Lucy Dacus joined NPR's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! to reflect on her songwriting process and her early days in the music industry. Host Peter Sagal introduced her as "one-third of the supergroup Boygenius," asking her about her rise from recording a first album in a studio without permission to becoming one of indie rock's most popular figures.
During the conversation, Lucy Dacus recalled her pre-fame days working at Richmond Camera, where the sheer boredom of the job allowed her mind to wander. "Well, it was so mindless, and it was eight hours a day," she said, describing how she would hum and scribble lyrics on a pad of paper before heading home to "write, like, a song a day at that time." Peter Sagal also asked her "if it was true that she put out her first record as a favor to a friend," a move that launched her career.
After successfully answering all three questions correctly on the quiz show, Lucy Dacus received praise from Peter Sagal, who told listeners that "Her new album, Forever Is a Feeling, is out now." With Boygenius currently on hiatus, fans are eager to see how her solo work evolves next.