} |
| Record of the Year
| rowspan=3|"Not Strong Enough" |{{nom}} |
| Best Rock Song
|{{won}} |
| Best Rock Performance
|{{won}} |
| Best Alternative Music Performance
|"Cool About It" |{{nom}} |
| Brit Awards{{efn|name=boyg}}
|{{won}} |
Notes
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References
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External links
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