Phoebe Bridgers Releases 'Lost Boys,' First Single From Her 3rd Album

3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Jun 25

31-year-old Phoebe Bridgers has returned with “Lost Boys,” her first new song from a long-awaited third album after stepping back from public life.
Co-produced with Ethan Gruska, Tony Berg and Jack Antonoff, the track swaps her familiar silvery sound for fingerpicked guitar, woodwinds and a bigger, chorus-driven arrangement.
Boygenius bandmates Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus back Bridgers on the song, whose lyrics move between army memories, romantic estrangement and shifting perspectives rather than a single clear narrative.
$1 surprise shows in small U.S. towns last month built anticipation for the album, with phones and note-taking banned to prevent lyric leaks before a final Madison Square Garden performance.
That tightly controlled rollout followed years of intense fan scrutiny around Bridgers’ private life, underscoring why her third album arrives after a deliberate pause.