Emily Brown
Phoebe Bridgers put on a real show for fans at the Pukkelpop festival when she threw open her shirt and flashed her boobs to the crowd.
The Boygenius singer took to the stage alongside bandmates Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus for the gig on Friday (18 August), where they were greeted by cheering fans at the festival in Belgium.
The appearance comes five years after the group first formed, and just months after they released their first full-length album earlier this year.
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Boygenius are now putting on shows in the UK for the first time, and fans likely won't quite know what to expect after the group set the bar with their performance at Pukkelpop.
The set saw the artists wave around a pride flag, and as they reached the end of their time on stage Bridgers put her hands on her shirt as she belted out the lyrics to 'Salt In The Wound'.
As she rounded off one of the lyrics, the 29-year-old ripped her white shirt apart to reveal her bare chest in a move which made her face light up in a smile.
Bridgers spun around for the crowd and continued to move along to the music with her boobs on full display, as the crowd continued to cheer along with her.
Her nudity was clearly infectious, as before long her bandmate Dacus also flashed her chest to the audience.
The group has received praise for their liberated performance, though many viewers made clear the flashing caught them off guard.
"male or female, this is so unnecessary and weird," one person wrote after watching footage from Boygenius' performance.
Another added: "Can’t believe i just saw lucy dacus and phoebe bridgers show their boobs to all of belgium in hd quality."
Other viewers were clearly delighted by the sight, however, with one person writing: "just saw Phoebe Bridgers boobs on the [timeline] i love it here."
Though the move has been met with mixed responses, Boygenius expressed pride for their shows in a recent interview with Teen Vogue.
Dacus described the shows as being 'special' to her, adding: "They are very gay. People are throwing flags at us, young people are making out in front of us. It is a space that is precious to me — and would have changed my life if I could have been a part of it when I was younger.
"I'm extremely proud, and I just implicitly love everybody at our shows at a base level. I think we all do. The reason we're doing it is because we care abstractly about all these strangers and want for them what we could have had.
"Also, we're coming from a position where we're talking to a bunch of young people and we do get to put messages worth hearing out there. I think that's not lost on us."