“Collab of a lifetime”: Internet in awe as Lucy Dacus performs with Hozier in Bullseye

Lucy Dacus is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer who is famous for her hit 2016 debut album, No Burden. The singer recently released a song, Bullseye, an alternative indie folk ballad featuring the Irish musician Hozier. It was released on Friday, March 28, as a track from Lucy’s album, Forever Is a Feeling.

On the day the song was released, Lucy shared a live performance of Bullseye, featuring herself and Hozier singing live at the National Gallery of Ireland.

She captioned the post she shared on Instagram as follows:

“Inexpressibly grateful to this man for lending his voice to this song, you have my admiration and respect always.”

The post garnered several reactions as netizens took to the comments section to express their thoughts on the shared video.

@cici.r162212 commented.

“This was the collab of a lifetime, I love you guys so much.”

Similar comments echoed this sentiment as netizens praised the collaboration between Lucy Dacus and Hozier.

“you and Hozier were put on this earth to sing together,” @grayimagess commented.

“your voices together are like honey sealing the cracks in my heart,” @renata_144 praised.

“Lucy and Hozier's voices sound heavenly together, this is so beautiful,” @lydia.ski added.

Other netizens expressed their love for the new album.

“Lucy..... I am crying my eyes out listening to this album it's a masterpiece I haven't been moved like this by music in years,” @hucklebearrie replied.

“I love you. I love this album. I just finished listening to it and I'm crying. I hope you're having the greatest day.” @kimonokaa stated.

“your lyricism never ceases to amaze me - the production on this album was wonderful,” @_jayguar added.

More fans expressed their love for the track and album.

“This album is absolutely phenomenal. Thank u so much for such an intimate heartfelt masterpiece; I feel so blessed to be of witness to it u are one of a kind Lucy. Happy release day to the most glorious religious experience I've ever heard,” @blueberryscoop3 commented.

“Babes. I want to say I enjoy this album... but the sobbing and wailing and joyous gratitude you've evoked needs more sentimentality,” @firedancerchakra replied.

“So excited by your incredibly work always. This album is so beautiful and filled with tears, laughs and nostalgia for me. Yay!!” @adelelockhartt added.

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More details on Lucy Dacus’ Bullseye featuring Hozier

Bullseye was written and produced by Lucy Dacus alongside Blake Mills. The song is the eleventh track of the Forever Is a Feeling album and is centered on the themes of loss, acceptance, and heartbreak. The first verse reads:

“Heard you got a job as a mailman

I heard you're playin' around in a couple of bands

Wish I could come to the show, but I understand

Can't just walk in like any other fan.”

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Lucy Dacus talks to the people about how she feels about Bullseye, as reported by Genius:

“To me, it reads as the ideal breakup, where you can remember all the reasons that you got together, and it’s not like they don’t apply — you still love the person, you still see why they’re so special — but it’s just not right anymore.”

She continued:

“It's kind of parallel to a mystery of why we fall in love with who we fall in love with. It’s a mystery why we fall out of love too sometimes. So, with all the goodwill in your heart, sometimes you still have to walk away. And so, it had to be a duet. It’s both people recognizing that and sorrowfully, but contentedly, walking away from each other.”

She also reveals how nervous she was about requesting a feature from Hozier.

“I felt really nervous to ask him because I’ve never had a feature. I’ve had friends contribute, but never in the title, “featuring” somebody else, and someone else whose career I admire so much. But from all the few interactions I had with him, I was like, “This guy is a real one. I think he might be into the song. That might be enough.” And it was true. He heard the song, and he was like, “I would absolutely love to do this.”

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Lucy’s Forever Is a feeling album also has contributions from Phoebe Bridgers and Julien Baker, Dacus's fellow boygenius bandmates. At the time of writing this article, the official lyric video of the song has garnered 21,000 views on YouTube and the live performance video has 64,000 views on the same platform.