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BEABADOOBEE
releases sophomore album
BEATOPIA

TRIPLE J FEATURE ALBUM 

OUT NOW VIA DIRTY HIT

TOURING AUS & NZ THIS SEPTEMBER

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PRAISE FOR BEATOPIA

Dork ★★★★★ “‘Beatopia’ marks beabadoobee as an artist able to set her own terms. Inventive, playful and, at times, truly magical, it might be an imaginary world, but it’s one that everyone should pay a visit.”

DIY ★★★★½ “‘Beatopia’ shows growth without risking losing the charm that has made Bea a firm favourite.”

NME ★★★★ “The guitar hero trades teenage angst for self-acceptance on her second album, exploring a new sonic palette with confidence”

Rolling Stone ★★★★ “Indie-pop prodigy Bea Kristi keeps growing in front of our eyes”

The Times ★★★★ “Laus shows a real feeling for sweet-voiced melodic guitar pop with fuzzy overtones. Talk sounds like a 1990s indie disco classic, Pictures of Us is delightfully wistful, and the whole thing rubs along with grungy charm.”

CLASH 8/10 “a formidable, agenda-setting songwriter”

The Forty Five ★★★★ “her world feels like a pretty magical place to be”

The Skinny ★★★★ “Beadaboobee’s second album is an adventurous journey through noughties soundscapes”

Loud & Quiet 8/10 “Beabadoobee is a voice of a generation”

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Critically acclaimed Gen Z icon beabadoobee has released her second studio album BEATOPIA (pronounced Bay-A-Toe-Pee-Uh), feature album this week on triple j. Featuring the singles ‘Talk‘, ‘See You Soon‘, ‘Lovesong‘ and ‘10:36‘, beabadoobee’s thrillingly diverse sophomore album Beatopia out via Dirty Hit is available now to buy and stream. Bea will be touring AUS + NZ this September, with tickets available at handsometours.com.

BEATOPIA is a fantastical yet deeply personal world that was formed in the imagination of a 7 year old beabadoobee, and has been carried with her ever since. Housing Bea’s most impressive work to date, Beatopia marks a huge progression, in 14 songs she traverses fuzzy rock, classic singer-songwriter, psychedelia, midwest emo and outright pop whilst remaining undeniably herself throughout.

Made over the course of a year, beginning in the winter of 2020, BEATOPIA is the result of personal healing and intense collaboration. “I brought Beatopia back because when I was writing the album I got comfortable with myself”, Bea explains. “I was able to reflect on everything that has happened in my life. It was the first time my therapist was like ‘Oh my god, therapy’s working for you now!'”.

Alongside the new release, Bea shares the video for new single ‘Sunny day‘, a track inspired by her love of 00s pop artists like Nelly Furtado and Corrine Bailey Rae. The video sees Bea take a trip into a mystical woodland, falling into its magical curiosities and befriending its inhabitants.

beabadoobee says “Sunny day is a song that I’ve always wanted to make but something that I’ve never done before. Putting it on Beatopia was quite nerve wracking for me but I’m glad I did. We had written it during a week of crazy productivity in terms of creating songs, I had a session with Starsmith and the song just flowed naturally. I love it”.

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Through a deeply intimate collaboration with her live guitarist Jacob Bugden, who Bea describes as her “best mate” (“I always romanticise it because in all the bands I like, the singer always works with the guitarist, and they’re the two people who make the music,” she says – it works because they’re both double Geminis) and with co-productions from Iain Berryman (Wolf Alice, Florence + The Machine, Arcade Fire), BEATOPIA was born as a testament to the wonders that self acceptance and loving the people around you can conjure.

In resurrecting the inner life that was once used to shame her, Bea found herself finally able to let her friends and fans in, throwing herself into the thrilling experimentation that defines this brilliant second record. The fruits of her freedom range from bossa nova (“perfect pair”) and midwest emo (“Pictures of Us”, written with and featuring vocals from Matty Healy of The 1975), to OPM-influenced classicism (“You’re here, that’s the thing”).

The collaborative nature of the album feels integral to Bea’s love of it. “It was the first time I really appreciated everyone around me instead of despising everything,” she remembers. “I thought, ‘I should utilise the fuck out of the fact that I have so many good people in my life'”.

In terms of her relationship with herself, Bea says that ultimately the album is “about accepting my past and my actions, and seeing it as a part of me. It’s your life and you can do whatever you want, and if you make mistakes, it’s gonna help you for the end result – it’s all gonna mean something at the end”, she reasons. “It’s definitely me getting over things about my self image, and feeling comfortable in a general sense of my life and who I am. I’m still working on it”.

Watch and listen to BEATOPIA’s singles below.

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More about BEABADOOBEE

Born in the Philippines and raised in London, Bea Kristi began recording music as beabadoobee in 2017. At just 21 years old, beabadoobee already has a debut album and five sonically diverse EPs under her belt, while also receiving BRIT Award and BBC Sound Of nominations. She has accumulated 4.6 billion streams worldwide and has a 3 million+ social reach, with a huge, dedicated Gen-Z fan base.

beabadoobee’s highly anticipated debut album Fake It Flowers was released in 2020 to widespread critical acclaim (“a thrilling debut from Gen-Z’s newest guitar hero”, NME 5*, “the charismatic star of the indie revival, The Times 4*, “at once raw and confessional, yet at the same time anthemic in scale”, Dazed), and debuted in the top 10 of the UK charts. beabadoobeehas toured across the world, supporting the likes of The 1975 and Clairo, and is due to play an extensive run of global live shows this year.

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‘BEATOPIA’ OUT NOW VIA DIRTY HIT
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