Betty who you say. Yep that’s the hip name for artist Jessica Anne Newham, known as Betty Who. This Australian/Americian singer- songwriter and musician is set to be the next big female artist. Born 5th October 1991, Newham was born and raised in Sydney Australia. She moved to the United States in 2007 attending the Interlochen Center for Arts, just like Josh Groban. Newham has played the cello from 4 years old and is self-taught on guitar and piano, writing her first songs at the age of 14. Studing at Berklee College of Music in Boston Newham was introduced to Peter Thomas who helped create the dreamy, anthemic production style that fit her songs so well. Betty Who’s debut single, “Somebody Loves You,” gained notoriety through pop music blogger and at-the-time official Grammy blogger Arjan Writes in November 2012, quickly becoming a hit.
Betty Who’s debut EP, “The Movement,” gained more than 12,000 streams its first week online, and received rave reviews from critics and magazines.
“A spine-tinglingly euphoric 80’s pop nugget,”
“charting new musical territory,” indie pop blog All Things Go
“the best proper EP so far of 2013” Popjustice
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“The Movement,” Ep features four beautiful tracks with a distinctly bright vibe and exquisite pop textures. The EP includes, “Somebody Loves You” and “You’re In Love,” whose music videos that have gained 250,000 and 300,000 YouTube views, respectively.
After the release of “Movement” Who moved from Boston to New York, and has performed her first official live shows while continually writing new material.
“We also didn’t want to make people wait a year for more material,” Who states as her new EP is launched describing the songs as more “articulate” than the “Movement” tracks.
A lot of the songs were about being in love with somebody and not having them love you back, and learning from that. I think, because I’ve been so busy, I haven’t really been distracted by men and by my relationships as much as by work… There’s definitely heartbreak in the second EP, but it’s a little less consuming.” – Betty Who
From the first note of the song I was hooked. Betty Who offers a fresh yet old school 80s pop feel to her music, appearing bright and coulourful with a dance/ pop rich feel. Only getting started. I think we have a lot to see from Betty Who.
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