WHAT IT IS: The buzz around singer/songwriter Leyla Blue is building following the 2019 release of her debut EP, Songs for Boys That Didn’t Text Me Back. The 20-year-old Manhattan native is the offspring of two fashion photographers and attended the Clive Davis School of Recorded Music. Her enigmatic brand of pop, laced with throwback R&B vibes, features clever melodies and introspective lyrics. A self-proclaimed “sad bitch/bad bitch,” this big-voiced newcomer makes music filled with rawness and honesty.
ALBUM: TBA
RELEASE DATE: 2020
SINGLE: “Peppa Pig” (produced by Y2K)
LIVE: Sold-out debut headline NYC show, main tour support for mxmtoon in Europe and U.K.
INTERNET: 1.5m+ overall streams on debut single “Silence,” 245k+ monthly Spotify listeners, 46k+ video views on YouTube
RADIO: Early spins in Nashville and Miami
PRESS: LADYGUNN (“a young Christina Aguilera meets Amy Winehouse”), Milk.xyz (“Leyla Blue has a certain attitude in her music that cannot be matched”)
BOOKING: Matte Galle & Zac Bluestone/Paradigm
PUBLISHING: Self-published