WHAT IT IS: This 21-year-old phenom made noise in 2015 with breakout track “Ego,” which charted at #4 on Spotify’s Global Viral 50. Her follow-up, “Sally”—the bed for Apple’s latest iPhone commercial—was released in February to praise from the likes of Entertainment Weekly, FADER, VICE and more. Born and raised in Berlin, Bourelly got her start as a highly sought-after songwriter and has racked up multiple writing credits on Rihanna’s ANTI, Usher’s “Chains,” Selena Gomez’s “Camouflage” and many more.
ALBUM: Free the Real (EP)
RELEASE DATE: Free the Real Part #1 out 5/6; Free the Real Part #2 due this summer
SINGLE: “Sally”
TV: James Corden 5/4; previous stops at Tonight Show (3/30), Kimmel with Usher and Nas (10/20/15)
LIVE: Barclays Center Tidal X Benefit, SXSW Fader Fort, Pandora and Kistune stages; upcoming shows in N.Y., L.A., London and Berlin; Great Escape 5/19-20
INTERNET: 58.2k followers across socials; 500k+ total SoundCloud plays; 285k YouTube views of official video in just under two weeks
PRESS: Pitchfork, FADER, Complex, Noisey, New York Observer, EW, Forbes
BOOKING: Paradigm
PUBLISHING: BMG
MANAGEMENT: Pete Dinero