{"id":1806105,"date":"2026-03-04T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1806105"},"modified":"2026-03-04T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T09:00:00","slug":"beabadoobee-youve-got-to-embrace-the-fuck-ups-and-the-failures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1806105","title":{"rendered":"beabadoobee: \u2018You\u2019ve got to embrace the fuck-ups and the failures\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/629\/0-185-629-419\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/0\/1440141.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"main-article longread\">\n<div class=\"article-main-content article-wrapper has-media-but-its-an-image\" data-status=\"loaded\" data-primary-article=\"true\" data-url=\"\/music\/article\/69813\/1\/beabadoobee-spring-2026-issue-interview-all-i-did-was-dream-about-you\" data-article-id=\"69813\">\n<header class=\"article-header has-portrait-image no-media\">\n<div class=\"wrapper dg-max-width\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<figure class=\"main-img no-figcaption\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.76\" data-template=\"Longread Article\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DC291_CoverIndex_08\" class=\"img\" height=\"831\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/629\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/0\/1440141.jpg\" width=\"629\"><\/span><\/span><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"inner\"><time datetime=\"2026-03-04T12:00:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"04 March 2026\"><span class=\"month\">DateInMeta<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"4\">4,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"titles\">\n<div class=\"tags\">\n<div class=\"sections\"><a class=\"category vertical vertical - music\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\">Music<\/a><br \/>\n\/<br \/>\n<a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/the-spring-2026-issue\">The Spring 2026 Issue<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h1 class=\"title\"><span>beabadoobee: \u2018You\u2019ve got to embrace the fuck-ups and <span class=\"nowrap\">the failures\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"standfirst\">\n<h2>Growing up\u2019s been a painful business for beabadoobee, an indie-rock ingenue known for making \u2018every single feeling count\u2019 through her art \u2013 she talks oversharing on Instagram, and learning to let go of her inner <span class=\"nowrap\">Blair Waldorf<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-03-04T12:00:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"04 March 2026\"><span class=\"month\">March<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"4\">4,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tags\">\n<div class=\"sections\"><a class=\"category vertical - music\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\">Music<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/the-spring-2026-issue\">The Spring 2026 Issue<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-03-04T12:00:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"04 March 2026\"><span class=\"month\">March<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"4\">4,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/p>\n<div class=\"providers\">\n<div class=\"contributors\"><span class=\"contributor\" data-contributor-role=\"Text\"><span class=\"contributor-role\">Text<\/span><a class=\"contributor-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/user\/HalimaJibril\">Halima Jibril<\/a><\/span><span class=\"contributor\" data-contributor-role=\"Photography\"><span class=\"contributor-role\">Photography<\/span><a class=\"contributor-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/user\/GuenFiore\">Guen Fiore<\/a><\/span><span class=\"contributor\" data-contributor-role=\"Styling\"><span class=\"contributor-role\">Styling<\/span><a class=\"contributor-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/user\/GiuliaRevolo\">Giulia Revolo<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\">\n<p><em>This story is taken from the spring 2026 issue of Dazed, which is on sale internationally from March 5. Pre-order a copy of the magazine\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boutiquemags.com\/dpa\/add\/tocart\/id\/14592\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I can hear Beatrice Kristi Ilejay Laus, known to the world as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beabadoobee\">beabadoobee<\/a>, before I can see her. We\u2019re meeting outside the Cat &amp; Mutton pub, on Broadway Market in Hackney, for an afternoon stroll and tea. The sky is light grey, with the sun breaking through the clouds. <span class=\"s1\">It\u2019s a welcome change from the dark, rainy skies of the last few days. <\/span>Bea is laughing with her publicist as they reminisce about taking shots in Eastern Europe; they were in Lithuania last week filming the music video for her new single, \u201cAll I Did Was Dream of You\u201d. The 25-year-old, sporting a white puffer and a brown beanie that covers her black-and-<span class=\"s1\">blonde mullet, brings out a spliff as she leads me around London Fields. <\/span>She loves this park, she explains