Schitt’s Creek and the music of Boygenius both feature high up on the list of the internet’s favourite things. Big news for the Twittersphere (or X-sphere?), then, as Dan Levy took to the stage at GQ’s Men of the Year party in London to toast current GQ cover stars, Lucy Dacus, Phoebe Bridgers and Julien Baker.
In his toast to the supergroup, Levy paid tribute by comparing to them to arguably the greatest-ever supergroup that came before them: the trio of Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt.
“One of my all-time favourite albums is an album Boygenius didn’t make,” he said. “It’s called Trio. And it marked the first time Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, and Linda Ronstadt came together to collaborate on music that’s as relevant today as it was when they recorded it in 1987. Pushing back on the patriarchal idea at the time that “girl singers” should fear one another as space invaders. Because apparently, we could only handle, like, one at a time?”
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He continued: “Almost a decade after that album was released, Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, and Julien Baker were born. And little did they know that they would one day take that baton and fucking run with it. Musicians having found each other thanks to the magnetic pull of shared loves and passions and choosing to make something cool together because it seemingly felt right. Pooling their collective brilliance without ever dishonouring or compromising the importance of their individual voices. Making music that holds you like a good friend on a bad day, speaks to you like the kindest parts of your conscience, and saves you… a lot of money on therapy.”
Ironically, when Boygenius took to the stage after his toast, they lifted up the value of their own ‘throuples’ therapy before the release of their debut album, The Record, last year. “Our therapist referred to us as girls, and she noticed us simultaneously shrinking,” said Dacus, who led their speech. “And she said, Oh, what would you like to be referring to as? And we all said boys.”
