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  • Опубликовано: 22 авг 2024
  • boygenius stopped by Genius to break down their hit “Not Strong Enough,” which has been streamed more than 14 million times on Spotify to date. The song is also produced by the trio and is off their major label debut album, "the record." On today’s episode of Verified, find out how the super group of Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus pieced this song together while thinking about mental health and more.
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Комментарии • 823

  • @genius
    @genius  Год назад +5711

    boygenius on genius!

  • @angelacranberry
    @angelacranberry Год назад +2070

    “self hatred plus having a god complex” “hating yourself for hating yourself” oh THAT’S why i relate to this song so much

    • @wowsports8800
      @wowsports8800 11 месяцев назад +19

      YES and the not being able to take the responsibility rather than just commitment

    • @Peanutbutterandjelly305
      @Peanutbutterandjelly305 6 месяцев назад

      What’s this song about ? Like what’s it about?

  • @genki_walflower
    @genki_walflower Год назад +9391

    Hearing their harmonies without any instruments in the background is something else in the best way possible.

    • @leedalite
      @leedalite Год назад +61

      seriously like the way my jaw dropped as soon as i heard the first "i am"

    • @miguel-bv1ef
      @miguel-bv1ef Год назад +30

      Drop the genius acapella version NOW

    • @GagaBoy1346
      @GagaBoy1346 Год назад +20

      ITS LIKE WITHOUT YOU WITHOUT THEM

    • @gracethome5249
      @gracethome5249 Год назад +5

      literally had to pause the video to take a deep breath and process it lmfao

    • @JohnKayJr
      @JohnKayJr Год назад +2

      It sounds really great for sure.

  • @aktisfm
    @aktisfm Год назад +3815

    I love how they're posed like its a parent-teacher conference and Lucy and Phoebe are coming in to talk about Julien's C in English

    • @al_cjp
      @al_cjp Год назад +262

      This except we all know Julien's getting an A+ in English

    • @aktisfm
      @aktisfm Год назад +92

      @@al_cjp ok very true... in the poetry unit especially

    • @AChickandaDuck
      @AChickandaDuck 3 месяца назад

      🤣🤣🤣

  • @whynotfrancis
    @whynotfrancis Год назад +5583

    this feels like phoebe and lucy are the loving parents and julien is the disgruntled teenager somehow and i love it

    • @znekkk
      @znekkk Год назад +324

      no julien's definitely the dad, lucy's the mom, and phoebe's their emo kid

    • @maiu1922
      @maiu1922 Год назад +93

      Mom and Dad and their small son

    • @chaerodactyl
      @chaerodactyl Год назад +103

      they're all each other's parents and children and siblings and that's part of the magic

    • @wharax
      @wharax Год назад +1

      @@znekkkLOLLL

  • @thesunwascollapsing
    @thesunwascollapsing Год назад +7077

    phoebe just being mesmerised by lucy is such a mood

    • @ivy-ys8or
      @ivy-ys8or Год назад +237

      she’s always staring at lucy she’s just like me

    • @rugma1696
      @rugma1696 Год назад +119

      ​​@@ivy-ys8oronestly theyre both just staring at each other always and julien feels like their child that just got dragged 😅

    • @RoyaltoonzHD
      @RoyaltoonzHD Год назад +13

      @@ivy-ys8or Fr I don't blame her lol

    • @danicat7515
      @danicat7515 Год назад +32

      why can't phoebe look at me like that, why? that is my problem

    • @tia8245
      @tia8245 Год назад +9

      i dont blame her

  • @YouTube
    @YouTube Год назад +5793

    of course they literally sound so good acapella

    • @mollyjoe7663
      @mollyjoe7663 Год назад +241

      youtube based for listening to boygenius 🥱🫡

    • @solomonsheridan8272
      @solomonsheridan8272 Год назад +60

      They also listen to Paramore too, so that immediately makes up for Rewind 2018

    • @bigcharlie8694
      @bigcharlie8694 Год назад +20

      Oy Bud we gonna get out dislike button back.

    • @kidasmr9874
      @kidasmr9874 Год назад +27

      Sup youtube. Bring back the dislike button

    • @littleoblivions
      @littleoblivions Год назад +2

      @@solomonsheridan8272 not quite

  • @viv6700
    @viv6700 Год назад +4959

    god hearing them sing this acapella is so so good. the last chorus is perfect. i want a version of the song where the instruments cut out when the "always an angel" starts and only come back in after "the way i am." with like a drum fill. yeah.