while smoking. She loves London. <span class=\"s2\">She loves her cats, Kimchi and Miso, and this other cat she found <\/span><span class=\"s1\">being chased by a fox the other day, now christened Moo. She loves <\/span><span class=\"s2\">her boyfriend and collaborator Jake Erland, her friends and family. <\/span>\u201cI\u2019m loving life right now,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>This wasn\u2019t always the case for Bea, especially not when she began releasing music in 2017. Her first single, \u201cCoffee\u201d, got her signed to Dirty Hit Records and grabbed the attention of depressed and anxious teen<span class=\"s2\">agers everywhere (myself included) as she sang, \u201c<em>I promise that one <\/em><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><em>day I\u2019ll feel fine \/ And I promise that one day I\u2019ll feel all right<\/em>.\u201d At 18, <\/span>I would cry while listening to these lyrics, with the firm, melodramatic belief that I would not be able to keep the promises she sang so softly <span class=\"s1\">about. \u201cI thought I was born sad,\u201d she tells me as we wait for our drinks <\/span><span class=\"s2\">to arrive at Market Cafe. \u201cI went to CAMHS (Child and Adolescent <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Mental Health Services) and they were like, \u2018You did so many drugs, <\/span><span class=\"s2\">you\u2019re just permanently sad.\u2019\u201d She can laugh now, but at the time, <\/span>she thought she had \u201cfucked\u201d herself up, that she was always going to be a sad person. \u201cNot true,\u201d she says with a grin. \u201cNot true.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now the Filipina-British artist is a Brit Award nominee with three <span class=\"s1\">albums (<em>Fake It Flowers,<\/em><em>Beatopia<\/em> and <em>This Is How Tomorrow Moves<\/em>) <\/span>and six EPs under her belt. She has been the supporting act for some of the biggest artists on the planet, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/clairo\">Clairo<\/a>, the 1975, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/taylor-swift\">Taylor Swift<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/olivia-rodrigo\">Olivia Rodrigo<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/sabrina-carpenter\">Sabrina Carpenter<\/a>, and after a year without releasing any music, she\u2019s dying to come back. Will we receive some<span class=\"s2\">thing more upbeat this time? \u201cThe next album is still pretty sad,\u201d <\/span>Bea laughs. \u201cBut it\u2019s about accepting the sad times and understanding that you have to feel every single fucking feeling. Happiness, sadness, anger \u2013 all of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"ce1f998c-ec0e-4095-9e9d-b40300b27eb2\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1035\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/0\/1440148.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.77\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Beabadoobee spring 2026 issue dazed\" class=\"img\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1035\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/0\/1440148.jpg\" width=\"1035\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"caption\">Dior Capture Le S\u00e9rum, Dior Forever Glow Star Filter Shade 003, Dior Forever Skin Wear Foundation Shade 3N, Dior Forever Skin Bronze in 03 Light Medium, Dior Forever Nude Matte Filter Powder 03 Medium, Dior Backstage Rosy Glow Stick 831 Ultra Pink, Dior Waterproof Brow Styler in 03 Brown, Dior Backstage Eye Palette in 002 Smoky Essentials, Dior Forever Glow Luminizer in Sugar Cane, Diorshow Overvolume Mascara 090, Rouge Dior 883 Daring Velvet Finish Lipstick, Rouge Dior Lip Contour in 400 <span class=\"nowrap\">Nude Line<\/span><\/span><span class=\"credit\">Photography Guen Fiore, styling <span class=\"nowrap\">Giulia Revolo<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"d7180253-dbd2-47ff-b9a7-b40300b27aa8\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1035\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/0\/1440145.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.77\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Beabadoobee spring 2026 issue dazed\" class=\"img\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1035\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/0\/1440145.jpg\" width=\"1035\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"caption\">Dior Capture Le S\u00e9rum, Dior Forever Glow Star Filter Shade 003, Dior Forever Skin Wear Foundation Shade 3N, Dior Forever Skin Bronze in 03 Light Medium, Dior Forever Nude Matte Filter Powder 03 Medium, Diorshow Waterproof Brow Styler in 03 Brown, Dior Backstage Eye Palette in 002 Smoky Essentials, Dior Forever Glow Luminizer in Sugar Cane, Diorshow Overvolume Mascara 090, Dior Addict Lip Glow Oil in <span class=\"nowrap\">001 Pink<\/span><\/span><span class=\"credit\">Photography Guen Fiore, styling <span class=\"nowrap\">Giulia Revolo<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\">\n<p><strong>My introduction to your music was through the <em>Patched Up<\/em> EP, from 2018. Your song \u201cEighteen\u201d touched me because I was 18 when it <span class=\"s1\">came out, and I had all the anxieties you were singing about. I even <\/span><span class=\"s1\">wrote a personal essay inspired by the song about turning 19, and <\/span>how scared I was that my teenage years were almost over. When you think back to 18-year-old Bea and all her anxieties and fears, how do you feel about how far you\u2019ve come?