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Julien Baker Stages Surprise Nashville Pop-Up and Debuts New Songs

Her fresh Instagram posts and intimate Blue Room set have prompted fans and music outlets to expect a forthcoming solo album.

Overview

  • Julien Baker played a last‑minute pop‑up at Jack White’s Third Man Records Blue Room in Nashville on Wednesday, announcing the show via a new Instagram account.
  • The performance included familiar solo songs and at least three unreleased tracks that attendees recorded and posted online.
  • Baker announced the event on social media, launched a new Instagram account with short practice‑space clips, and had Kate Teague as a special guest with tickets sold through Third Man’s site.
  • Observers and outlets have treated the social‑media reset and the new songs as deliberate teases for a solo LP, but neither Baker nor a label has officially confirmed an album or release date.
  • The return follows a health‑related tour cancellation in May 2025 and comes five years after her last solo album, Little Oblivions, with early clips suggesting a louder, more hardcore‑leaning sound than some of her past solo work.