    • @peggyclasse3697
      @peggyclasse3697 Год назад +34

      your mind

    • @vivsagworld246
      @vivsagworld246 Год назад +62

      i want an acapella version of every single boygenius song tbh

    • @laurieiii
      @laurieiii Год назад +21

      just heard that in my brain and it sounded SO GOOD GNNNNN

  • @kylairo
    @kylairo Год назад +2644

    their harmony is so amazing like they’re just really meant for each other

  • @sarahrhoades2453
    @sarahrhoades2453 Год назад +592

    Phoebe told Lucy to “do night shift” the way you tell someone at a skatepark to “do a kick flip” lol I love them

    • @Eyephere
      @Eyephere 9 месяцев назад +5

      Hahahaha this is so true

  • @victorfreitas4678
    @victorfreitas4678 Год назад +2471

    julien's laugh is the most precious thing ever

    • @chlzz2
      @chlzz2 Год назад +23

      i love her

    • @hfjireh
      @hfjireh Год назад +10

      she is so precious

    • @KaylieJane
      @KaylieJane Год назад +7

      it sounds like Victoria Pedrettis laugh

    • @Sol-dw1ew
      @Sol-dw1ew Год назад +15

      every time she laughs a fairy is born

    • @matchaa4a
      @matchaa4a Год назад +3

      i keep replaying. such a beautiful soul T___T

  • @rw80
    @rw80 Год назад +1190

    I can listen to Lucy for hours. Such a beautiful speaking voice.

  • @copaceticetal
    @copaceticetal Год назад +520

    "I couldn't be accountable to another human being'-- well, that's the whole point, it's really hard." This line from Phoebe cut deep.

  • @mariehamiltonmusic
    @mariehamiltonmusic Год назад +652

    I know I'm greedy but I want this for every song on the album

  • @billyhackenberg22
    @billyhackenberg22 Год назад +418

    Julien was standing the whole time that’s nuts

    • @All-ze9cl
      @All-ze9cl Год назад +19

      LMAO

    • @user-ce2pl1mj4y
      @user-ce2pl1mj4y Год назад +3

      HSHAGAHA

    • @cloverjane14
      @cloverjane14 9 месяцев назад +1

      Wait was she actually

    • @1975coucou
      @1975coucou 6 месяцев назад +3

      @@cloverjane14no. it’s a joke bc she’s just really short haha

  • @justDiana247
    @justDiana247 Год назад +1418

    I'm pretty sure I'm just gonna die when I see them live but it's gonna be SO worth it.

    • @thefranciscoflores
      @thefranciscoflores Год назад +18

      i saw them at coachella and i cried like 4 times during their set.

    • @thefranciscoflores
      @thefranciscoflores Год назад +2

      i saw them at coachella and i cried like 4 times during their set.

    • @justDiana247
      @justDiana247 Год назад +6

      ​@@thefranciscoflores I saw Julien in Prague last year and I was quietly sobbing the whole time.

    • @leeaaa27
      @leeaaa27 Год назад +1

      SAME.

    • @julezthealien2467
      @julezthealien2467 Год назад

      Big same

  • @mayokneese
    @mayokneese Год назад +392

    The “always an angel never a god” KILLS AND REVIVES ME EVERYTIME

  • @angelicaamora11
    @angelicaamora11 Год назад +763

    Crazy how even their hysterical laughs have harmonies...

  • @blaire4300
    @blaire4300 Год назад +694

    their voices are so good together love how different they sound but how much it works

    • @rugma1696
      @rugma1696 Год назад +47

      it's like julien's the soprano, lucy's alto, and phoebe's mezzo soprano? idk

    • @blaire4300
      @blaire4300 Год назад

      @@rugma1696 i agree!

  • @gentry991
    @gentry991 Год назад +872

    their harmonies mean everything to me

  • @taylorswiftbase
    @taylorswiftbase Год назад +708

    they’re so synchronized i love it

  • @amarskie
    @amarskie 9 месяцев назад +73

    phoebe’s annunciation of the “t” on “don’t” is giving former theatre kid

  • @taylerparsons7145
    @taylerparsons7145 Год назад +595

    This is one of the greatest songs I've ever heard, can't stop playing it

  • @chillarypuff
    @chillarypuff Год назад +292

    I loved hearing Lucy’s perspective of the line “always an angel never a god.” I interpreted it differently before this, I thought it meant that you will never receive the exact perfect holy thing you are looking for, but you might find something good enough. Not settling, but accepting a good thing that comes into your life even though it is not your idea of perfect

  • @141roses9
    @141roses9 11 месяцев назад +65

    I love that their a literal pile of people singing and avoiding eye contact.