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><strong>beabadoobee:<\/strong> OMG. You have to send me your essay. My dad was a nurse at <\/span>the time when that EP came out, and one of his patients was <span class=\"s2\">a recovering drug addict. He told him that <em>Patched Up <\/em>helped <\/span><span class=\"s1\">him [while in recovery], and I was like, \u2018Wow, this EP is really <\/span>depressing.\u2019 <em>[laughs]<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019ve helped people in tough times!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><strong>beabadoobee:<\/strong><\/span>To answer your question, when I was on social media loads, I would be subconsciously influenced by the things I was consuming. But since getting off the internet I\u2019ve been super <span class=\"s1\">creative; I have dedicated my life to music and friends, and that\u2019s <\/span>the only thing I have to go off now. <em>Patched Up<\/em> is one of the <span class=\"s1\">[records] that will always have a special place in my heart; I\u2019m <\/span>always gonna listen back to it and be like, \u2018Oh, it\u2019s interesting that <span class=\"s1\">I did that there.\u2019 I want to keep those little things that remind me <\/span>of who I am.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">Thinking about what I was writing then [compared] to how <\/span><span class=\"s1\">I feel now is crazy, because sometimes I feel the exact same way. <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Like, I feel really confident today, but there are moments when <\/span><span class=\"s2\">I can listen to a song that I wrote ages ago and be like \u2018OMG, <\/span><span class=\"s1\">I haven\u2019t fucking changed, bitch! I still feel the same.\u2019 <em>[laughs] <\/em><\/span><span class=\"s1\">But what\u2019s the point in living life if you\u2019re not figuring shit out all <\/span><span class=\"s3\">the time? That\u2019s just how you learn. Growing up is just something <\/span>you do until you die, and I kind of love that.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you still feel anxiety about getting older and being an adult?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><strong>beabadoobee:<\/strong> Naturally, yes <\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u2013 <\/span><span class=\"s1\">everyone does. But I\u2019ve found peace in the fact <\/span><span class=\"s1\">that it\u2019s inevitable. I think those feelings are necessary. With my <\/span><span class=\"s2\">last record [<em>This Is How Tomorrow Moves<\/em>], it was all about the <\/span><span class=\"s1\">fact that I\u2019m an adult now, and I\u2019ve got everything figured out, <\/span><span class=\"s1\">but of course I haven\u2019t. I\u2019m fucking up loads and I think you\u2019ve <\/span><span class=\"s1\">got to fuck up loads. You\u2019ve got to embrace those fuck-ups, those <\/span><span class=\"s1\">moments when you fail and get confused, because it\u2019s the only <\/span>way you will get to where you\u2019re at now.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of my excitement about getting older is that I can\u2019t wait to have a baby. I love taking care of my cats [Kimchi and Miso]. <span class=\"s2\">They have changed my life, and I\u2019ve realised that I really love <\/span><span class=\"s3\">caring for things. I can\u2019t wait to have a little baby version of me to <\/span><span class=\"s1\">take care of and I think that\u2019s what I\u2019m looking forward to about <\/span>being an adult.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"s2\">Do you feel like you have to censor or worry about what you say in <\/span>public a lot now?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><strong>beabadoobee:<\/strong><\/span>I used to not care at all. When I was super online I would wake <span class=\"s1\">up and post an IG story like, \u2018Haha, just sharted.\u2019 <em>[laughs]<\/em> I said <\/span>the most insane things, and I still see my old posts on Pinterest, \u2019cause it\u2019s the only social media I use. With how times are <span class=\"s2\">changing and the way the internet has evolved, everyone will <\/span><span class=\"s1\">find an issue with absolutely everything. But what I appreciate <\/span><span class=\"s1\">about making music, or any art for that matter, is that you can <\/span><span class=\"s3\">say whatever the hell you want. I\u2019ve realised I can get angry in my <\/span><span class=\"s1\">art and not feel worried about what people will think, because <\/span>they are going to interpret it in so many different ways.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"s1\">You\u2019ve got to embrace those fuck-ups, those <\/span><span class=\"s1\">moments when you fail and get confused, because it\u2019s the only <\/span>way you will get to where you\u2019re at now\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\">\n<p><strong>You mentioned in an interview recently that your go-to TV show to watch on repeat is Sex and the City. Which character do you most <span class=\"s1\">identify with?