The worrier in Julien Baker is losing ground. Steadily, over the course of each new album or project, Baker is slowly learning from community and experience to trust the muse, to lean into the moment, to let the songs say what they will. Damn the opinions or reactions of others. Okay, maybe not quite so much.
Ever since it became clear that Baker’s melancholic songs were finding a much larger listening audience than she would have ever predicted upon the 2015 release of her debut, , Baker became increasingly concerned about her platform and the way she uses it. She was an artist. People were listening.
