Merging cloud-streaked dream pop and soft-spoken indie electronica, Brooklyn's Barrie is named for songwriter/producer Barrie Lindsay. First functioning as a quintet, the project's debut album, Happy to Be Here, saw release in 2019. Barrie was operating as a solo project by 2021, when she began releasing songs from the follow-up, 2022's self-recorded Barbara, which found the project embracing more forward-leaning atmospheres while moving into personal lyrical territory.