Two acts with Bluff City roots made big impressions at the Coachella music festival this weekend. The first was Memphis meteor GloRilla whose Sunday afternoon set got buck. We’ll see her in a couple of weeks at the Beale Street Music Festival.
Expat Julien Baker’s arrival was announced in these pages in 2015. Three albums and an ink barrel’s worth of critical acclaim later, Baker is supplying Memphis muscle to the supergroup boygenius. Baker joined bandmates Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus on stage with MUNA to guest on her song “Silk Chffon” before playing an epic set that debuted selections from their new record, which is called The Record. It’s probably not a coincidence that the album just debuted at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The lead music video from The Record is, perhaps predictably, called “The Film.” Unpredictably, it is directed by superstar actor Kristen Stewart, who weaves three boygenius songs, each with a different lead singer, together into three intertwining short stories. It’s beautiful, complex, and generally shoots much higher than your average promo clip. It’s also 15 minutes long, so watch it on your lunch break.
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