Stream: Beabadoobee, ‘How Was Your Day?’

Hanh Truong on September 29th, 2020

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For anyone wondering, the recipe for a blissfully grungy melody calls for a spoonful of raw vocals, a cup of ’90s rock-influenced guitar chords and a dash of DIY bedroom pop production. Unsure? Have a taste of Beabadoobee’s new piece, “How Was Your Day?”

The track follows her recent releases, “Care,” “Sorry” and “Worth It,” making it the fourth sliver to her upcoming debut album, “Fake It Flowers.” But unlike the bold guitar attitude and silvery vocals featured in her previous jams, “How Was Your Day?” is tender and simpler, with a dreamy lo-fi cadence.

The 20-year-old songwriter, aka Bea Kristi, debuted as Beabadoobee in 2017 with “Coffee,” which was sampled by Canadian rapper Powfu in “Death Bed (Coffee for Your Head).” The song became a hit on TikTok, and she has since made her former “finsta” (fake Instagram) username reach new heights with her captivating and emotional pop tunes.

Kristi, born in the Philippines and reared in London, grew up with her mother playing the Cranberries and Natalie Imbruglia, which clearly influenced the singer’s guitar-driven music and wistful lyrics.

With the studio closed during the pandemic, Kristi recorded “How Was Your Day?” with a four-track cassette recorder in her boyfriend’s garden. The dewy-eyed track, which is about the relationships she overlooked while away from home, is accompanied by a perfectly grainy, glitchy VHS-style music video.

“I wanted to emphasize the rawness of the lyrics with the song sonically which is why I recorded it on a four-track with all the little mistakes and vocal wobbles included,” she says. “I wanted the music video to feel nostalgic to me, to include all the people I cared about. It took me back to the time I first started making music.”

Beabadoobee’s debut album will arrive on Oct. 16 through her label, Dirty Hit. She will also be headlining a U.K. and Ireland tour in the fall of 2021.

||| Watch: The video for “How Was Your Day?”