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= briea =

“briea", (born January 30th, 2002) is an American, independent singer, songwriter, and record producer known for her "Retro Future Disco" sound.

Beginning on the social media platform, "TikTok " sharing her musical process through breaking down pieces of her ideas has been the main uprising in her exposure.

Her debut single "Tolerate” released in July of 2022 has been her most streamed song according to Spotify wrapped. Following other singles such as “Listen to Me”, and “Stars in my Soul” all released in late 2022 have also gained much exposure on Tik Tok’s platform. Later, releasing her first EP “Not from Here”, a mark to start the 2023 year on a good note featuring singles such as “Not from Here”, “No More” and the inclusion of “Stars in My Soul”. The release of “Stars in My Soul” charted at #6 in the Top 10 of ReverbNation’s pop charts in late December to early January of 2023. This follows her uprising on ReverbNation's platform, landing one of the few spots in the "Top 10 Rising Artists" playlist on numerous occasions. The artist made a resurgence with her most anticipated EP, "Not From Here" in the "Trending NYC Artists" playlist in early April of 2023.

These singles follow her second debut EP, "Sleepless" released in late March 2023, which had all been promoted and shared through Tik Tok's platform. This EP finally established the artist's direct audience of the old-style, pop-funk sound of the mid to late 1980s.

Early Life:
briea, was born January 30th, 2002 in Livingston, New Jersey, moving and spending her childhood in Maplewood as an only child. Growing up in a home, where her great-grandparents, grandparents, and mother, have all been heavily involved in musical theatre, her talent in music had been instilled from day one. Her grandparents ran a very popular local theatre for many years just before she was born. The artist, growing up had been inspired by the VHS tapes of every theatre production, her family had kept over the years. Watching them as a child was not just a form of cherished entertainment but a form of massive musical and theatre inspiration.

The artist had been influenced by soul music, from a very young age. Dating back to as early as 2005. Not only being trained in jazz and soul music but being surrounded by it at home. Wham!, George Benson, Chic, The Bee Gees, Elton John, and Duran Duran are just some of the few artists throughout the late '70s and early 80's to whom she pays tribute. According to briea's Itunes biography, she said, "Since I was small, rhythm, blues, and disco were all I heard, shuffling through my mother's iPod in 2009. Duran Duran being at the top of the list showed me to take a step further. I was inspired to create all of my groovy baselines from scratch.”

Musical Theatre:
At the age of 8, she began to be involved with the performance troop "Performers Theatre Workshop" allowing her to perform off-Broadway at “Don’t Tell Mama’s” cabaret in New York City for several years. She has had performance experience, performing in the city from a very young age.

In the artist's teen years, the artist had begun becoming involved in theatre productions at Papermill Playhouse, famously known for winning a Tony Award for Best Regional Theatre in 2016. There, she studied with various vocal coaches expanding not only her theatre skills but her pop and R&B skills.

Career:
2022: "Tolerate", "Listen to Me", and "Stars in my Soul" "Tolerate" debuted as briea's first single, released on June 10th, 2022. The song had undergone much coaching from a fellow family friend and record producer who remains nameless. After much trial and error, the track had done very well with global listeners. The track had global widespread exposure all over America, Europe, Africa, and The Netherlands. Tolerate drove in most of the artist's listener base due to its signature Latin trumpet riff and Latin R&B style. The single had several radio play opportunities including Power 102.7 FM. The lyric video for the single remains the top-searched video to this day on briea's Official Artists' Youtube Channel.

"Listen to Me" released on August 28th, 2022 was the second single to drop, two months after Tolerate. The streams kept on coming for the artist, as the single reached 1.1K streams on Reverbnation within the first few days. The songwriter had kicked into her "starving artist" phase. This time had been when the artist had made her Tik Tok appearance known as a producer. This was also the first track she had broken down (which was her own) after duetting many other creators. After this, scrollers knew what "briea" had in store for the social media platform.

Following the exposure of "Listen to Me", exactly three months later, "Stars in my Soul", the third single off of "Not From Here" was released on October 28th, 2022. A precursor, made for the "Not From Here" EP. This single was shared from the beginning until the very end of production, gaining even more attention from viewers and most other creators. The making of the single received many positive comments from critics and other creators as well as fans. The songwriter captured the essence of an 80's style Karaoke bar, after listening to "The Weeknd"'s "Out of Time" on repeat. The release of this track, followed by the release of "Stars in my Soul", the lyric video, on briea's Official Artist's Youtube Channel captured the imagery of those old Karaoke bar-like scenes. This only furthered her audience to label her as a disco-pop artist who relies on ethereal artistic symbolism to tell a story.

