Lucy Dacus has shared how her “new friendship” with Chappell Roan helped her get through a bad week.
In a new interview with People Magazine, the Boygenius singer revealed that she and her bandmates Julien Baker and Phoebe Bridgers first struck up a relationship with Roan after she spoke out publicly about the “weird” and “creepy behaviour of some fans.
“When [Chappell] was feeling spread really thin, all of us in Boygenius were encouraging her and telling her that it’ll die down, and it is just a really spinny trip when everybody has something to say about you,” Dacus said.
She went on to share that Roan has returned the support, explaining: “I had kind of a bad week a couple of weeks back, where putting out music just feels worse, and it made me wonder if I should just skip to the part of my life where I live off the land and have a job that isn’t my name,” the “Talk” singer laughs. “And she was just like, ‘No, what you make is important and makes a lot of people feel less lonely.’”
Dacus added that the ‘Good Luck, Babe!’ singer also sent her flowers. “I’m just grateful to have made a new pal with such a good heart.”
Dacus said that both she and Roan are “mutually” learning that “when people hate you, they don’t know you.”
“On the flip side, when they love you, they don’t know you either,” Dacus notes. “So it’s like, protect yourself from the hate, but also don’t let the love of other people replace the real love in your life.
“They might understand you, but they really don’t know who you are as a person,” she added.
The comments come in the midst of Dacus’s promo for her fourth studio album ‘Forever Is A Feeling’, which is set for release on March 28 via Polydor/Geffen (pre-order/pre-save here).
So far, four singles from the LP have been shared: ‘Talk’, ‘Ankles’ and ‘Limerence’ – both of which arrived in January – and last month’s ‘Best Guess’. She recently revealed the 13-song tracklist of ‘Forever Is A Feeling’, which came with custom illustrations from Nicole Jaclyn Smith.
Among the 10 remaining tracks that fans have yet to hear are album opener ‘Calliope Prelude’, ‘Modigliani’, the title track ‘Forever Is A Feeling’, ‘Most Wanted Man’ and ‘Lost Time’. Hozier will also feature on the album, namely on the track ‘Bullseye’.
Though Hozier is the only featured guest listed so far, it was previously reported that the record will supposedly include contributions from Blake Mills, Bartees Strange, Madison Cunningham, Collin Pastore, Jake Finch and Melina Duterte. Dacus’ Boygenius bandmates Bridgers and Baker will also reportedly make appearances.
Dacus has also announced a run of UK and European shows for this summer, including a performance at the O2 Academy Brixton on June 26 – the Thursday of Glastonbury Festival 2025. The artist is currently scheduled to appear at Worthy Farm on Saturday, June 28.
On Monday June 30, she’ll continue her UK trek with a gig at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall before taking to the stage at Manchester Academy (July 2) and Dublin’s Iveagh Gardens (3). Dacus is then scheduled to play Roskilde Festival in Denmark on July 5. Tickets for the new dates are now on sale – you’ll be able to buy yours here.
These dates will follow Dacus’ two intimate concerts at Sir John Soane’s Museum in London this month, as part of her ‘An Evening With Lucy Dacus’ tour. She has announced some small US gigs too, as well as a wider North American tour this spring (find any remaining tickets here).
As for Roan, earlier this month she released her new country pop song ‘The Giver’, after she debuted it during a performance on Saturday Night Live last November.
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