- 2023-03-02
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MUSIC
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boygenius Premieres New Song “Not Strong Enough” on BBC Radio 1
American indie rock band boygenius, consisting of Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus, premiered a new song “Not Strong Enough” on BBC Radio 1's Future Sounds with Clara Amfo.
The song is the fourth single off of their upcoming debut album “the record”, which is set to be released on March 31, 2023 via Interscope.
It was written by Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, and Phoebe Bridgers. Produced by boygenius, Catherine Marks, Ethan Gruska, Melina Duterte, Sarah Tudzin, and Tony Berg.
The accompanying music video was shot by ulien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus.
Phoebe Bridgers told Clara Amfo about the song, “I started riffing on this idea and we're like how fun would it be to write like The Cure, Slash, The killers pop song about feeling both self hatred and God complex.”
Julien Baker continued, “That song was written more in the room together. Some of the other songs were like, 'Hey, I wrote this complete song'. And it would be cool if we added these little parts and then we like polished it in the studio, but this song felt very much like a group project.”- Phoebe Bridgers told Rolling Stone abut the song, “The two wolves inside us can be self-hatred and self-aggrandizing. Being like, 'I'm not strong enough to show up for you. I can't be the partner that you want me to be.' But also being like, 'I'm too fucked up. I'm unknowable in some deep way!' Self-hatred is a god complex sometimes, where you think you're the most fucked-up person who's ever lived. Straight up, you're not. And it can make people behave really selfishly, and I love each of our interpretations of that concept.”
Julien Baker added, “That's another example of Phoebe taking a wordplay and then extrapolating it to a really nuanced concept.”
The debut album comprises 12-track, produced by Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, Phoebe Bridgers, Ethan Gruska, Tony Berg, Sarah Tudzin, Melina Duterte, and Catherine Marks. -
Photo Matt Grubb - source : BBC Radio 1
