Beabadoobee shares new single ‘the way things go’ via Dirty Hit. With acceptance at its heart, the song is an airy, twinkling track that learns to come to terms with the cards life sometimes deals you: “I don’t mind that that’s the way things go”, she sings.
The single comes accompanied by an official video, directed by Jacob Erland and starring herself and guitarist Jacob Bugden alongside a number of ballet dancers in an ornately decorated room. Having previously teased the track in an early form online, a huge wave of fan support has seen ‘the way things go’ take on a life of its own online and across TikTok.
The release of ‘the way things go’ comes during an exciting 2023 for beabadoobee, who supported global superstar Taylor Swift on the US leg of her huge The Eras stadium tour. She also released the massively popular single ‘Glue Song’, a sweet love song which has been streamed over 125 million times and saw beabadoobee make her top 40 debut in the UK Official Singles Chart.
2022 was a landmark year for beabadoobee, following the release of her critically acclaimed second studio album Beatopia via Dirty Hit, huge sell out tours in the UK, Australia, Asia and North America, US TV performances and more.
This comes ahead of her March headline European tour and shows across the US, both headline and supporting Taylor Swift on her forthcoming ‘The Eras’ stadium tour.
Born in the Philippines and raised in London, Beatrice Laus began recording music as beabadoobee in 2017. At just 22 years old, beabadoobee has two acclaimed albums and five sonically diverse EPs under her belt, while also receiving BRIT Award and BBC Sound Of nominations, and won NME’s 2020 Radar award. She has accumulated 4.6 billion streams worldwide and has a 3 million+ social reach, with a huge, dedicated Gen-Z fan base.
beabadoobee’s highly anticipated debut album Fake It Flowers was released in 2020 to widespread critical acclaim (“a thrilling debut from Gen-Z’s newest guitar hero”, NME 5*, “the charismatic star of the indie revival”, The Times 4*, “at once raw and confessional, yet at the same time anthemic in scale”, Dazed), and debuted in the top 10 of the UK charts.
2022’s follow up Beatopia is a fantastical yet deeply personal world that was formed in the imagination of a 7 year old beabadoobee and has been carried with her ever since. Beatopia debuted in the top 5 of the UK charts, and came accompanied by her biggest sold out UK tour to date, a huge North America tour and her first Asia tour. beabadoobee has toured globally, supporting the likes of The 1975, Halsey and Clairo, and in 2022 played at festivals worldwide, including Coachella, Glastonbury, Summer Sonic, Reading and Leeds and many more. In 2023 she will open as main support on Taylor Swift’s stadium tour.
