{"id":59141,"date":"2023-11-10T18:04:29","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T23:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2023\/11\/10\/boygenius-is-ready-to-fight-dave-grohl-in-the-parking-lot-after-2024-grammy-nominations\/"},"modified":"2023-11-10T18:04:29","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T23:04:29","slug":"boygenius-is-ready-to-fight-dave-grohl-in-the-parking-lot-after-2024-grammy-nominations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2023\/11\/10\/boygenius-is-ready-to-fight-dave-grohl-in-the-parking-lot-after-2024-grammy-nominations\/","title":{"rendered":"Boygenius Is Ready to \u2018Fight Dave Grohl in the Parking Lot\u2019 After 2024 Grammy\u00a0Nominations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- no image --><\/p>\n<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSitting shoulder-to-shoulder in a dressing room in New York City, the members of <a href=\"https:\/\/billboard.com\/artist\/boygenius\">Boygenius<\/a> \u2014 Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus \u2014 cannot seem to stop smiling at one another. It could be because they just finished a rehearsal for their<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/culture\/tv-film\/boygenius-snl-promo-1235468116\/\"> performance on <em>Saturday Night Live<\/em><\/a> this weekend (Nov. 11). Or it could be that they just earned a bunch of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/awards\/grammy-nominations-2024-list-1235468152\/\">2024 Grammy nominations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOn Friday (Nov. 10), the trio found out that they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/awards\/grammy-nominations-2024-list-1235468152\/\">were nominated<\/a> for a whopping six awards at the 2024 Grammy Awards, including nods for both album and record of the year for <em>the record<\/em> and \u201cNot Strong Enough,\u201d respectively. Bridgers, earning a seventh nomination for her work with SZA on the song \u201cGhost in the Machine,\u201d ties Victoria Mon\u00e9t and engineer Serban Ghenea as the second-most nominated artist at the annual ceremony, with SZA leading at nine nominations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-border-b-1 lrv-u-padding-t-050 lrv-u-padding-b-075 lrv-u-border-color-grey\">\n<div class=\"a-heading-border a-heading-border-background-color-grey a-heading-border-height-075 lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-050@mobile-max\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-u-color-brand-primary a-font-primary-bold-s lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-padding-r-1 a-article-related-module-title a-article-related-module-title--color-brand-primary\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card lrv-u-flex\">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/awards\/grammy-nominations-2024-list-1235468152\/\" class=\"lrv-u-flex lrv-a-unstyle-link lrv-u-color-brand-primary:hover\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"o-card__image-wrap lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 u-flex-basis-144 u-flex-basis-96@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-3x2 a-crop-1x1@mobile-max lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-billboard-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/sza-grammy-awards-musica-urbana-2023-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"SZA, Grammy Awards\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column lrv-u-justify-content-center lrv-u-padding-lr-1 lrv-u-padding-lr-075@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-primary-medium-m lrv-u-padding-b-050 u-letter-spacing-0028@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t2024 Grammy Nominations: Complete\u00a0List\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  a-font-primary-medium-xxs lrv-u-color-brand-primary lrv-u-order-100\" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><br \/>\n\t11\/10\/2023<br \/>\n<\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cIt feels like I\u2019m in a simultaneous come-up and come-down from a high,\u201d Dacus tells <em>Billboard<\/em>, looking to her bandmates with a smile and a confounded expression. The group posted a photo of themselves on Instagram, where all three hug one another after finding out about their album of the year nomination. In their dressing room, Bridgers, Baker and Dacus regularly reach around to grab each other\u2019s hands, still processing the news. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBelow, <em>Billboard <\/em>chats with Boygenius about their six nominations, their preparations for <em>SNL<\/em>, what it means to be nominated alongside rock greats like the Rolling Stones and the Foo Fighters, and why LGBTQ+ representation at the Grammys matters \u2014 but not nearly as much as LGBTQ+ rights. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bIX_ouNJsTs?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en-US&amp;autohide=2&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Before we even get into the Grammys of it all, how have <em>SNL<\/em> rehearsals with Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet been going so far?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Lucy Dacus<\/strong>: Pretty good, we have another one tonight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Phoebe Bridgers<\/strong>: It\u2019s scary, it\u2019s like <em>The Imp of the Perverse<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Julien Baker<\/strong>: Yeah, it\u2019s all really live.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Bridgers<\/strong>: You\u2019re like, \u201cI could do something that people will see across the nation.\u201d Well, actually, that\u2019s guaranteed. But I could do something bad, like trying to drive your car into the median.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Well, congratulations on the Grammys nominations! How are each of you doing after finding out?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Baker<\/strong>: I was like, \u201cIf it happens, we\u2019ll get one, maybe.\u201d But no, we got six.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Dacus<\/strong>: Well, it\u2019s seven if you count the sound engineering one [best engineered album, non-classical].<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Bridgers<\/strong>: I mean, it\u2019s not our names, but the people who helped make our collective Boygenius project. But yes, we are over-caffeinated, f\u2014ed-up, and I\u2019m gonna take a nap after this.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Baker<\/strong>: You know when you get so excited that you just have to go to sleep? It\u2019s like when a fuse bursts and then there\u2019s just no power. It\u2019s a power surge, for sure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>You\u2019re nominated for record and album of the year alongside artists like Taylor Swift, SZA and Olivia Rodrigo, while also being nominated in the rock categories with icons like The Rolling Stones and the Foo Fighters. What does being in that kind of company mean for the three of you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Bridgers<\/strong>: Pretty dope. I think we\u2019re gonna have to fight Dave Grohl in the parking lot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Baker<\/strong>: Yo, we should do that. We should challenge him to beef.