Phoebe Bridgers Recruits Boygenius for Intimate New York Gig

Last month, after Phoebe Bridgers capped three nights at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, she stopped by the historic Cherry Lane Theatre for an intimate performance.

Sound Check at Cherry Lane Theatre shows Bridgers linking up once again with Primetime director Lance Oppenheim, who previously helmed her video for “Lost Boys” (it also featured her Primetime co-star, Skyler Gisondo). In a video of the three-song performance, Bridgers stands onstage at the West Village venue, joined by her longtime collaborator Ethan Gruska. She first delivers an eerie, stripped-down take of “On Video,” her song for the Primetime soundtrack, standing in a glow of several TV screens.

Bridgers then recruits her boygenius bandmates Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker for a stunning take on “Haunted” (Dacus holds a camcorder aimed at Bridgers during the performance), followed by “Lost Boys.” Both tracks appear off Lost Weekend, her new album that marked her first solo LP in six years.

Bridgers is currently on tour in support of Lost Weekend, hitting North America in the fall before she heads to the U.K. and Europe in December. With phones locked away, surprise cameos, and a stellar amount of lights and effects, it’s easily one of the best live shows of the year.

When Primetime — based on To Catch a Predator and its host Chris Hansen — premiered at the Venice International Film Festival last month, Bridgers joined Oppenheim and the rest of the cast at a press conference. “I didn’t even know Lance and Phoebe were friends,” Robert Pattinson said. “When [he] suggested her, I was like ‘Phoebe Bridgers? Why don’t we just get the queen?’”