Lauren Minear Reveals Explosive Third Record ‘Boxing Day’

Lauren Minear has unveiled her third album, Boxing Day, amidst announcements of Grammy consideration for her song “Lightweight.”

Minear has had anything but a linear trajectory in music. The Nashville-born, New York-based singer-songwriter draws from life experiences as a therapist and mother to craft lyric-focused tracks about the nuances of vulnerability, emotion, and self-recognition. Just this year, Minear was invited to join the Recording Academy’s 2025 New Member Class, and just recently, she shared that her song “Lightweight” will be considered for this year’s Grammy Awards.

Boxing Day arrives as a continuation of Minear’s storytelling in motherhood, relationships, and womanhood. This record deals with overarching themes of anger, codependency, and conflict with those that we hold the most dear. Following the successful single releases of “Lightweight” and “Bullshit,” the project leads with the artist’s lyrical precision and crisp vocals, both distinctive from Minear.

Standout track “Bruise” explores the struggle of loving someone who hurts you.

Minear shares:

“It was painful to write, and I couldn’t have done it unless I was in the stable relationship I am in now. It’s a retrospective on the times in my life when I confused codependency for empathy. It’s one of the most vulnerable songs on the album, and one of my favourites for that reason.”

Where recent single “Bullshit” came to life from a place of anger, “Bruise” presents a more dynamic and stripped-back side to Minear’s artistry.

She shares:

“Much of this album was written on a writing retreat with my collaborators in Woodstock, NY. One day, my producer, Dan Weeks, suggested a change of scenery to get ideas moving. We went out to the garage apartment on the property where we were staying, but we hadn’t turned the heat on, so it was freezing. The three of us sat in hats and coats to work our way through this fragile idea I had brought with me. It ended up having its own unique sounds that added dimension to the album, and I think that’s at least in part because of the conditions we wrote it in.”

Lauren Minear ‘Boxing Day’ album artwork