BEA - Filthy Believer (Video)

The first time we featured BEA on Breaking More Waves she was sitting in the bath showing us what went on under the skin whilst remaining fully clothed. She joined the multitude (ok – over exaggeration - a few) pop stars who like to sit in the bath and document it by the use of video or photography (here)

Now she’s back and this time we have a video that on the face of it looks a bit sh*t. It’s just a one-take piece with her dancing around a bit and everything’s very pink. Then some petals fall down. 

When Noisey premiered the video (for premiere you can insert the words 'was given it by the PR company earlier than anyone else' if you want, but that doesn't make the site sound as important) earlier today they interviewed BEA and asked the following question: “Hiya BEA so what’s going on in this video then?” It seems a bit of a silly question to us. If this was twitter we'd probably put a sarcastic #journalism after that question. After all it’s pretty clear. Unsurprisingly BEA’s answer was, “it’s BEA in a pink environment dancing around and eventually pink rose petals start falling down around her and it’s shot in one take with a handycam.” 

So whilst this doesn’t sound like the deepest of artistic concepts, it works. Just. We like BEA’s dancing. It’s like she’s slowly losing herself to the music, either that or she’s on drugs. It's more interesting to watch than the standard roll shoulder - roll head - roll other shoulder - grind -repeat pop star dancing that seems to be de rigueur today. Take a view below. If you think we’re wrong and in fact it is a bit shit, please let us know. Thanks.

BEA plays her first UK show on March 4th at Notting Hill Arts Club for New Shapes. Filthy Believer is taken from her debut EP which is called Good Thinking, out now.

BEA - Filthy Believer (Video)

Bea - New Waves

What is it about musicians and baths? We’ve talked about this before, but there’s a definite trend of pop people thinking that it would be a good idea to get in the bath and have someone take photos of them. This Charli XCX one (here) was quite good (she still managed to look cool even though what she was doing was ridiculous), in fact Charli has a habit of getting in the bath with her clothes on, she did it again here (that one isn't quite so great). This one from Naked (On Drugs) was at least practical and related to their name in that they were naked (no comment from us on the drugs bit). And then of course there’s Lady Gaga (here) (here) and (here) who makes a constant habit of it.

Now we’re introducing another singer who is starting her career by jumping in the bath, this time with a body suit painted with muscles on it, as you do. Her name is Bea. We know very little about her except that she lives in Amsterdam, is 22 years old and she shared her debut song Breadwinner today. 

Bea’s vocal is the centre point, starting with a low drawn out warm languidness before developing into something more ethereal and choral. There’s a graceful solemnity to the synths, keys and beats here, a subtle celestial loveliness that grows on each listen. If you’re a fan of big choruses, massive drops and banging beats Breadwinner won’t be for you, but if you want to lay back, dream and let the world drift by a little, there’s pleasure to be gained.

Bea - Breadwinner