Lucy Dacus has shared a new single, ‘Best Guess’, and announced a UK and European tour for later this year. Listen and find all the details below.
The song is the third preview of the Boygenius member’s fourth solo album ‘Forever Is A Feeling’, which is to arrive on March 28 via Polydor/Geffen (pre-order/pre-save here).
On the delicate, romantic tune, Dacus sings: “Clasping your necklace / Zipping your dress / Hands on your waist / Kissing your neck / I love your body / I love your mind / They will change / So will mine.”
Telling her partner that the pair belong together in the chorus, she adds: “You are my best guess / At the future / You are my best guess / If I were a gambling man, and I am / You’d be my best bet.”
‘Best Guess’ is described as Dacus’ “unique take on a love song, an anthem of queer tenderness that captures that mix of excitement and uncertainty as two people take a romantic chance with one another”.
The single is accompanied by a self-directed official music video, starring Cara Delevingne, Towa Bird, MUNA‘s Naomi Mcpherson and more. Reflecting the song’s lyrics, the visuals see Dacus and her friends gathered around a casino table.
Additionally, the clip features a cast of other “hot mascs” that Dacus recruited through a social media open casting call early last month, as the musician subverts a ’90s Calvin Klein advert. Watch here:
Dacus has also announced a run of UK and European shows for this summer, including a performance at the O2 Academy Brixton on June 26 – the Thursday of Glastonbury Festival 2025. The artist is currently available to appear at Worthy Farm on the Friday, Saturday or Sunday.
On Monday June 30, she’ll continue her UK trek with a gig at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall before taking to the stage at Manchester Academy (July 2) and Dublin’s Iveagh Gardens (3). Dacus is then scheduled to play Roskilde Festival in Denmark on July 5.
Tickets for the new dates go on general sale at 10am GMT next Friday (February 21) – you’ll be able to buy yours here. You can find pre-sale information via Ticketmaster.
Lucy Dacus’ new 2025 UK and European tour dates are:
JUNE
12 – Rockefeller, Oslo
16 – Paradiso, Amsterdam
19 – Astra, Berlin
24 – Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
25 – Trianon, Paris
26 – O2 Academy Brixton, London
30 – Usher Hall, Edinburgh
JULY
02 – Academy, Manchester
03 – Iveagh Gardens, Dublin
05 – Roskilde Festival, Roskilde
These dates will follow Dacus’ two intimate concerts at Sir John Soane’s Museum in London next month, as part of her ‘An Evening With Lucy Dacus’ tour. She has announced some small US gigs too, as well as a wider North American tour this spring (find any remaining tickets here).
The forthcoming ‘Forever Is A Feeling’ contains contributions from Hozier, Blake Mills, Bartees Strange, Madison Cunningham, Collin Pastore, Jake Finch and Melina Duterte. Dacus’ Boygenius bandmates Phoebe Bridgers and Julien Baker also make appearances.
In a previous statement about the LP, Dacus explained: “I got kicked in the head with emotions. Falling in love, falling out of love. You have to destroy things in order to create things. And I did destroy a really beautiful life.
“You can’t actually capture forever. But I think we feel forever in moments. I don’t know how much time I’ve spent in forever, but I know I’ve visited.”
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