Due to appendicitis, Phoebe Bridgers had to postpone a series of intimate UK shows this week, which were to be her first live performances since last Friday's momentous Lost Weekend release. But before her appendix flared up, she made it to BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge in London to record a session. As of now, that session is live.
Bridgers' Live Lounge visit features performances of Lost Weekend single "Lost Boys" and "Bobby," the love song that has emerged as a new fan favorite. Given that phones have been banned from Bridgers' shows this year, this represents the first performance footage of "Bobby" to circulate publicly. As is customary in the lounge, Bridgers also performed a cover: "Lithium," one of many indelible hits from Nirvana's Nevermind.
Nirvana are woven into the lives of most music fans, but Bridgers has especially high-profile history with the band. Her supergroup boygenius re-created an iconic Nirvana Rolling Stone photo shoot for their own Rolling Stone cover story, and later that year Dave Grohl joined them onstage at the Hollywood Bowl for a performance of The Record's "Satanist."
Hear the "Lithium" cover below.
Audio of Phoebe’s cover of Lithium by Nirvana for BBC1 Live Lounge ? pic.twitter.com/ARkcoRQdKR
— phoebe daily (@sourcebridgers) August 19, 2026
Was that a little flash of "Blackbird" I heard in the middle there?