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Dacus<\/strong>: Hey, I\u2019ve seen in-person how hard he hits the drums; I\u2019m not gonna fight Dave Grohl. His arms are something else. Like, he\u2019s got the muscle and he\u2019s scrappy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>For Lucy and Julien, these are your first-ever nominations at the Grammys\u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Baker<\/strong>: And last! [<em>Laughs<\/em>] No, this is a thing that is completely not able to be conceptualized. Like, this is a fake dream, almost. You\u2019re like, \u201cOne day, I\u2019m gonna hit the big time.\u201d And then we play The Wiltern, and it\u2019s like, \u201cOkay, cool, that seems pretty good and achievable.\u201d And then we got nominated for a Grammy, and I\u2019m like, \u201cThat\u2019s actually what people fake aspire to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Dacus<\/strong>: Yeah, I feel like I need a whole new bucket list.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Bridgers<\/strong>: It is pretty sick, to have a dream when you\u2019re f\u2014ing 15 that you achieve, and then you go, \u201cWhat weird sh\u2013 can I do next?\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-border-b-1 lrv-u-padding-t-050 lrv-u-padding-b-075 lrv-u-border-color-grey\">\n<div class=\"a-heading-border a-heading-border-background-color-grey a-heading-border-height-075 lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-050@mobile-max\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-u-color-brand-primary a-font-primary-bold-s lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-padding-r-1 a-article-related-module-title a-article-related-module-title--color-brand-primary\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card lrv-u-flex\">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/phoebe-bridgers-victoria-monet-lgbtq-2024-grammy-nominees\/\" class=\"lrv-u-flex lrv-a-unstyle-link lrv-u-color-brand-primary:hover\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"o-card__image-wrap lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 u-flex-basis-144 u-flex-basis-96@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-3x2 a-crop-1x1@mobile-max lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-billboard-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Victoria-Monet-cr-Foxxatron-press-2023-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Victoria Mone\u0301t\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column lrv-u-justify-content-center lrv-u-padding-lr-1 lrv-u-padding-lr-075@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-primary-medium-m lrv-u-padding-b-050 u-letter-spacing-0028@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tVictoria Mon\u00e9t, Phoebe Bridgers &amp; More LGBTQ Artists Lead the Way With 2024\u2026\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  a-font-primary-medium-xxs lrv-u-color-brand-primary lrv-u-order-100\" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><br \/>\n\t11\/10\/2023<br \/>\n<\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>I also want to congratulate you three on leading the pack of LGBTQ+ nominees this year, alongside artists like Victoria Mon\u00e9t, Miley Cyrus and Brandy Clark. What does that mean for you, as a group, to see that level of representation in the nominations?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Baker<\/strong>: It\u2019s cool, because when you\u2019re saying \u201cthis class of people,\u201d or \u201cthis demographic of folks\u201d \u2026 it\u2019s like, if there\u2019s enough people that fit that category within the organization, it stops becoming a novelty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Bridgers<\/strong>: Yeah, or even just as much of a commodity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Baker<\/strong>: Exactly, it allows all of those people to be individuated more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Dacus<\/strong>: It would be so sick if the way all queer people were treated got more normal too. Like, we have a friend that, during Pride Month, said, \u201cIt\u2019s cool to see the rainbow on this Shell gas station sign. Why am I still getting looked at funny as a trans woman walking around?\u201d Like, it\u2019s cool that there\u2019s more queer people getting nominated for Grammys, but it would also be super cool if more queer people had their full rights and were treated like people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>These nominations come after a huge year for Boygenius, between putting out the record and the massive tour you just wrapped up. Where do you feel these nominations rank among the other cool things you\u2019ve gotten to do this year?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Dacus<\/strong>: Honestly? I don\u2019t know yet because it just happened. [<em>Laughs<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Bridgers<\/strong>: We haven\u2019t fully processed, and Julien keeps pointing out that sh\u2013 keeps happening to us, where you are then confronted with each other or other people being like, \u201cHow sick is that?!\u201d Like, I haven\u2019t even had a single private thought about how sick this is yet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Baker<\/strong>: Right, \u201cTell us how special this is!\u201d And I\u2019m sitting here like, \u201cDude, I don\u2019t know!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Bridgers<\/strong>: But it\u2019s been really cool. We all got to FaceTime special people in our lives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Baker<\/strong>: Yeah, we FaceTimed Catherine [Marks], our producer, and texted with people who worked on the record. I will say, that felt really nice, because it\u2019s not just a momentary thing. All of the shows we\u2019ve done always feel so sick in the moment, and I\u2019m very much the one who\u2019s like, \u201cI\u2019m just ready to play the gig.\u201d But it\u2019s cool to have so many people who are attached to the physical work, to the master we created, getting acknowledged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Dacus<\/strong>: For sure, and I\u2019d even say that, even when it\u2019s something like a photo shoot that\u2019s the three of us, we get sick of our own faces. But to have this event that overtly recognizes everyone behind the scenes \u2014 like with the engineering award the album was nominated for \u2014 that feels even more special.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/culture\/pride\/boygenius-react-2024-grammy-nominations-1235468447\/\">Aller \u00e0 la source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sitting shoulder-to-shoulder in a dressing room in New York City, the members of Boygenius \u2014 Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus \u2014 cannot seem to stop smiling at one another. It could be because they just finished a rehearsal for their performance on Saturday Night Live this weekend (Nov. 11). Or it could be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59141\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}