“We were in the process of booking this tour in November, me Phoebe and Lucy," explains Baker. "We started group text talking about how exciting it was that it was gonna be the three of us on tour, that it was gonna be female musicians, female crew and then the idea that we should perform, pick a song and all sing it came up and then we thought: 'Oh what if we wrote a track?', then we decided that we'd get together and do a bunch of tracks.”

The infectious spirit and camaraderie within the group solidified the bond between the trio and instilled a spirit of determination to make time to turn their new dream into a reality.

When their Venn diagrams aligned, “Lucy and I flew to Los Angeles and spent a week writing tunes." and "4 days in the studio doing as much work as we could. The boygenius record(s) are what came out”

It was important for the trio to maintain control of the project entirely, in the spirit of the all-female tour which inspired the project.

“It's produced by me, Phoebe and Lucy. Even when we were in the planning process it was important to us that we produced it, because so often I find that whenever there's a female there's also a controlling factor of a male producer or manager who is often credited with achieving that woman's success, at least partially for her. It's as if there's this myth that the woman is full of raw talent and this male gatekeeper has to hone in whatever talent she brings to the table, or has to impart some power onto them in order for them to be successful. I think we all intentionally wanted to push back against that paradigm.”

It’s hard to argue with Baker’s assertion that traditionally the strong-arm patriarchal nature of the music business has worked against and/or minimised the achievements of women. For instance you’ll rarely, if ever, hear any praise for Carol Kaye despite having circa 10,000 studio credits to her name, from Good Vibrations to River Deep, Mountain High to the theme tune to Mission Impossible. Kaye defined the bass sound of a generation. If you were asked to name a bassist, her name should roll off your tongue with the ease of McCartney, but yet it doesn't.