Who is Hozier? All about the Irish musician as Lucy Dacus announces collaboration on "Bullseye"

Singer and songwriter Lucy Dacus is collaborating with Irish musician Andrew John Hozier-Byrne, or simply Hozier. On March 10, 2025, Dacus released the tracklist for her upcoming Forever Is A Feeling album. One of the tracks from the album, Bullseye, is a collaboration with Andrew.

However, not many details are available about this collaboration; all we know is that the Lucy Dacus album will be out on March 28, 2025. According to NME, reports suggested that the album is expected to feature contributions from Blake Mills, Bartees Strange, Madison Cunningham, and others. Besides, Phoebe Bridgers and Julien Baker are also said to be involved.

Born in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland, Hozier comes from an artistic background, with his mother being a visual artist. He studied music at Trinity College, Dublin, but left the course in his first year to focus on recording demos for Universal Music.

Hozier gained worldwide recognition in 2013 with his debut single, Take Me to Church. The song stood second on the Billboard Hot 100 and was nominated for a Grammy.

His second album, Wasteland, Baby!, topped the Billboard 200 in 2019, while his 2023 concept album, Unreal Unearth, became his first No. 1 in the U.K. His music explores nature, love, social norms, religion, loss, and politics.

According to Louder, Lucy Dacus explained the motivation behind the new material as an emotional experience. She went through the highs and lows of love. In the process, she let go of a life that once felt perfect.

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The inspiration behind Lucy Dacus’ Forever Is A Feeling

Speaking to Dazed in January 2025, Lucy Dacus shared that she wrote the songs on this record as events unfolded, which was a different approach. In the past, she often needed years before she could put experiences into words.

However, this time, she felt a need to capture her emotions in the moment. Writing became a way to process her feelings and understand what she was going through. Concerning her inspiration behind the album, she said:

“The music came first. I’m always writing, and then when I notice a theme that is enough for a record, I’m like, ‘OK, there’s probably something there’. I wrote songs about my family years ago, but I don’t have enough songs to make a record about my family yet.”

Lucy Dacus continued:

“I don’t really have that many songs about romantic love. I have a lot of songs about friends, and I have a lot of songs about love in the grand scheme; but when it comes to romantic love, it’s not a territory I’ve really plumbed.”

The interviewer asked Lucy Dacus about the meaning behind her album title. Dacus shared that fearing the temporary nature of life can be harmful, as the fear of death often leads to negative behavior and suffering.

She said this applied not just to the end of life but also to smaller losses that bring grief. In her view, avoiding grief creates emotional burdens, whereas embracing life’s impermanence allows for more gratitude.

While she sometimes wishes to live forever when she’s happy, she finds it unrealistic that some people strive for immortality. Instead, Lucy Dacus sees life’s limited time as a reason to fully enjoy it rather than live in constant fear.

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