Phoebe Bridgers

A frequent collaborator, she has worked with various artists including Taylor Swift, the 1975's Matty Healy, Muna, SZA, Kid Cudi, Christian Lee Hutson, Shame (band), and the National.

Bridgers holds progressive political views, and has advocated and fundraised for various causes.

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.

In addition, she has participated in full-album projects with Conor Oberst, Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus.

Phoebe Lucille Bridgers (born August 17, 1994) is an American singer-songwriter.

Her indie folk music typically centers around acoustic guitar and electronic production, with melancholic lyrical themes.

She has received four Grammy Awards from eleven nominations.

Born in Pasadena, California, Bridgers performed music in her youth and was a member of Sloppy Jane.

Phoebe Lucille Bridgers was born in Pasadena, California, on August 17, 1994.

Her mother, Jamie, works in real estate and stand-up comedy, while her father was a film and television set builder.

She has a younger brother named Jackson.

Her parents divorced when she was 19 years old.

She was raised in Pasadena, but also spent some of her childhood in Ukiah, California.

As a child, she made extra money by busking at the Pasadena Farmers Market, and started playing guitar around the age of 13.

After graduating from the Sequoyah School, she began studying vocal jazz at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts in 2009.

She was later accepted into the Berklee College of Music in Boston, but dropped out after orientation.

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.

After deciding not to attend college to focus on her career, her growing presence in the L.A. music scene led to her befriending producer Tony Berg, who began working with her on her first album for free.

Playing in an Apple commercial with Sloppy Jane had given her some financial security, so she planned to complete her record and then sell it to a label, rather than attempting to get signed first.

This allowed her much more time and creative freedom to create what would become Stranger in the Alps.

Around this time, Bridgers met American singer-songwriter Ryan Adams through mutual collaborators, and he put out her EP Killer on his label PAX AM.

Bridgers also supported Julien Baker on her 2016 tour of the East Coast.

She released her debut solo album Stranger in the Alps in 2017, followed by Punisher (2020), both of which received critical acclaim.

In January 2017, Bridgers released the single "Smoke Signals" and opened for Conor Oberst on his European tour.

The two had met the previous summer at a secret showcase, organized by Oberst at the Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles.

He and his Bright Eyes bandmate, Mike Mogis, contributed vocals and production to Stranger in the Alps.

Bridgers joined The Joy Formidable and Ryan Adams for select dates on their respective U.S. tours before playing at South by Southwest in March 2017.

In June 2017, Bridgers signed to independent label Dead Oceans.

She released her debut studio album, Stranger in the Alps, in September 2017 to critical acclaim.

The album was produced by Tony Berg, Ethan Gruska and Rob Moose, all of whom would become consistent collaborators with Bridgers.

To promote the album, Bridgers performed on CBS This Morning and the NPR Tiny Desk.

She is also 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.

She was also a member of Better Oblivion Community Center with Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes fame, with whom she released one self-titled album as well as two singles.

Numerous songs from the record were featured in television productions throughout 2018, including Switched at Birth, Castle, Burden of Truth, Lethal Weapon and Trinkets, among others.

In 2018, Bridgers teamed up with fellow indie singer-songwriters Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus to form the supergroup Boygenius, signed to Matador Records.

They released three songs in August 2018 and subsequently announced an eponymous EP, which was released on October 26, 2018, to widespread acclaim.

Pitchfork called the collaboration "magic".

The band toured the U.S. in November, appearing on Late Night with Seth Meyers and the NPR Tiny Desk.

On December 5, 2018, 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".

Bridgers and Conor Oberst announced the formation of their band, Better Oblivion Community Center, on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in January 2019.