MANILA, Philippines—beabadoobee returns with her new single “Glue Song.” The unreleased tune has quickly become an internet fan favorite after being teased over social media and in recent live performances, including her NPR Tiny Desk Concert, and is her first new music since the release of 2022’s praised album “beatopia.”
Beloved for her ability to craft touching, intimate love songs, “Glue Song” was written on the road while touring across Asia and Australia last year, and is reminiscent of beabadoobee’s more acoustic early work, elevated by a lush string section. Directed by Jacob Erland, the video for “Glue Song” was filmed in Bea’s home country of the Philippines.
With a timely Valentine’s Day release, Bea shares, “I wrote a lot of this song while on tour across Australia and Asia in the back of cars and traveling. It’s a heartfelt song that means a lot to me…. A love song and the first one I’ve written in my new relationship. I usually write these songs that are sad, in the past with my writing even when it doesn’t sound sad looking back the lyrics usually have been. For the first time this is just me being really happy. I’m in a really positive place for the first time in a long time and feeling love.
We recorded the song with my guitarist and producer Jacob in his house and added in trumpets and strings. This song feels really personal and I went to my home town in Ilo Ilo to film the music video. It’s where I was born and so that also added another personal touch to the song.”
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Last year was a landmark year for beabadoobee, following the release of her critically acclaimed second studio album “Beatopia” via Dirty Hit, huge sell out tours in the UK, Australia, Asia and North America, US TV performances and more.
This comes ahead of her March headline European tour and shows across the US, both headline and supporting Taylor Swift on her forthcoming ‘The Eras’ stadium tour. Tickets on sale now, full list of dates below. beabadoobee recently played an intimate show at London’s Lafayette for a BRITS Week for War Child show during Independent Venue Week, for which she is an ambassador on its 10th Anniversary.
Born in the Philippines and raised in London, Beatrice Laus began recording music as beabadoobee in 2017. At just 22 years old, beabadoobee has two acclaimed albums and five sonically diverse EPs under her belt, while also receiving BRIT Award and BBC Sound Of nominations, and won NME’s 2020 Radar award. 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.
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2022’s follows up Beatopia is a fantastical yet deeply personal world that was formed in the imagination of a 7-year-old beabadoobee and has been carried with her ever since. Beatopia debuted in the top 5 of the UK charts, and came accompanied by her biggest sold-out UK tour to date, a huge North America tour and her first Asia tour.
beabadoobee has toured globally, supporting the likes of The 1975, Halsey and Clairo, and in 2022 played at festivals worldwide, including Coachella, Glastonbury, Summer Sonic, Reading and Leeds and many more. This year she will open as main support on Taylor Swift’s stadium tour.
Beabadoobee Tour Dates 2023
05/03/23 – Hole44 – Berlin, Germany
07/03/23 – Technikum – Munich, Germany
08/03/23 – Magazzini Generali – Milan, Italy
09/03/23 – Dynamo – Zurich, Switzerland
11/03/23 – Le Trabendo – Paris, France
12/03/23 – Rotondes – Luxembourg, Luxembourg
13/03/23 – La Madeleine – Brussels, Belgium
15/03/23 – Zoom – Frankfurt, Germany
16/03/23 – Stollwerck – Cologne, Germany
17/03/23 – Tolhuistuin – Amsterdam, Netherlands
25/03/23 – Allegiant Stadium – Las Vegas, NV *
27/03/23 – Soma – San Diego, CA
28/03/23 – Rialto – Tucson, AZ
31/03/23 – Aztec Theatre – San Antonio, TX
01/04/23 – AT&T Stadium – Arlington, TX *
02/04/23 – AT&T Stadium – Arlington, TX *
14/04/23 – Raymond James Stadium – Tampa, FL *
15/04/23 – Raymond James Stadium – Tampa, FL *
19/04/23 – Vinyl Music Hall – Pensacola, FL
22/04/23 – NRG Stadium – Houston, TX *
25/04/23 – Marathon Music Works – Nashville, TN
28/04/23 – Mercedes Benz Stadium – Atlanta, GA *
29/04/23 – Mercedes Benz Stadium – Atlanta, GA *
* – supporting Taylor Swift
For more info and to buy tickets head to beabadobee’s official website. You can listen to her latest single in all streaming platforms and watch the music video below.