Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The three members of Boygenius are not having to stretch to figure out a time and a place to celebrate the six Grammy nominations that came in for the band Friday morning.
They’re booked for “Saturday Night Live” this weekend — and, live from New York, they shared their thoughts via Zoom about the big love that has come their way from the Recording Academy, even as they rehearse for a key TV appearance. “I don’t know how to respond to it,” says Julien Baker. “It’s just happened.
I’m overwhelmed”… but “stoked,” she finally affirms. Phoebe Bridgers had a prep course in navigating the Grammys when, as a solo artist, she picked up four nods three years ago.
She’s pleased about the increased numbers this year — not just in the higher amount of nominations, although there is that, but in that she gets to share the acknowledgement with bandmates Baker and Lucy Dacus. “It’s triple the joy, right?” Bridgers asks aloud. “Yeah, much easier to feel happy for them.
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