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>beabadoobee: <\/strong><\/span>I\u2019ve always thought I was a Carrie, but I\u2019ve not watched it in <\/span><span class=\"s2\">ages. I tried watching <em>And Just Like That<\/em>\u2026 but I haven\u2019t really <\/span>delved into it properly. Me and my boyfriend have an addiction to watching shitty British crime shows [like <em>Line Of Duty<\/em>].<\/p>\n<p>Back to <em>SATC<\/em>, though\u2026 I honestly see myself in every single woman now. In Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha\u2026 actually, <span class=\"s1\">maybe I\u2019m not as free-spirited as Samantha. I wish I had her <\/span><span class=\"s2\">confidence. She was, like, 40 when that show began. If I look like <\/span>that when I\u2019m 40, I\u2019ll be a hoe too!<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"s1\">I read in a few interviews from last year that you started taking <\/span><span class=\"s2\">ballet lessons because you felt your body breaking down. Do you still <\/span>attend classes?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>beabadoobee: <\/strong><\/span><\/span>Nope. That\u2019s over! <em>[laughs] <\/em>I started ballet to feel healthier and, <span class=\"s2\">in a weird way, it was just making me more insecure. Now, I\u2019ve <\/span>got a Peloton\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shout out to Mr Big, who died on a Peloton<span class=\"s3\">.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>beabadoobee: <\/strong><\/span><\/span>OMG yeah, he had a heart attack on his Peloton! <em>[laughs]<\/em> That\u2019s fucking crazy, going from <em>SATC<\/em> to my Peloton.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Everything is connected to SATC, in a way.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>beabadoobee: <\/strong><\/span><em>[laughs] <\/em>No, literally. But yeah, using my Peloton, feeling inde<\/span><span class=\"s2\">pendent and doing it at my own pace feels good. I like not having <\/span><span class=\"s2\">someone telling me to wear a certain thing or look a certain way <\/span>or focus on a certain part of my body. That was my issue. When I was seriously training or doing ballet, I was hyper-focused on <span class=\"s1\">things I\u2019d never noticed about my body before. I\u2019ve had body <\/span>issues my entire life, and recently I\u2019ve been way chiller about it <span class=\"s2\">because I don\u2019t do things that make me aware of my body in that <\/span>way. I don\u2019t want to be so aware of my body; I just use it to walk, bro. I just need to take care of it.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"s1\">You had a busy 2025. Coachella, Bonnaroo, BST Hyde Park. I saw <\/span>you at BST Hyde Park last year with Amber Mark, Clairo and Sabrina Carpenter. How does it feel to make music alongside this new generation of women artists?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>beabadoobee: <\/strong><\/span>BST Hyde Park was sooo much fun. I loved it. Claire [Clairo] and <\/span><span class=\"s2\">I watched Sabrina together, I love her so much. I feel like I\u2019m in <\/span><span class=\"s2\">safe hands being surrounded by all these women. It\u2019s also nice <\/span><span class=\"s2\">to know that the biggest artists right now are women! It makes <\/span><span class=\"s2\">me really happy that people are seeing how talented Sabrina is; <\/span><span class=\"s1\">she has been doing this for ages. And Chappell Roan. It\u2019s just <\/span>so satisfying to see and they\u2019re all really lovely as well. It makes <span class=\"s1\">me way more comfortable in places where I would normally <\/span>feel uncomfortable.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"6f69a804-378b-4425-a2dc-b40300b2834f\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1012\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/0\/1440151.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.75\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Beabadoobee spring 2026 issue dazed\" class=\"img\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1012\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/0\/1440151.jpg\" width=\"1012\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"caption\">Dior Capture Le S\u00e9rum, Dior Forever Glow Star Filter Shade 003, Dior Forever Skin Wear Foundation Shade 3N, Dior Forever Skin Bronze in 03 Light Medium, Dior Forever Nude Matte Filter Powder 03 Medium, Dior Backstage Rosy Glow Stick 831 Ultra Pink, Dior Waterproof Brow Styler in 03 Brown, Dior Backstage Eye Palette in 002 Smoky Essentials, Dior Forever Glow Luminizer in Sugar Cane, Diorshow Overvolume Mascara 090, Dior Addict Lip Glow Oil in 104 <span class=\"nowrap\">Black Cherry<\/span><\/span><span class=\"credit\">Photography Guen Fiore, styling <span class=\"nowrap\">Giulia Revolo<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"4613f417-09e7-40a4-98d1-b40300b27fbf\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1011\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/0\/1440149.