Boygenius is a band consisting of Lucy Dacus, Julien Baker and Phoebe Bridgers. Their first studio album, “The Record,” was released in March 2023. The recording received three Grammys, sold 53,000 copies, and had one song reach the top 100 charts.
The song that made it to the top 100 chart is “Not Strong Enough.” This song has amazing vocals and harmonies provided by Bridgers, Dacus and Baker.. This song has such spectacular and vivid lyrics. This song talks about not being strong enough in general and feeling like one is failing the one person they want to impress. The song has lyrics like, “I lied, I am just lowering your expectations.” The speaker is saying that they are not enough and are making someone lower their expectations just to be around them. The most memorable line is repeated numerous times at the end: “Always an angel, never a god.” This is saying the speaker is good enough to be an angel but not strong enough to be a god. This shows that powerlessness that can be felt when you are not strong enough even though you might deeply want to you physically cannot.
The next song is “True Blue.” This song is my favorite song on the entire album. This song is about feeling a special connection to someone. This could be anyone – friend, family or partner. The singer talks about how this person knows them so well that they cannot hide from them. Even when they are hiding from their own internal emotions or feelings, they cannot hide any of these feelings from this person. They find comfort in this person. They say that this love is “tough and tried and true blue.” This means that they have gone through situations that have tried this relationship, but they have stayed true and that is why this is such an amazing relationship. This is powerful to me because it shows just how much this person means to them. They are willing to go through these events just to stay with this person.
Overall, I would 100% recommend this album. It evokes so many emotions in the listener and displays these emotions so well. After “The Record” was released, Boygenius went on a hiatus as a group, and their fan base is asking for them to come back.