site I facebook I IG I twitter I youtube Blu DeTiger is proof that bassists are main character material. The New York City born-and-raised artist pickedup the bass guitar at age seven and soon after played her first gig at the legendary punk venue CBGB. Fueledby the hustle mentality of her environment, she was a fixture in the Lower Manhattan music scene by age 17,playing in various bands and DJing clubs while adding her live bass to her crowd-moving sets. The energy ofthis fast-paced nightlife world manifests through her pulsating bass lines that serve as the emotional anchorof her eclectic songs melding art pop, electroclash, funk, disco, and alternative rock.Now with the arrival of her debut Capitol Records studio album All I Ever Want Is Everything, Blu is claimingher spotlight as a rising pop icon who’s not afraid to feel it all. “This album is about really enjoying the highmoments in life, but also learning how to talk yourself out of the low moments and become your own bestfriend,” she says. “I want to let people know that you can feel it all and do it all. Wherever you’re at is cool.”It’s also the culmination of the past few years in which she has grown tremendously. She built her profileopening for artists like Sabrina Carpenter and Jungle, her own headline tours around the US and Europe, andbecoming one of her generation’s most sought-after bass players, lending her talents to Bleachers (withwhom she appeared on Saturday Night Live), Olivia Rodrigo, Dominic Fike, Caroline Polachek, Chromeo, andFletcher among others.All I Ever Want Is Everything is a portrait of Blu at her most unstoppable and her most vulnerable, as shecaptures the thrillingly unpredictable process of coming into one's own. Inspired by sleepless nights out onthe town and memories of her thumping DJ sets, the album sees Blu staking a claim to her desires andtransforming into the messy protagonist of her fantasies. On the thumping “Dangerous Game,” she playfullypledges to someone that she’ll “break up the band” so the two can have an unforgettable evening of dancingand indulgence. “Let’s blow our money / Let’s go all night,” she sings. “I wanted a song that portrayed this funcharacter who doesn’t give a fuck, who wants to go out and experience life—which is a big part of mypersonality,” she explains.These hedonistic and infectiously groovy songs are balanced out with mature introspection, in which sheadmits to feeling imposter syndrome and the loneliness of growing up in the digital age. Yet Blu’s moremelancholy songs are still upbeat, as on the Mallrat-featuring dance track “Cut Me Down.” Laughing offmemories of past detractors and critics, her pitched-up vocals have a canny robotic effect, adding to thetrack’s layered emotions. “The high-pitched vocals sound like angels talking to you, or this encouraging part ofyourself trying to bring yourself out of feeling down,” Blu explains. “I love songs that have a sad tinge, butmake you feel good at the same time—where a DJ could play it and everyone’s dancing and screaming along.”The album captures the spirit of New York, but it was created in Los Angeles, where Blu moved in 2022. Sinceit was her first time living in an entirely different city, she found herself having to adjust to the newfoundindependence during a period of immense growth. Newly signed to Capitol Records and adjusting to the LosAngeles songwriting circuit for the first time, she also embarked on her first headlining tour across NorthAmerica behind her debut EP, How did we get here?Supporting Blu in the making of All I Ever Want Is Everything was a star-studded group of friends andcollaborators. The album features co-writes from rising pop stars Chappell Roan and Alexander 23, as well asindie sleaze originator Uffie and soul aficionado Mayer Hawthorne and Blu’s frequent collaborator, herbrother, Rex. Meanwhile, “Disappearing” was made in collaboration with Magdalena Bay, with whom Bluimmediately bonded over being producers and multi-instrumentalists.Blu also worked alongside GRAMMY-winning producer John Hill and Sam Homaee in experimenting withdifferent bass tones and vocal effects, making the album more multifaceted. She strived to expand the rangeof her vocal delivery, too—from falsettos to sing-speak sections. All of these elements are capturedcompellingly on her single “Kiss.” “I wanted my voice to feel like another instrument,” she explains. “Just likehow we manipulated the bass in cool ways with pedals, we processed the voice to get a bigger range ofemotion.”After studying at NYU’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music for two years, she left in 2019, which allowedher the space to fully become the solo artist she was always meant to be. “I was putting out singles while Iwas running around New York hustling--playing gigs, doing sessions, DJing, and saying yes to everyopportunity that came my way,” she says. Then during the early pandemic, her bass cover videos started togain steam on TikTok, where “Figure It Out” ultimately went viral, and where she now has more than 1.4million followers. In 2023, she was named one of Forbes’ 30 Under 30 for music and on the cover. Blu isexpanding her entrepreneurial footprint with Fender and Bose partnerships.Now, with her electric-blue bass and effortlessly cool head-banging, Blu is inspiring a new generation of fansto take up the bass. “When I was young, I didn’t have any archetypes to follow,” she says. “Then once I starteddoing more, I was like, honestly, I’m making my own lane. Now there are young people who are messagingme saying, ‘I started playing bass and making music because of you.’” This line of thinking is part of whatinspired her, during her last headline tour, to bring someone from the audience up on stage each night to jamon the bass alongside her.“My motivation as an artist is to help the younger generation discover their passion, pick up an instrument,and find an outlet to express themselves,” Blu concludes. Johnny Yukon site | instagram | twitter | facebookKnown for pairing his projects with grainy visuals captured on Super 8 film and fashion-forwardstills rooted in vintage, yet modern panache, Johnny Yukon upholds consistent cinematic motifsacross sound and style. His world draws as much from Kubrickian attention to detail andChristopher Nolan-style scope as it does from unpredictable production and hazy melodicism.With a goal to “make bigger music that reaches a lot of people,”the Pennsylvania-born and Los Angeles-based artist kickstarted what has proven a truly prolific creative streak.