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Lucy Dacus
"Creation and destruction, you don't just get creation," Dacus tells NPR. "Everything comes at a cost, in a way." Album art by Will St. John hide caption
Why Lucy Dacus had to destroy her old life to create the album 'Forever Is a Feeling'
Lucy Dacus frames her new album, Forever Is a Feeling, around a vision of love as a well-tended slow burn. hide caption
Perfume Genius' Glory, due out March 28, is one of the albums we're most excited about for 2025. Cody Critcheloe/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
On the record, the members of boygenius craft songs about how we care for each other, why we choose each other and how this kind of closeness can transform us. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Indie icons Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus make up the supergroup boygenius. Shervin Lainez/boygenius hide caption
On its full-length album 'the record,' boygenius' friendship has never been stronger
Upper left: Lucy Dacus; top right: Madi Diaz; bottom right: Luna Li; bottom left: illuminati hotties Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Oliva Rodrigo, Rico Nasty and C. Tangana were a few of our favorite Tiny Desk (home) concerts of 2021. Renee Klahr/NPR hide caption
Lil Nas X, Japanese Breakfast, Vince Staples (pictured above) and more share their favorite music of 2021 with NPR. Photo Illustration by Renee Klahr/NPR; Getty Images; Album art courtesy of Polydor & Wolf Tone Records, Saddle Creek Records, Kemosabe & RCA Records hide caption
Palehound's Ellen Kempner and Jay Som's Melina Duterte perform as Bachelor. Tonje Thilesen/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Doja Cat. Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for iHeartRadio hide caption
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Arlene Acevedo, Aline Vasquez, Alexis Carter and Tiahna Sterling of Recap. Innova Recordings hide caption
Marcus King (by Jamie Stow), Molly Tuttle (by Emily DeHart), Ondara (by Galea McGregor) WXPN hide caption
Lord Huron's "Not Dead Yet" is featured in August's edition of Heavy Rotation. Anthony Wilson/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Lucy Dacus on World Cafe
In "Side Street," a promotional video for his new album Call Me If You Get Lost, Tyler, The Creator plays out a fantasy version of a narrative that appears on the album's climactic song, "Wilshire," in which he engages in a deep but doomed emotional affair with the girlfriend of one of his friends. Courtesy of the artist/Screen shot from YouTube hide caption