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Early Life

Dacus had an early interest in music. In middle school, she purchased her first guitar, a three quarter size Ibanez, from Craigslist for 100 dollars. Her inspiration to play guitar came from her crush on a counselor at Vacation Bible School she attended one summer. Dacus' experience with religion and VBS would become major inspiration for her future music.

Personal Life

Dacus grew up in the rural suburbs of Richmond, Virginia, until late 2019. As of June 2021, she resides in Philadelphia, and lives in a house with 6 roommates. Additionally, Dacus has said she struggles with depersonalization, but living with other people keeps her grounded.

Dacus was raised Christian. She describes the church she grew up attending as fairly progressive. As an adult, Dacus says she only feels "Culturally Christian," but does not identify with a singular religion

Dacus has described herself as queer, and says that the word closest to her sexuality is either bisexual or pansexual.

In early 2022, Dacus suffered from two herniated discs in her back. As a result, she performed shows in Detroit and Newport while laying on a leather couch on stage.

Career beginnings and No Burden (2015-2018)
Dacus first performed in New York City in March 2015. Her first single, "I Don't Wanna Be Funny Anymore," premiered in November 2015. Her debut album, No Burden, was produced in Nashville by her hometown friends, Berklee College of Music graduate Collin Pastore and Oberlin Conservatory of Music graduate Jacob Blizard; it was recorded at the request of Blizard for a school project. The album was originally released digitally on CD, and on vinyl via Richmond's EggHunt Records on February 26, 2016. Dacus was then signed to Matador Records, who re-released the album on September 9, 2016. In the same year she performed at Lollapalooza, in Chicago's Grant Park and made her national television debut on CBS This Morning. She recorded a Tiny Desk Concert for NPR the same weekend. In October 2016 she played the London Calling festival in Amsterdam, as a replacement for The Duke Spirit, who were forced to cancel.

Historian (2018)
Dacus's second album, entitled Historian, was released on March 2, 2018. Like its predecessor, it was met with widespread critical acclaim. Writing for Pitchfork, Sasha Geffen praised its nuance and sensitivity: "It’s not an easy album to wear out. It lasts, and it should, given that so many of its lyrics pick at time, and the way time condenses around deep emotional attachments to other people." Rolling Stone rated the album 4/5 stars, as did NME. Historian, like No Burden, was recorded in Nashville, at Trace Horse Studio, in a similar collaborative effort by Lucy Dacus, Jacob Blizard, and Collin Pastore.

To coincide with Valentine's Day 2019, Dacus released a cover of "La Vie en rose", the first in a planned series of songs commemorating major holidays.

Boygenius (2018-Present)
In 2018, Dacus, along with Phoebe Bridgers and Julien Baker, formed the group Boygenius. They released three songs in August 2018 and subsequently announced an EP and tour. The EP, titled boygenius, came out on October 26, 2018. Dacus, Bridgers, and Baker have continued to appear on each other's solo works.

In 2021, Boygenius performed a reunion show at Saint Joseph’s Arts Society in San Francisco. The gig was a charity event for the non-profit Bread & Roses.

Home Video (2021-Present)
In 2021, Dacus announced her third album, titled Home Video, which was released on June 25 by Matador Records. In a review written for Pitchfork, Peyton Thomas describes the album as "... a bold statement, a powerful post-adolescent text in its own right. Dacus looks to her past without judgment of her younger self, exploring years of rigidity and repression with empathy and care."

Dacus went on to perform one of the album's singles "Hot & Heavy" on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on April 13. On November 10, Dacus released her single "Thumbs Again", a re-release of her song "Thumbs" with additional instrumentation, alongside the announcement of 2022 US tour dates.

On February 2, 2022, Dacus released the single "Kissing Lessons", which was accompanied by a music video.

On July 9, 2022, Dacus began her U.S. summer tour for Home Video in Toronto, Canada. Dacus continued this tour into the fall starting on September, 30, 2022, in New Haven, Connecticut, and ending in San Diego, California on November 19, 2022. Dacus additionally streamed her November 18th performance in Los Angeles.

On September 28, 2022, Dacus released two covers, "Home Again," and "It's Too Late," both originally by Carole King.