Julien Baker and Torres appeared on The Tonight Show to perform their new country song, “Sugar in the Tank.” The rousing performance, which saw the pair showcasing the duet with a live band, marked the track’s debut.
The twanging track, featuring Baker on banjo and Torres on guitar as they shared vocals, reflects on a relationship. “I hate just watching through the window when you pull up and I’m still thinking I should stay home,” the pair crooned. “Sitting outside with the engine running/ Just waiting on me to change/ So c’mon baby, put a little/ Sugar in the tank/ I love you all the way.”
Baker and Torres teased their recent collaboration before announcing a string of 2025 tour dates, including stops at High Water Music Festival and Green River Festival next year. In October, the pair previewed two unreleased songs at Webster Hall in New York, previewing the country vibe of their match-up. Earlier this week, Baker and Torres posted a clip of a possible Western-inspired music video on Instagram, noting, “Next week… we ride.”
Baker has been touring and releasing music solo since Boygenius went on a hiatus after announcing their final show in February. She released her most recent solo album, Little Oblivions, in 2021. She spent 2022 on the Wild Hearts Tour with Angel Olsen and Sharon Van Etten, before dropping the explosive, full-length Boygenius debut the record in 2023. The trio — consisting of Baker, Lucy Dacus, and Phoebe Bridgers — toured extensively and won several Grammys.
In Boygenius’ Rolling Stone cover story, Baker spoke about the immense fame she was about to experience with the record.
“There is a part of me that gets very easily intimidated by stuff because I have a country-mouse complex,” she said. “But so far the commitments that we have, they’re just my job at a different scale. I don’t think that my life can change and blow up without my permission. I could just go play these gigs in bigger venues than I’m used to playing, and then I could just continue to go home and go help my neighbors mow their lawn.”
From Rolling Stone US
