beabadoobee

As beabadoobee, singer-songwriter Beatrice Kristi Ilejay Laus meticulously dissects the tiny joys and inner battles of everyday life and wraps them all into snug indie-pop gems. Born in 2000 in the Philippines, Beatrice moved to London with her parents at age three. After spending a number of years playing the violin, she found the creative outlet she was craving after her father gave her a guitar at age 17. Inspired by the lo-fi lullabies of Kimya Dawson on the Juno soundtrack and the candid ballads of Original Pilipino Music, she began crafting songs in her “safe place”: her bedroom. The Apple Music Up Next alum recorded her debut track, the cosy acoustic lullaby “Coffee”, in 2017. A nearly instant online hit that would be reworked into the 2020 Powfu hit “death bed (coffee for your head)”, the tweeish track landed her a record deal with Dirty Hit Records and kicked off a prolific musical streak that included opening for Clairo and The 1975 and releasing 2020’s Fake It Flowers, a tender, cathartic love letter to ’90s alternative and indie rock—and to herself. Laus followed this debut with an expansive second full-length, 2022’s Beatopia, that incorporated influences from glitchy electro and R&B, along with a string of one-off singles, including 2023’s orchestrated romantic waltz “Glue Song”. She also bolstered her list of collaborators—including jazz sensation Laufey on “A Night To Remember”—and opened several dates of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour. The momentum behind beabadoobee continued to increase on the dreamy ’90s alt-rock single “Take A Bite”, from 2024’s This Is How Tomorrow Moves. But as she has built up her confidence and her sound, Laus remains a refreshingly honest voice. “With my music, I want it to feel like a warm blanket,” she told Apple Music. “I want it to be that album you dance to in your bedroom late at night.”