Beabadoobee

Beatrice Kristi Ilejay Laus (born 3 June 2000), known professionally as Beabadoobee (; '), is a British singer-songwriter. From 2018 to 2021, she released five extended plays (EPs) under the independent label Dirty Hit: ''Lice'' (2018), ''Patched Up'' (2018), '' Loveworm'' (2019), '' Space Cadet'' (2019) and '' Our Extended Play'' (2021). Her debut studio album ''Fake It Flowers'' was released in October 2020, and received critical acclaim. Her second studio album, ''Beatopia'', was released on 15 July 2022, which spawned the hit " The Perfect Pair". Her third studio album, '' This Is How Tomorrow Moves'', was released on 9 August 2024; it became her first album to peak atop the UK Albums Chart.

Beabadoobee served as a supporting act for labelmates The 1975 during several legs of their Music for Cars Tour, as well as American singer Clairo's ''Immunity'' Tour and Taylor Swift's the Eras Tour. She was nominated for the Rising Star Award at the 2020 Brit Awards, and was presented with the Radar Award at the 2020 NME Awards. Beabadoobee was also predicted as a breakthrough act for 2020 in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2020.

Early life and education

Laus was born in Iloilo City in the Philippines on 3 June 2000 and moved to the United Kingdom with her parents at the age of three. She grew up in West London listening to original Pinoy music as well as pop and rock music from the 1990s. While she was a teenager, she listened to indie rock artists including Karen O, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Florist and Alex G.

She studied at Sacred Heart High School, an all-girls Catholic school, before completing her thirteenth year at Hammersmith Academy. Laus was expelled from her school at the age of 17, due to failing grades and "misfit behavior". Laus spent seven years learning to play the violin, before getting her first guitar second-hand at the age of 17. She also learned through watching YouTube tutorials produced by other accomplished guitarists. She was inspired by Kimya Dawson and the ''Juno'' soundtrack to start making music.

Career

2017–2019: "Coffee" and early EPs

The first song Beabadoobee wrote on her guitar was "Coffee". She took her professional name as a joke when her friend and producer Oscar Lang was preparing to upload "Coffee" and suggested she release her music under an artist name. Beabadoobee was a name she had invented for her finsta account because none of her names were being accepted by Instagram.

She released "Coffee" as well as a cover of Karen O's " The Moon Song" in September 2017. "Coffee" gained over 300,000 views on YouTube, as well as the attention of Dirty Hit Records. She signed to the label in April 2018. This was followed by the release of her debut EP ''Lice'' in March 2018 and her second EP ''Patched Up'' in December 2018. In January 2019, Beabadoobee was placed with Billie Eilish on NME's annual list of "essential new artists", the "NME 100". She subsequently released her third EP titled ''Loveworm''. Beabadoobee released an acoustic version of this EP titled ''Loveworm (Bedroom Sessions)'' in July 2019.

In September 2019, Beabadoobee embarked on her first tour supporting Clairo on her Immunity Tour, before releasing her fourth EP, '' Space Cadet'', in October 2019. Beabadoobee subsequently made the front cover of ''NME'' on 25 October 2019. She was shortlisted for the Rising Star Award at the 2020 Brit Awards in December 2019. In November 2019, Beabadoobee released a pair of Spotify Singles, one being a cover of " Don't You Forget About Me" by Simple Minds as well as a version of "She Plays Bass" recorded in Abbey Road Studios in London. In December 2019, Beabadoobee was longlisted in the annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2020.

2020–2021: "Death Bed", ''Fake It Flowers'', and ''Our Extended Play''

In February 2020, Beabadoobee performed at the 2020 ''NME'' Awards after winning the Radar Award. She supported labelmates the 1975 on their Music for Cars Tour for both the U.K. leg in February 2020. She was scheduled to also support the band during the North American leg of this tour in April 2020, however it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A sample of Beabadoobee's 2017 debut single "Coffee" was used on Canadian rapper Powfu's 2019 single, " Death Bed (Coffee for Your Head)". The song became a massively successful sleeper hit after going viral on the app TikTok in early 2020, becoming Beabadoobee's first official chart entry in her career, both locally and internationally. By April 2020, it had entered the Top 5 in several countries including the U.K., Australia and New Zealand. It earned gold certification status in Belgium, Canada, France, Mexico and New Zealand, as well as Platinum or higher in the U.S. and the U.K. among several other countries. Speaking about her reaction to the popularization of "Death Bed", Beabadoobee said, "I'm not going to lie, it was overwhelming… I kinda hated it. I hated more people knowing about the first song I'd ever written and not my others. I was so stubborn but I grew into it and accepted that's just how life works. I was extremely grateful for its existence and it's only given me more opportunities."

