Phoebe Bridgers
Busking at the Pasadena Farmers Market earned a young Phoebe Bridgers extra money, and at 16 she wrote 'Waiting Room', the song that later convinced producer Tony Berg to make her first album for free.
Berg, Ethan Gruska and Rob Moose produced that debut, Stranger in the Alps (2017), and stayed on as regular collaborators. Melancholy lyrics sit against acoustic guitar and electronic textures, a sound carried into Punisher (2020), released a day early in the pandemic because she wouldn't wait for life to return to 'normal'.
Group projects became a second outlet: she formed Boygenius with Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus, and Better Oblivion Community Center with Conor Oberst. After stepping back through 2024 and 2025, she resurfaced in 2026 with surprise gigs full of new material and a third solo record, Lost Weekend.
If you like Phoebe Bridgers you should check out: Elliott Smith, Fiona Apple, Aldous Harding, The National, Taylor Swift, Lana Del Rey, Mazzy Star, Bill Callahan, Silver Jews, Nick Drake