    • @My.Name.Is.Dark.
      @My.Name.Is.Dark. 4 месяца назад +2

      The way you described them as a pile 😂

  • @kitkatkathryn6
    @kitkatkathryn6 Год назад +80

    The part "half a mind keeps the other second guessing" always resonates with me as saying that a part of my brain is empowered and knows exactly what I want but the other part is always doubting myself and doubting if I can do it

  • @jefflahl
    @jefflahl Год назад +235

    I'm 68 , love music and am always looking for something new and creative. This is one of the best songs I've heard in a long, long, time. There are a couple others on the album that are super fine also: $20 and Anti-curse. Young women, Boygenius included, are making some of the best music today. Great hope for the future of music. Rock on.

    • @kimberlyn81
      @kimberlyn81 Год назад +17

      What a lovely comment sir 🩷🙂

  • @purpleaquabitch
    @purpleaquabitch Год назад +489

    Just the harmonies made this an amazing watch, thank you genius and boygenius you are all geniuses.

  • @jazazzz
    @jazazzz Год назад +287

    the goosebumps from their harmonies bro

  • @marchhare
    @marchhare Год назад +132

    Everytime Julien says, "No, but like..." I lean in because you know magic is coming

    • @jmanz79
      @jmanz79 6 месяцев назад +1

      This.

  • @bamboleo6348
    @bamboleo6348 Год назад +49

    "if you can't be powerless, you can at least excel in your powerlessness" woah?? are you hearing this??

  • @Amy-nj1rb
    @Amy-nj1rb Год назад +226

    listening to them talk about their lyrics together is so amazing-they are all crazy smart and lyrical geniuses, and it also really shows their level of vulnerability and comfort with each other because they are all clearly thoughts and feelings they have been in conversation about for so long. it feels so uncommon and almost magical, makes me realize how rare it is for me to be witness to this kind of true love/artistic collaboration. makes me wanna cry i love them sm lol

  • @babysnowowl
    @babysnowowl Год назад +200

    their voices are so different and blend together beautifully. I'm so glad they got back together for another album. It's been on repeat for weeks.

  • @marisarabia7572
    @marisarabia7572 Год назад +97

    julien smiling while singing thru the last chorus is so precious

  • @mollywalsh3585
    @mollywalsh3585 Год назад +68

    They all got some sort of connection, on god. They finish each other sentences without talking over each other and their harmonies are breathtaking.

  • @Osaki17
    @Osaki17 Год назад +187

    This is such a perfect representation of how perfect their voices sound together

  • @Thecuervogold
    @Thecuervogold Год назад +89

    Phoebe really honed her voice touring her last album, she sounds so much more confident than she used to

  • @user-uf8gy4hd4k
    @user-uf8gy4hd4k Год назад +52

    this song: life-altering, devastating
    lucy: just a vibe :)

  • @lavender.lemonade
    @lavender.lemonade Год назад +22

    Them putting Julien on a shorter chair is so funny. Like cmon she's already the little guy of boygenius

  • @corinna262
    @corinna262 Год назад +68

    them changing harmony lines for each chorus makes me want to rip my eyeballs out i love them so much

  • @ameliaabel2404
    @ameliaabel2404 Год назад +115

    The second chorus harmonies and explanation just changed the trajectory of my life

  • @laurent.1548
    @laurent.1548 Год назад +163

    their harmonies are angelic!!

    • @jerm2614
      @jerm2614 Месяц назад

      never godly tho

  • @millie_drums
    @millie_drums Год назад +49

    verse 1: 1:02
    chorus 1: 2:14
    verse 2: 3:14
    chorus 2: 4:39
    bridge: 5:45
    chorus 3: 7:12

    • @ellen1001
      @ellen1001 Год назад +3

      the end of verse 2: 3:47

  • @LaraLinx
    @LaraLinx Год назад +38

    The best throuple in music history!? The way they bounce ideas off each other & the way their voices are so distinct, yet blend so perfectly... It's beautiful genius. xxxooo

  • @premiumrat
    @premiumrat Год назад +66

    this ending with Lucy correctly predicting what the editors would do with the footage feels like a real Boy Genius moment I love them so much

  • @corinnabevier5604
    @corinnabevier5604 Год назад +53

    All three of them have such beautiful voices but there’s something about Lucy’s voice that just transfixes me!

  • @julianwilliams7364
    @julianwilliams7364 Год назад +82

    I love these boys with all of my heart

  • @somethingscosmic
    @somethingscosmic Год назад +93

    julien’s laugh is everything

  • @Tinalee83
    @Tinalee83 Год назад +106

    Can we get this for the whole album?! Obsessed

  • @sebastienleroux4872
    @sebastienleroux4872 Год назад +57

    The three of them singing a capella is the closest thing to heaven for me. Damn I love that band.

