5 Things to Know About the Album Title Ys

Ys is named after a mythical Breton city According to legend, the city of Ys was built on the coast of Brittany and later swallowed by the ocean.

The title came from a dream Joanna Newsom dreamed of the letters Y and S, which led her to the name.

The name fits the album’s tone Ys captures the album’s otherworldly, ancient-modern tension perfectly.