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Simultaneously brazen and vulnerable, this 23-year-old joins the likes of Phoebe Bridgers and Julien Baker in the new school of acclaim-worthy troubadours
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Subscribe NowSimultaneously brazen and vulnerable, this 23-year-old joins the likes of Phoebe Bridgers and Julien Baker in the new school of acclaim-worthy troubadours
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