2023: The "Not From Here" Trilogy In 2021, a few short days after New Year's, before briea had debuted, the artist faced an unfortunate traumatic experience regarding a very close friend. Not being able to do anything about the situation, she turned to a source of ease. Being already musically inclined, the artist found solace in dabbling through Garageband, becoming self-taught. Making melodies in her bedroom as a coping skill, followed by several experimental rookie tracks, gave the artist inspiration. A story. A vision. The journey of coping. The situation spoke to the songwriter. The songwriter was left to grieve alone from the situation, helping her hone in on the EP's message. In one of the artist's most recent Twitter posts, she says: "The Not From Here trilogy, are three tracks representing grief, release, and acceptance. Everything I went through to eventually connect with that beautiful inner alien, lifting you out of orbit that was trapped for so long." The artist continues, "Meeting that inner alien for me was like meeting my true self. The story I wrote through this music, is how I felt throughout all of it, feeling alienated from everyone, feeling like a literal alien itself. How people looked at me weirdly, judging me for no reason, as they'd never seen me before. That's why I gave it the name Not From Here."

"Not From Here" was in fact, made in a college dorm room with limited studio equipment in the fall of 2021, then scrapped by the artist. It was until one day, the track's name made a resurface in a conversation between briea and her mother in the summer of 2022. In production, the songwriter did not feel it was the "right time". It originally was to have five songs on the EP, until briea bumped it down to three, telling the story as a trilogy series. The tracks were released in the winter of 2023. The EP follows the three tracks (in order) "Not From Here", "No More" and "Stars in My Soul". Released on January 11th, 2023, (1/11/23) The EP's tracks pushed the artist's rankings back up to the Top 10 Reverbnation charts, right after release. It also gained the attention of record producer and songwriter Allan Bradley Licht, (ABL Records).

The artwork and symbolism, involving the inclusion of repeated (angel) numbers (even in its release date, and promotional youtube shorts) were heavily inspired by Daft Punk's film "Interstella 5555", released in 2003. The alien-like, blue-skinned characters drove the artist to mimic the character's style and ethereal nature. The "Not From Here" track itself was an interpolation of Duran Duran's "Planet Earth".

2023: "Sleepless"

briea's second EP "Sleepless" features the B-Side track "Eyes off Me" which was released on March 31st, 2023. As of April 6th, 2023, "Eyes Off Me" landed another spot in Reverbnation's "Top 10 Pop Playlist. The EP takes on a darker, dance-pop synthwave inspired style as well as inspired by the synthwave genre in the cover work. The title track "Sleepless" has received positive feedback as well throughout briea's Instagram, Twitter, and social media.

Summer 2023: The "Simple Luv" Era and Retro Future Disco

"Simple Luv" released on June 3rd, 2023 was an unexpected turnaround for the artist, after showcasing such danceable tracks. "Simple Luv" features a slower, moodier, and seductive feeling, letting a rhode piano do all of the work for the background acoustics. The song shows briea's vocal versatility, as well as following it up with the motto "less is more" aspect of it. It is not uncommon for briea to flip a musical switch in the musical process, going from one type of sound to another, this has been seen multiple times on her "TikTok " account page, where she shares her inspiring thoughts behind everything. Once again, shown on her "TikTok " account page, The artist was feeling the intense weather change from spring to summer in her home state of New Jersey. The sweltering heat intensity drove her to create a song on the spot. She used the heat to her advantage making a connection between physical heat, to the physical heat and love attraction one feels towards someone else. The acoustics of the song only support the lyricism of "Simple Luv" while the lyrics are the main focus. It was intended to be poetic instead of another typical danceable briea song.

With due time, the "Simple Luv" single, song era brought in record producer "86 Crush" from K3SETT3 Records. Working closely with him for a period of time, the song was pitched to have a remixed dance version. The "Simple Luv" remix with 86 Crush ("Simple Luv (86 Crush Remix") officially released on August 18th 2023, teased many people from months to come on social media. The Simple Luv brand, dominated the summer, amongst fans all over America, and Europe even before it's release. 86 and briea, brought a vision to life, by only furthering the song's message, and turning the remix into a vibrant club hit. Full of color, still going on the message of simplicity. Both artists fanbases grew tremendously from the release, as it had rising listeners the day of it being out on all platforms. Therefore, the "Simple Luv (86 Crush Remix) Lyric Video on briea's Official Artist's Youtube Channel explodes with three dimensional color, and the well known flame and heart illustration, stapling the "Simple Luv" franchise all together. With the remix's release, briea's fanbase officially coined her as "The rising star of Retro Future Disco", creating her own lane of a genre of music.

Discography

 * Tolerate (2022)
 * Listen to Me (2022)
 * Stars in my Soul (2022)
 * Not From Here (2023)
 * Sleepless (2023)
 * Simple Luv (2023)
 * Simple Luv (86 Crush Remix) (2023)