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Lucy Dacus on World Cafe

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"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

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Why Lucy Dacus had to destroy her old life to create the album 'Forever Is a Feeling'

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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

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2025's most-anticipated albums

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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

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Indie icons Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus make up the supergroup boygenius. Shervin Lainez/boygenius hide caption

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On its full-length album 'the record,' boygenius' friendship has never been stronger

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Upper left: Lucy Dacus; top right: Madi Diaz; bottom right: Luna Li; bottom left: illuminati hotties Courtesy of the artists hide caption

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New Mix: Lucy Dacus, illuminati hotties, Madi Diaz with Waxahatchee, more

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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

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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

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