  • @bibiskz
    @bibiskz Год назад +28

    their vocals during the 'always an angel never a god' bit had me ascending to heaven fr

  • @flottecharless
    @flottecharless Год назад +41

    them harmonizing feels magical like you can’t tell me the part 5:45 isn’t pure magic

  • @Natalanium
    @Natalanium Год назад +56

    Literally dying to hear acapella performances of every single song now pls

  • @theeighthmoon8991
    @theeighthmoon8991 Год назад +49

    Wanting to be artists like this but feeling like you never have the energy so why even try is the feeling this song embodies within me and the fact that they are writing about it is hopeful and shows how down to earth they are. They will go down as game changers in the music industry

  • @matbouche
    @matbouche Год назад +25

    Hearing Phoebe sing a capella this first verse just brought me to tears, what a beautiful voice and so in tune...freakin' amazing ! Love the album btw 🙂

  • @cxherryy
    @cxherryy Год назад +90

    julien's laughs at the stupidest jokes lucy and phoebe make is so wholesome and sweet i love them so much

  • @Lilaharrisons
    @Lilaharrisons Год назад +162

    also i just noticed the second chorus has a slightly different harmonic arrangement they are insane

    • @alarmgoingoff9325
      @alarmgoingoff9325 Год назад +32

      YES omg the way the 1st one is julien on the high register and the 2nd one is phoebe

    • @nickyates_music
      @nickyates_music Год назад +44

      1st chorus is Phoebe singing lead, Lucy low harmony, Julien high harmony
      2nd chorus Julien lead, Lucy low, Phoebe high
      3rd chorus is Lucy singing lead, Phoebe low, Julien high

  • @mollies3979
    @mollies3979 Год назад +35

    their commentary is simultaneously careless, and yet so concise

  • @bhamacuk
    @bhamacuk Год назад +42

    One of the best songs this decade. Something with actual meaning.

  • @juliablack7153
    @juliablack7153 Год назад +41

    I literally just died and was resurrected again this was the most beautiful thing ever

    • @jackiecozzie4803
      @jackiecozzie4803 Год назад +2

      WHY DID I READ THIS AS YOUR DAD DIED AND GOT RESURRECTED 😭😭

    • @juliablack7153
      @juliablack7153 Год назад +1

      @@jackiecozzie4803 noooo not my dad hahahaa why did you read it like that😭😭

    • @jackiecozzie4803
      @jackiecozzie4803 Год назад

      @@juliablack7153 I have literally no idea 😭😭 but I'm glad he got revived lol

    • @juliablack7153
      @juliablack7153 Год назад

      @@jackiecozzie4803 he’s never been dead??😭

    • @jackiecozzie4803
      @jackiecozzie4803 Год назад

      @@juliablack7153 I know haha it's just what I read originally I'm just delirious dw about ir

  • @nzbeee
    @nzbeee Год назад +28

    julien’s voice is like a literal angel. love them all so much ❤

  • @cz9790
    @cz9790 Год назад +18

    Their voices singing any of the harmonies together shows how much they love each other. They have been through the connections, self-deprecation's and love for each other that allows them to sing each others stories as friends. Even if they weren't there for that story.

  • @thesilentcomposer1278
    @thesilentcomposer1278 Год назад +12

    Phoebe giving Julien a little kiss at 0:20 has me so 🥺🥺🥺

  • @regannn6504
    @regannn6504 9 месяцев назад +10

    i love how they alternate between who’s singing like the “melody” i just love that i feel like we don’t see that often in groups

  • @jamieeglowstein5649
    @jamieeglowstein5649 Год назад +29

    i am so in love with them it physically hurts!!!!

  • @fallingforhealy
    @fallingforhealy Год назад +8

    they look at each other with so much love

  • @Simpleisgoood
    @Simpleisgoood Год назад +21

    I've discovered them all at exactly the right moment in my life. I'd have had such a different month if I hadn't. I needed to remember the power music can have over me, you guys reminded me whilst providing my therapy 🎉

