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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Louis Chilton

On Lost Weekend, Phoebe Bridgers wrestles with it all – even the broken engagement to Paul Mescal

In the years since rising to global stardom, Phoebe Bridgers has tended to guard her personal life with increasing privacy – but for a singer-songwriter, it’s never that simple.

A lot has happened in the six years since she last released a solo album, including the explosion in popularity of her supergroup Boygenius (comprising Bridgers, Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker), an engagement and breakup with Irish actor Paul Mescal, and a relationship with her current partner, comedian, musician and film director Bo Burnham. On her accomplished new album Lost Weekend, she finds herself ready to talk – or at least sing – things through.

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