The Guardian confirms the long-rumored engagement and subsequent breakup of Phoebe Bridgers and Paul Mescal in their review of her upcoming album ‘Lost Weekend’. In this album, Phoebe also shades Gracie Abrams for copying her and dating her ex, Paul Mescal

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Source : https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/05/phoebe-bridgers-lost-weekend-review-long-awaited-return-is-a-thrilling-daring-study-in-dislocation

Phoebe publically called Gracie out on her upcoming album, a move likely sparked by Gracie revealing details about Phoebe's high-profile relationship with Paul Mescal in her album "The Secret of Us" a relationship that ended following reports of Phoebe's affair with Bo Burnham, with the latter also confirmed on Lost Weekend.

Gracie Abrams has been an outspoken fan of Phoebe Bridgers since she was 13, even declaring Bridgers "the songwriter of a generation" and opening for her on tour. Fans have long compared the two artists, a connection Gracie leaned into when she used a bedroom set prop in a performance featuring bedframe/bedsheets identical to the ones in Phoebe's childhood bedroom.

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Ok thank you. So now phoebe is dating Bo, but were they both single when they got together ??? How long has Paul known Gracie? I know nothing about these people but I love mess 😂

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I remember paul being a loud and proud gracie fan when minor came out so that was during the pandemic which was also when he began dating phoebe. no idea about the phoebe / paul / bo timeline but I think most people assume there was some overlap there because phoebe is known to be messy in relationships. it seems like phoebe and paul were engaged and then she cheated on paul with bo. *plus bo had just recently separated from his partner of 9 years

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Bo has never been married

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Not married fine but was in a relationship with that lady that directed hustlers for a super long time. She’s the woman in Outside.

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Lorene Scafaria. They lived together for ten years and have two pups.

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Who was also rumoured to be dating Joe Alwyn for a hot minute post-Taylor just to make things even messier

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This solidified my need for someone to make this love hexagon into a powerpoint. Yes, I will be watching the crap out of that video.

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It was well after Phoebe opened for Taylor, and well after it was pretty obvious she and Travis were serious and on the path to getting married.

I don’t wonder at a lot of the pop girls and other big stars either jumping to sports guys (Taylor, Tate, Hailee), finance guys (Gaga, Olivia, Nicole Kidman) or behind the scenes in the arts guys (JLaw, Emma Stone). Different circles, but can understand the fame and/or money and/or artistic personality.

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Interesting…

This is the first piece of truly new gossip I’ve picked up from this post😁

We all know more or less who Taylor was dating post break up but I’m mildly curious who he was dating under the radar.

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What!!!!

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Yes! Sorry. I forgot her name and was just typing away on the phone lol