Boygenius’ Lucy Dacus confirms Taylor Swift music lyric title drop is her: ‘She truly texted me’

Effectively that's one Tortured Poets Department thriller solved.

Musician Lucy Dacus is coming clear about that "Lucy" namedrop within the title observe of Taylor Swift's eleventh studio album, revealing what many followers — including us here at Entertainment Weekly — assumed, specifically, that it's Dacus that Swift is referring to.

For these unfamiliar with the tune, Swift sings, "Generally, I’m wondering should you're gonna screw this up with me / However you advised Lucy you'd kill your self if I ever go away / And I had mentioned that to Jack about you, so I felt seen / Everybody we all know understands why it's meant to be / 'Trigger we're loopy."

When requested in regards to the point out in an interview with PEOPLE, Dacus mentioned, "I believe it's honest recreation to say 'sure.' [Swift] truly texted me and requested for my approval."

Dacus, a member of the indie rock group Boygenius (which additionally consists of singer-songwriters Julien Baker and Phoebe Bridgers), simply launched a brand new album — her fourth solo report, Forever Is a Feeling, via Geffen Records on Friday. To PEOPLE, she additionally revealed her response to the The Tortured Poets Division when she first heard it.

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"Effectively, I pushed play on the album identical to, 'Oh, that is so loopy,'" Dacus recalled. "That is the primary Taylor report to return out since assembly her, and listening to a pal's report feels a lot completely different than a stranger's report."

She continued: "So I used to be like, 'That is actually bizarre. This voice that I've heard mainly what appears like my entire waking life saying my title.'"

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"It was positively an expertise," mentioned Dacus. "I sat down and I used to be like, 'Huh. Wow.' However I believe that that report of hers is tremendous open-hearted, and I don't understand how many individuals at her stage, if anybody is at her stage, are writing from the guts that brazenly."

Swift historically stays mum on who her songs are about, however along with Dacus, plainly frequent collaborator Jack Antonoff and ex Matty Healy get mentions on "Tortured Poets," as do fellow musicians Charlie Puth, Dylan Thomas, and Patti Smith.

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Endlessly Is a Feeling's launch comes replete with a particular efficiency video for brand new single "Bullseye," that includes Hozier. The album’s debut single, “Ankles,” was launched with a efficiency on The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon in January.

Dacus may also embark on the Endlessly Is A Feeling Tour starting in Philadelphia on April 16. The tour, her largest so far, contains Radio Metropolis Music Corridor in New York, two nights at The Greek Theater in Los Angeles, and an evening at Purple Rocks in Denver earlier than heading to the UK and Europe in June.

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