GLOBAL — beabadoobee unveils her new EP Our Extended Play, written and produced with Matty Healy and George Daniel of The 1975. The pair spent early lockdown with Bea and her band in the Oxfordshire countryside last summer, the first time Bea has closely collaborated with others, stepping back from her typical process to experiment with new musical styles and sounds.
To celebrate the release, beabadoobee shares the video for new single ‘Cologne’, a self proclaimed ‘sexy love song’, which explores the contradictory and complex feelings of insecurity, self confidence and breaking away from seeking validation of self worth in others.
Of the video, the musician adds “Making the music video for Cologne was so much fun, I worked with The Rest who I knew from their work with Slowthai. We wanted to make an action movie with a load of my friends so that’s what we did!”
Featuring lead single ‘Last Day On Earth’, released earlier this year, Our Extended Play captures a period of artistic growth and personal discovery for Beabadoobee; both the bookend to her debut album Fake It Flowers, and the bridge bringing her to the next step in a truly unique and exciting journey.
“This EP was made in a really collaborative way during a time where it was really difficult to do that and I feel so lucky to have gotten to make it with my band and Matty and George. I hope it can bring people together in some way, that’s really what these songs are about, that feeling of togetherness that’s been missing a lot in the last year. It feels like a bridge to what’s coming next too,” Bea says.
Our Extended Play speaks to growing up, producing a feeling of togetherness and a sense that even if everyone’s path looks different, we’re all joined in this journey as one. An anthem that alludes to appreciating every moment and blends her trademark 90’s-era guitar with indie atmospherics and an infectious, lighthearted chorus, ‘Last Day On Earth’ reflects on what Bea would have done with her last day of normality if she had known how dramatically the world was about to change.
‘Cologne’, written just after Fake It Flowers, explores confidently standing in your own identity, and with its airy, soaring chorus, ‘Animal Noises’ wrestles with the fear of growing up, wistfully capturing the emotions surrounding shedding the comfort of immaturity and learning to be by yourself. Originally started by The 1975 with Bea adding the finishing touches, ‘He Gets Me So High’ is deceptively upbeat, giving way to a glittering bleakness that details a dependency on unhealthy vices and not knowing how to live without them; a cliffhanger and a hopeful reassurance that self-improvement is a never-ending process.
This week beabadoobee has also announced her North American headline tour for November & December 2021 featuring support from Christian Leave & BLACKSTARKIDS. Fans can get a taste of Bea’s live show this Friday when she is due to appear on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon.
Born in the Philippines and raised in London, Bea Kristi began recording music as Beabadoobee in 2017. At just 20 years old, Beabadoobee has built her huge, dedicated Gen-Z fan base with her flawless output of confessional bedroom pop songs and DIY aesthetic. Her first track, ‘Coffee’ gathered hundreds of thousands of streams in a matter of days, through a fan-uploaded video and has since taken on new life as a sample in Powfu’s TikTok and worldwide chart-dominating hit.
Check out beabadoobee’s “Our Extended Play” EP below: