Lucy Dacus

Lucy Elizabeth Dacus, born May 2, 1995, is an American singer-songwriter and producer. Originally from Richmond, Virginia, Dacus attracted attention with her debut album No Burden (2016), which led to a deal with Matador Records. Her second album, Historian, was released in 2018 to further critical acclaim. Dacus's third studio album, Home Video, was released in 2021. In addition to her solo work, Dacus is also a member of the indie supergroup boygenius alongside Julien Baker and Phoebe Bridgers since its formation in 2018.

Lucy is a deep, quiet and loyal person. She is very sensitive and empathic to others. Lucy is very honest, but takes care to only speak truths on the right moment. She is someone with the Introverted, Intuitive, Feeling, and Judging personality traits. Lucy is a highly principled individual who is driven to do what is right. She has a strong sense of personal integrity, and is champion of the underdog. She is highly intuitive, and use her intuition to discern the motivations and intentions of others. She has a strong sense of feeling, and is deeply moved by the injustices that she see in the world. She is driven by her principles, and is relentless in their pursuit of justice. Lucy is a highly organized and efficient individual. For her to write any lyrics, she has to be doing something else like washing dishes and the thought will randomly come into her head. Sh can almost never just sit down and write a song. and if she does that, she won't like the finished project. Sometimes, lucy can be idealistic and perfectionistic, be so focused on her principles that can be difficult to work with. She can also be overly critical of herself. Lucy can be emotionally intense.She can experience a wide range of emotions, and can be deeply affected by the injustices that she sees in the world.

Lucy is 5’10” tall, having a chubby body and long straight dark hair.

Dacus was adopted as an infant and grew up in Mechanicsville, Virginia, a suburb of Richmond. She is of Uzbek and Irish descent. Her adoptive mother is a professional pianist and music teacher, and her adoptive father is a graphic designer. 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. Prior to becoming a full-time musician, she was employed by Richmond Camera as an editor for children's school photos. During this time, she wrote approximately 30 songs, nine of which would comprise the tracklist of No Burden. Dacus released this EP on Bandcamp on August 31, 2012, when she was a senior in high school. The track list consists of seven songs: Girls Back Home, Finest Cursive, Pretty Girl, Lullaby, Time Travel, Black Lungs, and Kiddie Pool. Like all her other projects, it includes production from Collin Pastore and Jacob Blizard. It was digitally available for a time, but Dacus took it down shortly before her debut album, No Burden was released. In a Reddit AMA, she stated she took it down because she “didn’t want this EP to be somebody’s first impression of her.” For years after its removal from Bandcamp, the songs were considered lost. However, internet user Lucyhistorian managed to salvage the entire track list. It is currently available to listen to, in its entirety, on YouTube, although no official label release exists. Dacus first performed in New York City in March 2015. 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; 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.[11][12] Dacus was then signed to Matador Records, who re-released the album on September 9, 2016. In the same year she performed at Lollapalooza, in Chicago's Grant Park and made her national television debut on CBS This Morning. She recorded a Tiny Desk Concert for NPR the same weekend. In October 2016 she played the London Calling festival in Amsterdam, as a replacement for The Duke Spirit, who were forced to cancel. Dacus's second album, entitled Historian, was released on March 2, 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." Rolling Stone rated the album 4/5 stars, as did NME. 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. In 2018, Dacus, along with Phoebe Bridgers and Julien Baker, formed the group boygenius. They released three songs in August 2018 and subsequently announced an EP and tour. The EP, titled boygenius, came out on October 26, 2018. 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. In 2021, Dacus announced her third album, Home Video, which was released on June 25. She performed one of the album's singles "Hot & Heavy" on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on April 13.[24] 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. On February 2, 2022, Dacus released a single "Kissing Lessons", which was accompanied by a music video. During 2022, Dacus toured Europe, Australia and America. Dacus released a music video for the song "Night Shift" for the five-year anniversary of her album "Historian" in March 2023. Boygenius released their debut full-length studio album, titled The Record, on March 31, 2023, after releasing 4 singles. 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. During her Home Video Tour in July 2022, Dacus announced that she and her support act, Camp Cope, would be donating tips from the merchandise stand to the organization Fund Abortion Not Police. 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. 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. After former President Barack Obama included "Not Strong Enough" by boygenius on his annual summer playlist, Dacus quote tweeted him, saying "war criminal :(" Dacus was raised Christian but has since become irreligious. She describes herself as queer, and says that the terms bisexual or pansexual come closest to defining her sexuality. Dacus lived in Richmond, Virginia, until late 2019. As of June 2021, she resides in Philadelphia.