Critically acclaimed Gen Z icon beabadoobee has shared a new single ‘Lovesong’. A self-described “cute love ballad”, ‘Lovesong’ calls back to Bea’s acoustic origins and elevates the track with stirring horns and gentle spaced out piano twinkles. Lifted from her forthcoming second studio album Beatopia (pronounced Bay-A-Toe-Pee-Uh), which drops on 15 June via Dirty Hit.
Speaking about ‘Lovesong’ beabadoobe explains writing the song was a bit of a slow burn.
“Lovesong is a song that I had bits for written since my second ever EP. The chorus was actually already written since Loveworm. I just didn’t have any chords to sing it with. It’s actually written in a really strange tuning that I forget. And yeah, it’s just another love song, another sweet love song. It was one of the last songs I recorded for Beatopia”
Alongside singles ‘Talk’ and ‘See You Soon’, ‘Lovesong’ is another tase of beabadoobee’s thrillingly diverse and experimental second album. Beatopia is a fantastical yet deeply personal word that was formed in the imagination of a 7-year-old beabeadoobee 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.
beabadoobee is currently on tour across the US with Halsey as main support for their arena shows across May and June. beabadoobee will play a headline tour of the UK this October, culminating in a huge show at London’s legendary Brixton Academy, tickets are on sale now from beabadoobee.com. beabadoobee is also set to play shows out in the US with Bleachers and festival shows worldwide including Glastonbury, Governor’s Ball, Summer Sonic, Mad Cool, Rock En Seine, TRNSMT and more.
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. beabadoobee has 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.
