{"id":22954,"date":"2022-05-14T05:30:37","date_gmt":"2022-05-14T09:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=22954"},"modified":"2022-05-23T16:22:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T20:22:21","slug":"concert-preview-beabadoobee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/14\/concert-preview-beabadoobee\/","title":{"rendered":"Concert Preview: Beabadoobee"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canadian rapper Powfu\u2019s 2020 single \u201cdeath bed (coffee for your head)\u201d is an irresistible slice of pop wonderfulness, combining kittenish folk-bedroom pop with hip-hop in a way that works splendidly. And I\u2019m not the only one who thinks so: the tune has received 1.2 billion<\/em> plays on Spotify, and that\u2019s merely one streaming service. But here\u2019s the thing: in the grand hip-hop tradition, the core of that recording is another<\/em> recording. Filipino-British artist Beabadoobee released a song called \u201cCoffee\u201d in 2017. It was her debut single and it didn\u2019t chart.<\/p>\n

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Beabadoobee. Photo credit: Erika Kamano<\/p><\/div>\n

But the sampling helped bring a wider audience to Beabadoobee. And that attention is well-deserved. With a sound that\u2019s rooted more in rock \u2013 something of a rarity among pop artists these days \u2013 her music is intelligent, infectious and inspiring. A recent single, \u201cTalk,\u201d has squalling, squealing electric guitars and a vibe closer to Nirvana \u2013 with a bit of Veruca Salt \u2013 than anything else.<\/p>\n

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Beatopia<\/em>, out July 15<\/p><\/div>\n

21-year-old Beabadoobee is a versatile, multifarious artist who\u2019s clearly not content to traffic in one style. \u201cTired\u201d is among her most popular tracks, and it wasn\u2019t even released as one of her 17 singles. It\u2019s a lovely, intimate ballad with a shimmering arrangement, albeit one that features an f-bomb. I hear bits of Pet Sounds<\/i> in there. Beabadoobee was recognized as an up-and-comer in 2019 and \u201820, with nominations from four different UK-based awards. (She won the NME Awards\u2019 2020 Radar Award).<\/p>\n

In keeping with the way younger artists communicate, she doesn\u2019t maintain a website; instead, shes a presence on social media (Instagram etc.) She launched her first tour of the UK in late 2021, and is in the process of her first U.S. tour. That tour will include some high-profile festival dates, but I\u2019m looking forward to seeing her onstage here in Asheville at the comparatively intimate Orange Peel. I expect great things, including previews of songs from her upcoming full-length, Beatopia<\/em> (out July 15).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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