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.75\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Beabadoobee spring 2026 issue dazed\" class=\"img\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1011\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/0\/1440149.jpg\" width=\"1011\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"caption\">Dior Capture Le S\u00e9rum, Dior Forever Glow Star Filter Shade 003, Dior Forever Skin Wear Foundation Shade 3N, Dior Forever Skin Bronze in 03 Light Medium, Dior Forever Nude Matte Filter Powder 03 Medium, Dior Backstage Rosy Glow Stick 831 Ultra Pink, Dior Waterproof Brow Styler in 03 Brown, Dior Backstage Eye Palette in 002 Smoky Essentials, Dior Forever Glow Luminizer in Sugar Cane, Diorshow Overvolume Mascara 090, Rouge Dior 883 Daring Velvet Finish Lipstick, Rouge Dior Lip Contour in 400 <span class=\"nowrap\">Nude Line<\/span><\/span><span class=\"credit\">Photography Guen Fiore, styling <span class=\"nowrap\">Giulia Revolo<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\">\n<p><strong>Do any of your works speak to each other?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>beabadoobee:<\/strong><\/span><\/span>Yes! I had this really sweet interaction with Sabrina the first <span class=\"s1\">time I met her. I remember being like, \u2018I love your song \u2018emails <\/span><span class=\"s1\">i can\u2019t send\u2019, which is one of my favourite songs she\u2019s written. <\/span><span class=\"s2\">The meaning behind the song is exactly the same thing I went <\/span><span class=\"s2\">through in my childhood, and I\u2019d written a song about it called \u2018<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Ripples\u2019. What was funny was that, when I told her I loved the <\/span><span class=\"s1\">song and related to it, she told me she loved \u2018Ripples\u2019. It was a <\/span><span class=\"s2\">crazy moment. This is why I love making music, because the idea <\/span><span class=\"s2\">of someone listening to something I\u2019ve written and being like, \u2018<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Wait, I\u2019ve gone through the exact same thing\u2019 makes me feel <\/span>way less alone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You just shot your new music video in Lithuania. How was it and what can you tell us about your new music?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>beabadoobee: <\/strong><\/span>I recently watched <em>Bugonia <\/em>by Yorgos Lanthimos <\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u2013 <\/span><span class=\"s2\">my boyfriend <\/span><span class=\"s1\">and I are fucking obsessed with Yorgos <\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u2013 <\/span><span class=\"s1\">and that last scene <\/span><span class=\"s1\">inspired the video\u2026 I made \u2018All I Did Was Dream of You\u2019 with <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Mar\u00eda Zardoya from The Mar\u00edas. She couldn\u2019t be in the video, <\/span><span class=\"s2\">but she sang beautifully on the song and was really encouraging.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s3\">I made [the video] with my boyfriend and one of his good friends, <\/span>Lucas, who is from Lithuania. It was \u221217C there \u2013 I could have died! I was singing on this frozen lake; it was fucking crazy but <span class=\"s1\">it looks so beautiful. It\u2019s a nice bridge to the next thing I want <\/span>to release.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">I literally can\u2019t wait to release something, honestly <\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u2013 <\/span><span class=\"s1\">I\u2019m <\/span><span class=\"s1\">fucking dying. Since stepping back from everything, living in <\/span><span class=\"s1\">real life and seeing friends, I look at my music with way more <\/span>integrity. Like, if I don\u2019t think a song is perfect, I\u2019m not going to <span class=\"s2\">put it out. And I know the discourse: what if a song you don\u2019t like <\/span>is someone\u2019s favourite, but it needs to matter to me. I need to stop <span class=\"s2\">caring about what other people think. I\u2019ve spent my whole life <\/span>doing that.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"s1\">Finally, some quickfire questions. What books are you reading at <\/span>the moment?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><strong>beabadoobee: <\/strong><\/span>I was reading <em>Walking Through Clear Water<\/em><em>in a Pool Painted <\/em><\/span><em>Black<\/em> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/cookie-mueller\">Cookie Mueller<\/a>. Cookie was the OG art hoe. She found <span class=\"s1\">herself in the most crazy situations <\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u2013 <\/span><span class=\"s1\">there\u2019s a bit in the book <\/span><span class=\"s3\">where she stumbles into a Charles Manson van\u2026 I also like books <\/span>about cats, music books and photobooks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"s1\">I\u2019ve had body <\/span>issues my entire life, and recently I\u2019ve been way chiller about it<span class=\"s2\">..<\/span>. I don\u2019t want to be so aware of my body; I just use it to walk, bro. I just need to take care of it\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\">\n<p><strong>Which living person do you most admire?