Beabadoobee announced her debut studio album, ''Fake It Flowers'', and released its lead single "Care" on 14 July 2020. In early August 2020, she released the album's second single, "Sorry", and revealed the album's track listing, cover art and official release date. Beabadoobee released "Worth It" as the third single, "How Was Your Day?" as the fourth single, and "Together" as the fifth and final single of ''Fake It Flowers''. The album was released on 16 October 2020 to critical acclaim and spent one week in the UK Albums Chart at number 8. According to sales in the United States, ''Billboard'' ranked Beabadoobee as the Top New Rock Artist of 2020. In 2021, she embarked on a headlining tour of the United Kingdom and Ireland to support the album.

Beabadoobee released the single "Last Day on Earth" on 24 March, produced and co-written by Matty Healy and George Daniel of the 1975. The musician announced that the single is taken from her EP '' Our Extended Play'', which she said that she wrote with her labelmates "on the countryside".

2022–present: ''Beatopia'' and ''This Is How Tomorrow Moves''

Her second album, ''Beatopia'', was announced on 23 March 2022. It was released on 15 July 2022 through Dirty Hit and spawned the R.I.A.A. Gold certified song "The Perfect Pair."

In January 2023, Beabadoobee posted the snippet of an unreleased song on TikTok, which soon went viral across the website due to its popularity with couples and the approach of the upcoming holiday. " Glue Song" was later released on Valentine's Day, 14 February 2023, with another version featuring Clairo released on 17 April 2023 which charted in several countries. The collaboration gained significant attention and marked a continued evolution in her sound, blending chamber pop with heartfelt lyrics inspired by her personal experiences.

Starting in March 2023, Beabadoobee toured in Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Belgium, Norway, Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark. Beabadoobee also performed as an opening act on twelve shows of the US leg of Taylor Swift's 2023 The Eras Tour.

On 29 June 2023, Beabadoobee announced that she would cancel her European tour due to an unspecified illness. She then announced a new single on 11 July 2023, called " The Way Things Go", which was released on 19 July. Beabadoobee then released a new single with Laufey, "A Night to Remember", which was released on 20 October 2023.

Her third studio album, '' This Is How Tomorrow Moves'', was released on 9 August 2024, which went on to debut at number 1 in the UK, making it her first number-one album.

Influences

Laus has cited The Beatles, Elliott Smith, Mac DeMarco, the Moldy Peaches, Pavement, Mazzy Star, Simon and Garfunkel, the Sundays and Daniel Johnston as her musical influences. She has a tattoo of Johnston's artwork from the cover of his album '' Continued Story with Texas Instruments''. In a 2018 interview with ''Vice'', she expressed plans to make film soundtracks in the future as they heavily inspired her to make music. Laus' musical style is also deeply influenced by 80s alternative rock and shoegaze bands like The Cure, The Smiths, My Bloody Valentine, and The Smashing Pumpkins.

Personal life

Laus says that she can understand the Philippine languages Hiligaynon and Tagalog fluently, but cannot speak them.

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Extended plays

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Other charted songs

Tours

Headlining

* Fake It Flowers Tour (2021)
*US Tour 2022 (2022)
*Beatopia Tour (2022)
*US Summer Tour (2023)
*This Is How Tomorrow Moves Tour (2024)
*The Space In Between Tour (2025)

Supporting
*Clairo – Immunity Tour (2019)
*The 1975 – Music for Cars Tour (2020)
* Halsey – Love and Power Tour (2022)
*Taylor Swift – The Eras Tour (2023)
* Olivia Rodrigo – Guts World Tour (2025)

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

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2000 births
Living people
Alternative rock musicians
Bedroom pop musicians
Bisexual women musicians
British folk-pop singers
British indie pop musicians
British indie rock musicians
Dirty Hit artists
English people of Filipino descent
Filipino British musicians
Filipino emigrants to England
Filipino women guitarists
Musicians from London
NME Awards winners
People from Iloilo City
Space rock musicians
Singers from London
Hiligaynon people