Lucy Dacus

She started studying film at Virginia Commonwealth University but left to pursue her music career. She first performed in New York in March 2015. Her first single, "I don't wanna be funny anymore", premiered in November 2015. Her debut album, No Burden, was produced in Nashville by her hometown friends, Berklee College of Music graduate, Collin Pastore and Oberlin Conservatory of Music graduate, Jacob Blizard, and was originally released digitally, on CD, and on vinyl via Richmond's EggHunt Records February 26, 2016. "No Burden" was engineered and mixed by Collin Pastore. She was then signed to Matador Records, who rereleased the album on September 9, 2016. In the same year she performed at Lollapalooza in Grant Park, Chicago, as well as making her national television debut on CBS This Morning. She recorded a "Tiny Desk Concert" for NPR the same weekend. In October 2016 she played the London Calling festival in Amsterdam, as a replacement for The Duke Spirit, who had had to cancel.

In September 2016 Democrat vice-presidential candidate Tim Kaine stated in an interview that she was a "new favorite".