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><strong>beabadoobee: <\/strong><\/span><\/span>My mum and my friends. I have the most solid friendship group <span class=\"s1\">of girls I\u2019ve known since I was 11. I wouldn\u2019t have started making <\/span>music or playing the guitar without them; I wouldn\u2019t be cool without them!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which living person do you most despise?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><strong>beabadoobee: <\/strong><\/span><\/span>There are so many people I could say! <em>[laughs]<\/em> If I told you everybody I despised, I would get cancelled. But I don\u2019t hold grudges. <span class=\"s1\">Like, I can\u2019t believe someone I trusted fucked me over and made <\/span><span class=\"s2\">me cry, but I\u2019m a very loyal person and when I have love for <\/span>someone it will always exist, however much they\u2019ve hurt me.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Are you a forgive-and-forget type of person, then?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s3\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><strong>beabadoobee: <\/strong><\/span><\/span>Back in the day, I was definitely out for revenge. I was on my Blair <\/span><span class=\"s3\">Waldorf shit. Nowadays, I don\u2019t have the time. I low-key wish I did. <\/span>I forgive, but I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll ever forget.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When do you find yourself lying the most?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s3\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><strong>beabadoobee: <\/strong><\/span><\/span>When I was younger, I used to lie about being OK a lot. But not so <\/span><span class=\"s1\">much now. Also, honestly, it\u2019s fun to lie sometimes. I once lied to <\/span><span class=\"s1\">my Uber driver that I was in a Nine Inch Nails cover band, \u2019cause <\/span>why not?<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s your advice for mending a broken heart?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><strong>beabadoobee: <\/strong><\/span>Alcohol! <em>[laughs]<\/em> No <\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u2013 <\/span><span class=\"s1\">don\u2019t listen to sad songs. People say you <\/span><span class=\"s1\">should so you can get it all out, but I disagree. When I was going <\/span>through my first heartbreak, which was intense, I only listened to happy music and I had the best time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which words or phrases do you most overuse?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><strong>beabadoobee: <\/strong><\/span><\/span>Epic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you consider your greatest achievement?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s3\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><strong>beabadoobee: <\/strong><\/span><\/span>For ages, I was always terrified of being alone, of being away from <\/span>someone and missing them. It was a massive problem for me on <span class=\"s1\">tour. My greatest achievement is realising all of that is necessary. <\/span>I am grateful I have someone to miss. <span class=\"s1\">I feel the most stable I\u2019ve been right now, and all the things <\/span>that I\u2019ve had to do this year have led me to this point. I don\u2019t feel the need for validation from social media or from other people; I\u2019m completely and passionately focused on my art. I know that <span class=\"s1\">things can change and I might feel different tomorrow, but it\u2019s <\/span>the fact that I can right now accept that I feel OK. I\u2019ve never had that acceptance before.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\">\n<p><em>Beabadoobee wears <span class=\"s1\">Dior Beauty<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>All clothes worn throughout <span class=\"s1\">Dior S\/S26<\/span>, jewellery worn throughout beabadoobee\u2019s own<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"s2\">Make-up <\/span>Ana Takahashi<span class=\"s2\"> at <\/span>Art Partner<span class=\"s2\"> using <\/span>Dior Beauty<span class=\"s2\">, <\/span><span class=\"s2\">hair <\/span>Emilie Bromley<span class=\"s2\"> using <\/span>Oribe<span class=\"s2\">, nails <\/span>Ella Vivii<span class=\"s2\"> at <\/span>The <span class=\"s1\">Only Agency<\/span>, photographic assistants <span class=\"s1\">Ariel Mihaly<\/span>, Valdrin Rexhepi<span class=\"s2\">, styling <\/span><span class=\"s2\">assistant <\/span>Jessie Silver<span class=\"s2\">, <\/span>make-up assistant <span class=\"s1\">Chloe <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Palmer<\/span>, hair assistant <span class=\"s1\">Rosie Jones<\/span>, production Chiara Lafour<span class=\"s2\"> and <\/span>Izzy <span class=\"s1\">Davis<\/span> at <span class=\"s1\">Lafour<\/span>, production <span class=\"s2\">assistants <\/span>Olivia Fernanda<span class=\"s2\">, <\/span>Leon Byrne-Adim<span class=\"s2\">, <\/span>post-production <span class=\"s1\">IMAGINE<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-series header article-series tags\"><span class=\"heading\">More on these