Tom Dunne: Phoebe Bridgers is possibly the Artist of the Decade 

The incredible Bridgers has managed to become a huge star while still feeling 'under the radar'. She's also the new queen of Christmas 

Phoebe Bridgers is a true 21st-century artist. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Coachella)

Is Phoebe Bridgers the Artist of the Decade? Am I getting too carried away or is she the new artist for the steaming age? She’s had no real Billboard hits, but she’s huge. She has guested on more albums — the Killers, Taylor Swift, Lorde, the 1975 — than seems possible. She is under the radar, yet everywhere simultaneously. She is the modern music age made flesh.

I first particularly noticed her on the Better Oblivion Community Centre album with Conor Oberst in 2019. I just found myself marvelling once again at how she so effortlessly elevated everything she sang on. That was February. In April she contributed to the three best tracks on the 1975 album. But it was only starting.