1. Phoebe Lucille Bridgers was born on August 17,1994 and is an American singer-songwriter.
52 Facts About Phoebe Bridgers
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Phoebe Bridgers has won four Grammy Awards on eleven nominations.
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Phoebe Bridgers released her debut solo album Stranger in the Alps in 2017, followed by Punisher, both of which received critical acclaim.
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Phoebe Bridgers is a member of the supergroup boygenius, with whom she released a self-titled EP in 2018, followed by their debut album and another EP in 2023.
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Phoebe Bridgers was a member of Better Oblivion Community Center with Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes, with whom she released one self-titled album as well as two singles.
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Phoebe Bridgers holds progressive political views, and has advocated and fundraised for various causes.
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Phoebe Lucille Bridgers was born in Pasadena, California, on August 17,1994.
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Phoebe Bridgers's mother, Jamie, works in real estate and stand-up comedy, while her father was a film and television set builder.
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Phoebe Bridgers's parents divorced when she was 19 years old.
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Phoebe Bridgers was raised in Pasadena, but spent some of her childhood in Ukiah, California.
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Phoebe Bridgers was later accepted into the Berklee College of Music in Boston, but dropped out after orientation.
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Phoebe Bridgers was a member of various groups while still in high school, including Einstein's Dirty Secret and Sloppy Jane, and frequently played shows around Los Angeles as a solo act.
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Around this time, Phoebe Bridgers met American singer-songwriter Ryan Adams through mutual collaborators, and he put out her EP Killer on his label PAX AM.
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Phoebe Bridgers supported Julien Baker on her 2016 tour of the East Coast.
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In January 2017, Phoebe Bridgers released the single "Smoke Signals" and opened for Conor Oberst on his European tour.
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Phoebe Bridgers joined The Joy Formidable and Ryan Adams for select dates on their respective US tours before playing at South by Southwest in March 2017.
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In June 2017, Phoebe Bridgers signed to independent label Dead Oceans.
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Phoebe Bridgers released her debut studio album, Stranger in the Alps, in September 2017 to critical acclaim.
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Phoebe Bridgers has been referred to as a "serial collaborator", and has either been featured on or co-released tracks with: Lord Huron, Fiona Apple, Matt Berninger and the National, Andrew Bird, Manchester Orchestra, the 1975, Maggie Rogers, Kid Cudi, Taylor Swift, and SZA, among others.
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In 2018, Phoebe Bridgers teamed up with fellow indie singer-songwriters Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus to form the supergroup Boygenius, signed to Matador Records.
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On December 5,2018, Phoebe Bridgers released a Spotify Singles session recorded at Spotify Studios NYC featuring a performance of "Scott Street" and a cover of the Cure's "Friday I'm in Love".
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The band appeared on CBS This Morning, and Phoebe Bridgers appeared for the third time on NPR's Tiny Desk series.
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On February 26,2020, Phoebe Bridgers released the single "Garden Song" alongside its music video.
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Phoebe Bridgers was slated to tour with them in summer 2020 before the tour's cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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In July 2020, Phoebe Bridgers released the music video for her single "I Know the End".
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Phoebe Bridgers garnered four nominations at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards for Best New Artist, Best Rock Performance, Best Rock Song and Best Alternative Music Album.
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That same month Phoebe Bridgers featured on Kid Cudi's track "Lovin Me", on his album Man on the Moon III: The Chosen, and sang backing vocals on two songs by Charlie Hickey.
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Phoebe Bridgers was a musical guest on the eleventh episode of the 46th season of Saturday Night Live, playing "Kyoto" and "I Know the End" and closing the performance by smashing her guitar on a fake stage monitor.
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On March 9,2021, Phoebe Bridgers released a second Spotify Singles session featuring a cover of John Prine's "Summer's End" and a version of "Kyoto" featuring vocals from Jackson Browne.
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On September 3,2021, Phoebe Bridgers embarked on the Reunion Tour, starting in St Louis, Missouri.
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Phoebe Bridgers featured on the song "Atlantis" from Noah Gundersen's album, A Pillar of Salt, released in October 2021.
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On November 12,2021, Phoebe Bridgers appeared on Taylor Swift's second re-recorded album Red on the track "Nothing New".
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On December 15,2021, Phoebe Bridgers appeared on true crime comedy podcast, My Favorite Murder, to discuss with the hosts her "hometown" crime story: the murder of 16-year-old Marissa Mathy-Zvaifler at the Sunshine Theater.
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Phoebe Bridgers performed as an opening act on multiple shows of the US leg of Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour.
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On December 9,2022, Phoebe Bridgers appeared on the track "Ghost in the Machine" with SZA, on her second album SOS.
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In February 2023, Phoebe Bridgers featured on "Adderall" by English post-punk band and Dead Oceans labelmate Shame, the third single from their third album Food for Worms.
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Phoebe Bridgers was featured on the tracks "This Isn't Helping" and "Your Mind Is Not Your Friend" from the album First Two Pages of Frankenstein, by the National, released on April 28,2023.
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Phoebe Bridgers opened and performed with Taylor Swift in May 2023 in New Jersey.
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On May 28,2023, Phoebe Bridgers released the single "Waiting Room", via Bandcamp, with all proceeds donated to Music Will.
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Phoebe Bridgers again collaborated with the National by featuring on the title track of their album Laugh Track, released on September 18,2023.
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Phoebe Bridgers was the most awarded person at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, winning three for her work with Boygenius and one for her collaboration with SZA.
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Phoebe Bridgers has cited Elliott Smith as one of her favorite artists and the biggest influence on her songwriting and production style.
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Phoebe Bridgers is known for wearing variations of a skeleton onesie, inspired by her reported love for "creepy and corny stuff".
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Phoebe Bridgers's fans are often referred to as "Pharbs", a play on Nicki Minaj fans calling themselves "Barbs".
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In 2020, Phoebe Bridgers expressed support for and encouraged people to give donations to racial justice charities via her website and called for the abolition of police during Punisher release amid the George Floyd protests and released her and Maggie Rogers' cover of "Iris" as a single specifically to raise money for Stacey Abrams' Fair Fight Action, having vowed to release the cover if Trump lost the 2020 United States presidential election.
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In October 2020, Phoebe Bridgers performed as part of the virtual fundraiser festival "Village of Love" benefiting Planned Parenthood in Los Angeles and New York.
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At a May 2022 concert in Florida, following the passage of Florida House Bill 1557, Phoebe Bridgers repeatedly expressed disdain for Ron DeSantis.
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Phoebe Bridgers later dated American musician Marshall Vore, who works as her touring drummer and has collaborated with her on other music; they co-wrote her single "ICU" about their relationship, and remain friends and collaborators.
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From 2020 until 2022, Phoebe Bridgers was in a relationship with Irish actor Paul Mescal.
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Phoebe Bridgers is bisexual, which initially caused a rift between her and her mother, though they later reconciled and her mother became an advocate for LGBTQ+ rights.
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Phoebe Bridgers was a pescetarian for many years, something her school peers would mock her about, but is vegan.
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Phoebe Bridgers has spoken about her struggles with depression and anxiety, for which she has sought therapy.