topics:<\/span><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\">Music<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/the-spring-2026-issue\">The Spring 2026 Issue<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/beabadoobee\">Beabadoobee<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/indie-rock\">indie rock <\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/london\">London<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/shoegaze\">shoegaze<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-navigation\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/news\/\" class=\"image-navigation__img one\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-navigation__wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"image-navigation__title\">News<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/\" class=\"image-navigation__img two\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-navigation__wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"image-navigation__title\">Fashion<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/\" class=\"image-navigation__img three\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-navigation__wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"image-navigation__title\">Music<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/film-tv\/\" class=\"image-navigation__img four\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-navigation__wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"image-navigation__title\">Film &amp; TV<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/article\/69813\/1\/beabadoobee-spring-2026-issue-interview-all-i-did-was-dream-about-you#features\" class=\"image-navigation__img five\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-navigation__wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"image-navigation__title\">Features<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/\" class=\"image-navigation__img six\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-navigation__wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"image-navigation__title\">Beauty<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/life-culture\/\" class=\"image-navigation__img seven\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-navigation__wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"image-navigation__title\">Life &amp; Culture<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/art-photography\/\" class=\"image-navigation__img eight\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-navigation__wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"image-navigation__title\">Art &amp; Photography<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\">\n<p><em>This story is taken from the spring 2026 issue of Dazed, which is on sale internationally from March 5. Pre-order a copy of the magazine\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boutiquemags.com\/dpa\/add\/tocart\/id\/14592\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I can hear Beatrice Kristi Ilejay Laus, known to the world as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beabadoobee\">beabadoobee<\/a>, before I can see her. We\u2019re meeting outside the Cat &amp; Mutton pub, on Broadway Market in Hackney, for an afternoon stroll and tea. The sky is light grey, with the sun breaking through the clouds. <span class=\"s1\">It\u2019s a welcome change from the dark, rainy skies of the last few days. <\/span>Bea is laughing with her publicist as they reminisce about taking shots in Eastern Europe; they were in Lithuania last week filming the music video for her new single, \u201cAll I Did Was Dream of You\u201d. The 25-year-old, sporting a white puffer and a brown beanie that covers her black-and-<span class=\"s1\">blonde mullet, brings out a spliff as she leads me around London Fields. <\/span>She loves this park, she explains while smoking. She loves London. <span class=\"s2\">She loves her cats, Kimchi and Miso, and this other cat she found <\/span><span class=\"s1\">being chased by a fox the other day, now christened Moo. She loves <\/span><span class=\"s2\">her boyfriend and collaborator Jake Erland, her friends and family. <\/span>\u201cI\u2019m loving life right now,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>This wasn\u2019t always the case for Bea, especially not when she began releasing music in 2017. Her first single, \u201cCoffee\u201d, got her signed to Dirty Hit Records and grabbed the attention of depressed and anxious teen<span class=\"s2\">agers everywhere (myself included) as she sang, \u201c<em>I promise that one <\/em><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><em>day I\u2019ll feel fine \/ And I promise that one day I\u2019ll feel all right<\/em>.\u201d At 18, <\/span>I would cry while listening to these lyrics, with the firm, melodramatic belief that I would not be able to keep the promises she sang so softly <span class=\"s1\">about. \u201cI thought I was born sad,\u201d she tells me as we wait for our drinks <\/span><span class=\"s2\">to arrive at Market Cafe. \u201cI went to CAMHS (Child and Adolescent <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Mental Health Services) and they were like, \u2018You did so many drugs, <\/span><span class=\"s2\">you\u2019re just permanently sad.