BIBI BOURELLY SET TO RELEASE DEBUT EP FREE THE REAL ON MAY 6
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BIBI BOURELLY SET TO RELEASE DEBUT EP FREE THE REAL ON MAY 6
PERFORMING ON THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDON MAY 4
27 APRIL 2016 (Toronto, ON) - Bibi Bourelly, red hot after Entertainment Weekly named her “pop’s coolest new girl” and after her late night debut on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon, will release Part #1 of her debut EP FREE THE REAL on May 6 via Def Jam Recordings / Universal Music Canada, the country’s leading music company. The EP will contain Bibi’s new track "Sally" and the Global Top 5 Spotify Viral Breakout track, "Ego". Part #2 of FREE THE REAL will arrive in the early summer of this year. On release day, Bibi will host the first in a series of “Society Sessions” in New York City. Each session will be a mixture of performances, art and DJ sets from various people in youth culture and, of course, a performance from Bibi herself. Further sessions will take place in Los Angeles, London, and Berlin. Fans can expect to meet Bibi’s co-stars in the "Sally" video, each of whom has overcome a personal crisis and has grown comfortable in their own skin. Bibi burst out as a solo artist with "Ego" whose video she developed and produced herself. The clip was shot in the streets of her hometown of Berlin and was cast with friends and family members to give it an added personal touch. Complex.com praised it as: “a brazenly bluesy track slowly churns out Bibi's guttural vocals that grind and scratch below the surface, unfurling like an emotional purge in the gut…” The Fader called it “brilliantly raw.” Noisey summed up: “It’s lyrically idealistic… Bourelly’s stance is unapologetic and bold – keep your eyes and your ears on this one.” Bibi Bourelly’s musical path began in Berlin, where she was born into an artistic family. Her father is the prolific jazz and Black Rock Coalition guitarist Jean-Paul Bourelly, of Haitian and American descent; and her late mother, of Moroccan heritage, was the head of the Art Department at Berlin’s House of World Culture. Bibi’s decision to immigrate to the U.S. in high school eventually brought her to Los Angeles, where her music career took off. She has written for the likes of Rihanna (4 tracks including “Bitch Better Have My Money,” “Higher,” “Pose” and “Yeah, I Said It”); Selena Gomez (“Camouflage”); Usher & Nas (“Chains,” and Usher’s upcoming new single); and Nick Brewer (“Talk To Me” featuring Bibi Bourelly). “FREE THE REAL: Part #1” Tracklist: 1. Sally 2. Ego 3. Guitar 4. What If 5. Riot bibisociety.com facebook.com/bibibourelly twitter.com/BibiBourelly instagram.com/bibibourelly bibibourellymusic.tumblr.com-30-