  • @matipopa9588
    @matipopa9588 Год назад +51

    i love them all so much i actually can't deal with it

  • @sp1ralg1rl
    @sp1ralg1rl Год назад +16

    if i was on the genius camera crew i would just start balling my eyes out

  • @belina674
    @belina674 Год назад +10

    lucy is so well spoken and well read i love her so much

  • @theweirdestone8199
    @theweirdestone8199 Год назад +17

    CRYING SHAKING THROWING UP in the best way possible

  • @melancholiash
    @melancholiash Год назад +57

    their harmonies scratch my brain so well

  • @ohhlillyrose
    @ohhlillyrose Год назад +18

    I just love them so much! Those harmonies are crazy

  • @matipopa9588
    @matipopa9588 Год назад +19

    this is the best thing in my life rn

  • @skyelee646
    @skyelee646 7 месяцев назад +3

    The out of context clips do sound so out of control and I'm so here for it. I watched the whole thing first and am so tickled and grateful that I stuck around for the final few seconds. I'm bound to watch it all again and again.Thank y'all for being y'all and for all that you do.

  • @ariana8573
    @ariana8573 Год назад +27

    the father the son and the holy spirit have arrived

    • @vivianseemer5274
      @vivianseemer5274 6 месяцев назад +1

      Yo this comment aged like wine. How we feeling after the Halloween show?

  • @kevinjohnston4923
    @kevinjohnston4923 Год назад +21

    Love watching them harmonize

  • @beverlyhillzchihuahua
    @beverlyhillzchihuahua Год назад +12

    watching a boygenius video means seeing it three times in order to watch someone else each time

  • @liviwolfen333
    @liviwolfen333 Год назад +18

    their harmonies !!! ooff goosebumps.

  • @user-dl8rt4rt6u
    @user-dl8rt4rt6u 6 месяцев назад +3

    I always thought I wanted to be famous and successful but what I really want deep down is to have a connection with another person the way that these three have. To get to enjoy what I do so much and to be around people you love. It's like if you have that nothing else really matters.

  • @dominiqueeden
    @dominiqueeden Год назад +38

    Hot tip: Stay to the very very end of the video so you don’t miss Julien’s glorious giggles.

  • @clarityonyx
    @clarityonyx Год назад +32

    these boys are geniuses!

  • @erikdaniels0n
    @erikdaniels0n Год назад +17

    Me and the boys when we’re doing a genius interview

  • @thorn99thorn
    @thorn99thorn 10 месяцев назад +10

    Their harmonies are actually insane

  • @tenderizer
    @tenderizer Год назад +8

    its nice to no longer need therapy now that i have boygenius

  • @eva1513
    @eva1513 Год назад +18

    phoebe looks so in love with lucy (same)

  • @Ila28
    @Ila28 Год назад +19

    They’re so well spoken

  • @thewbfrog
    @thewbfrog Год назад +14

    PLEASE get them on again for their song "$20" !!!

    • @coraorac
      @coraorac Год назад +1

      omg 20$ is my favorite 💕

  • @Peppa-Pigs-Skies
    @Peppa-Pigs-Skies 7 месяцев назад +2

    My friend went to the eras tour when Phoebe opened. He got to see the live debut of not strong enough. Sooooo jealloussss❤

  • @ynnahhh12
    @ynnahhh12 Год назад +14

    i ❤️ julien baker singing without backing tracks

  • @nzbeee
    @nzbeee Год назад +6

    this is truly the most beautiful song i’ve ever heard in my life

  • @sophiasometimes9818
    @sophiasometimes9818 6 месяцев назад +2

    Wow ,I needed this group for years glad I opened up to listening to them now.

  • @sonobora
    @sonobora 6 месяцев назад +1

    this really made my heart warm and heavy at the same time. such raw and beautiful music

  • @KaylieJane
    @KaylieJane Год назад +10

    I just starting crying uncontrollably when the harmonies started

  • @51db18.6y
    @51db18.6y Год назад +12

    They’re just soooo good!! Such an amazing album 👏

  • @magsfrancis
    @magsfrancis Год назад +9

    Their harmonies literally melt me 👏🏼👏🏼🌋🌋

  • @tommyo.3535
    @tommyo.3535 Год назад +9

    I love the second verse. It's like a violent cartoon skit. In an attempt to cope with one's feelings the narrator loses everything anyway, and the last line is like a postmortem commentary being facetious about one's own fate.

  • @ailistere
    @ailistere 11 месяцев назад +6

    i want to eat their vocals its so good

  • @taylorchameleon
    @taylorchameleon Год назад +18

    when julien sang i was like 🥲

    • @maiu1922
      @maiu1922 Год назад +1

      Julien is so 🥰😭🧎🏻‍♀️

  • @lydsol55
    @lydsol55 Год назад +4

    i saw this at coachella and hearing it here acapella they’re just so beautiful🫶🫶 this song is perfect for me at this time rn