Julia Jacklin finds the light: ‘I’ve wasted a lot of energy in my life trying to be cool’

Jacklin’s 2019 album Crushing struck a raw chord with young audiences. For its follow-up, she reconnected to the sounds that once made her feel the sameIn the wake of her second album, Crushing, Julia Jacklin found herself in an enviable position.Her 2016 debut Don’t Let The Kids Win had been warmly received, but Crushing seemed to hit a nerve and a cultural moment. Songs such as Body, Head Alone and Pressure to Party charted a messy, cathartic arc that was part breakup album, part r