Justin Broadrick Appears on Two Songs from Phoebe Bridgers’ New Album

Justin Broadrick, the long-running force behind Godflesh and Jesu, is credited on two tracks from Phoebe Bridgers’ latest album: “Bobby” and “Best Dressed.” The report, first published by Metal Injection, places one of extreme music’s most consistent figures inside a project far from his usual sonic territory.

Broadrick’s work has defined industrial metal’s harsher edges and, through Jesu, a more submerged, melodic heaviness. Bridgers, by contrast, builds songs around direct emotional language and indie rock arrangements. The overlap may be less random than it first appears — both artists have long operated with an ear for texture and restraint, even if the results rarely share a room.

Details of Broadrick’s specific contribution remain unclear from the initial report. What matters for now is the pairing itself: a sign that the boundaries between underground metal and contemporary songwriting continue to blur, not through marketing stunts but through actual studio contact. For Broadrick, the credit extends a pattern of working outside his core genre. For Bridgers, it adds a name that carries a very different kind of weight.