Beatrice Kristi Laus, known professionally as Beabadoobee or Bea Kristi, is a Filipino-born British singer-songwriter. Since 2018, she has released five extended plays under Dirty Hit and has supported The 1975 during several legs of their Music for Cars Tour. She was nominated for the Rising Star Award at the 2020 Brit Awards and was predicted as a breakthrough act for 2020 in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2020. Her debut studio album, Fake It Flowers, is due to be released in late 2020.
2017–2019: ''Lice'', ''Patched Up'', ''Loveworm'' and ''Space Cadet''
The first song Beabadoobee wrote on her guitar was "Coffee". She released the song as well as a cover of Karen O's "The Moon Song" in September 2017. "Coffee" gained over 300,000 views on YouTube, as well as the attention of Dirty Hit Records. She signed to the label in April 2018. This was followed by the release of her debut EP Lice in March 2018 and her second EP Patched Up in December 2018. In January 2019, Beabadoobee was placed with Billie Eilish on NME's list of "Essential New Artists for 2019". She shortly released her third EP titled Loveworm. In July 2019, Beabadoobee released an acoustic version of the EP and titled it Loveworm . As of August 2019, Beabadoobee reached over 36 million streams on Spotify according to The Prelude Press. In September 2019, she commenced her first tour supporting Clairo on her Immunity Tour, before releasing her fourth EP, Space Cadet in October 2019. The five-track EP included songs like “She Plays Bass”, “I Wish I Was Stephen Malkmus” and the title track. Beabadoobee made the front cover of NME on 25 October 2019. Beabadoobee was shortlisted for the Rising Star Award at the 2020 Brit Awards, an award previously crowned by names like Adele, Florence and the Machine, Ellie Goulding and Sam Smith. In November 2019, Beabadoobee released a pair of Spotify Singles, one being a cover of "Don't You Forget About Me" by Simple Minds as well as a version of "She Plays Bass" recorded in Abbey Road Studios in London. In December 2019, Beabadoobee was longlisted in the annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2020.
2020–present: ''Fake It Flowers''
In February 2020, Beabadoobee performed at the 2020 NME Awards after winning the Radar Award. She supported labelmates The 1975 on their Music for Cars Tour for both the UK leg in February 2020, and the North American leg in April 2020. The latter was postponed amid the COVID-19 pandemic. A sample of Beabadoobee's 2017 debut single "Coffee" was used on Canadian rapper Powfu's 2019 single, "Death Bed ". The song became a massively successful sleeper hit after going viral on the app TikTok in early 2020, becoming Beabadoobee's first chart entry in her career, both locally and internationally. By April 2020, it had entered the Top 5 in several countries including the UK, Australia and New Zealand. It earned gold certification status in Belgium, Canada, France, Mexico and New Zealand, as well as Platinum or higher in the US, the UK and Italy, a first for Beabadoobee in all regions. Despite the critical acclaim earned, Beabadoobee voiced her disapproval towards the remix because of the different genre approach. Beabadoobee announced her debut studio album, Fake It Flowers, and released its lead single "Care" on 14 July 2020. The LP is due to be released in late 2020.
