ニューヨーク・タイムズのインスタグラム(nytimes) - 10月24日 12時28分

A conversation with @julienrbaker veers quickly toward the philosophical and theological. “Music is everything,” the singer and songwriter told our reporter Jon Pareles. “Evidence of the divine. The possibility of man to be good. The possibility of improving our surroundings and expressing ourselves. All of these things are collapsed together in my mind.” The 22-year-old writes sparse, devastating ballads and sings them with a voice that’s both richly melodic and disarmingly natural. Her lyrics chronicle sadness, doubts, self-destructive urges, frail physical and mental health and a constant reckoning with faith. And her melodies often have a hymnlike solidity. @julienrbaker — who was photographed here by @ericryananderson — grew up in a religious family. At 17, she came out as gay, expecting the worst. But instead, her father combed the Bible for passages about love and acceptance. On Friday, @julienrbaker marks the release of her 2nd album, “Turn Out the Lights,” with a concert at @townhallnyc. “I usually don’t know the capacities of the venues, because I’ve asked not to know, because it freaks me out,” she said. “Sometimes I hear how many people are going to be at a show and I think, ‘Oh my gosh, I can’t play to that many people!’ But it gets easier every time.”

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