Phoebe Bridgers

Pasadena and the debut

Phoebe Lucille Bridgers was born on August 17, 1994 in Pasadena, California. She graduated from the Sequoyah School in 2009 and from the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts in 2012, and was accepted to Berklee but dropped out after orientation. Her early groups were Sloppy Jane and Einstein's Dirty Secrets. The song "Killer" was recorded with Ryan Adams for his PAX AM label's 7-inch series and came out in April 2015 (Wikipedia says 2014), with "Georgia" and "Steamroller" on the single; Diffuser gave the release as April 28, 2015. In June 2017 she signed to Dead Oceans.

Stranger in the Alps was released on September 22, 2017, produced by Tony Berg and Ethan Gruska, mixed by Mike Mogis and mastered by Bob Ludwig. It was recorded in 2016 between tours, at Zeitgeist in Los Angeles according to the infobox and Berg's Brentwood studio according to the text, and runs 44:15. The title comes from the TV-edited version of The Big Lebowski. It reached 82 on the Billboard 200 and went gold in the US and UK; Metacritic scored it 82. In a Bandcamp Daily interview she said of Los Angeles: I like this place because it kind of sucks.

Punisher, boygenius and after

With Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus she formed boygenius in 2018 (the EP on October 26, 2018, then The Record on March 31, 2023, which won Grammys in 2024), and with Conor Oberst Better Oblivion Community Center (January 2019). Punisher was released on June 18, 2020, a day early, produced by Berg, Gruska and Bridgers at Sound City in Van Nuys; Metacritic scored it 90, Pitchfork 8.7 as Best New Music, and it received Grammy nominations for best alternative music album, "Kyoto" for best rock performance and best rock song, and best new artist. She appeared on Saturday Night Live in February 2021, guested on Taylor Swift's "Nothing New" (November 12, 2021) and opened some Eras Tour dates in 2023. She founded the label Saddest Factory in October 2020. Wikipedia lists a third solo album, Lost Weekend, for August 14, 2026, and a Lost Tour; those items come from a truncated page and are unverified.