\u2019\u201d She can laugh now, but at the time, <\/span>she thought she had \u201cfucked\u201d herself up, that she was always going to be a sad person. \u201cNot true,\u201d she says with a grin. \u201cNot true.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now the Filipina-British artist is a Brit Award nominee with three <span class=\"s1\">albums (<em>Fake It Flowers,<\/em><em>Beatopia<\/em> and <em>This Is How Tomorrow Moves<\/em>) <\/span>and six EPs under her belt. She has been the supporting act for some of the biggest artists on the planet, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/clairo\">Clairo<\/a>, the 1975, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/taylor-swift\">Taylor Swift<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/olivia-rodrigo\">Olivia Rodrigo<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/sabrina-carpenter\">Sabrina Carpenter<\/a>, and after a year without releasing any music, she\u2019s dying to come back. Will we receive some<span class=\"s2\">thing more upbeat this time? \u201cThe next album is still pretty sad,\u201d <\/span>Bea laughs. \u201cBut it\u2019s about accepting the sad times and understanding that you have to feel every single fucking feeling. Happiness, sadness, anger \u2013 all of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"ce1f998c-ec0e-4095-9e9d-b40300b27eb2\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1035\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/0\/1440148.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.77\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Beabadoobee spring 2026 issue dazed\" class=\"img\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1035\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/0\/1440148.jpg\" width=\"1035\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"caption\">Dior Capture Le S\u00e9rum, Dior Forever Glow Star Filter Shade 003, Dior Forever Skin Wear Foundation Shade 3N, Dior Forever Skin Bronze in 03 Light Medium, Dior Forever Nude Matte Filter Powder 03 Medium, Dior Backstage Rosy Glow Stick 831 Ultra Pink, Dior Waterproof Brow Styler in 03 Brown, Dior Backstage Eye Palette in 002 Smoky Essentials, Dior Forever Glow Luminizer in Sugar Cane, Diorshow Overvolume Mascara 090, Rouge Dior 883 Daring Velvet Finish Lipstick, Rouge Dior Lip Contour in 400 <span class=\"nowrap\">Nude Line<\/span><\/span><span class=\"credit\">Photography Guen Fiore, styling <span class=\"nowrap\">Giulia Revolo<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"d7180253-dbd2-47ff-b9a7-b40300b27aa8\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1035\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/0\/1440145.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.77\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Beabadoobee spring 2026 issue dazed\" class=\"img\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1035\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/0\/1440145.jpg\" width=\"1035\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"caption\">Dior Capture Le S\u00e9rum, Dior Forever Glow Star Filter Shade 003, Dior Forever Skin Wear Foundation Shade 3N, Dior Forever Skin Bronze in 03 Light Medium, Dior Forever Nude Matte Filter Powder 03 Medium, Diorshow Waterproof Brow Styler in 03 Brown, Dior Backstage Eye Palette in 002 Smoky Essentials, Dior Forever Glow Luminizer in Sugar Cane, Diorshow Overvolume Mascara 090, Dior Addict Lip Glow Oil in <span class=\"nowrap\">001 Pink<\/span><\/span><span class=\"credit\">Photography Guen Fiore, styling <span class=\"nowrap\">Giulia Revolo<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\">\n<p><strong>My introduction to your music was through the <em>Patched Up<\/em> EP, from 2018. Your song \u201cEighteen\u201d touched me because I was 18 when it <span class=\"s1\">came out, and I had all the anxieties you were singing about. I even <\/span><span class=\"s1\">wrote a personal essay inspired by the song about turning 19, and <\/span>how scared I was that my teenage years were almost over. When you think back to 18-year-old Bea and all her anxieties and fears, how do you feel about how far you\u2019ve come?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><strong>beabadoobee:<\/strong> OMG. You have to send me your essay. My dad was a nurse at <\/span>the time when that EP came out, and one of his patients was <span class=\"s2\">a recovering drug addict. He told him that <em>Patched Up <\/em>helped <\/span><span class=\"s1\">him [while in recovery], and I was like, \u2018Wow, this EP is really <\/span>depressing.\u2019 <em>[laughs]<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019ve helped people in tough times!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><strong>beabadoobee:<\/strong><\/span>To answer your question, when I was on social media loads, I would be subconsciously influenced by the things I was consuming. But since getting off the internet I\u2019ve been super <span class=\"s1\">creative; I have dedicated my life to music and friends, and that\u2019s <\/span>the only thing I have to go off now. <em>Patched Up<\/em> is one of the <span class=\"s1\">[records] that will always have a special place in my heart; I\u2019m <\/span>always gonna listen back to it and be like, \u2018Oh, it\u2019s interesting that <span class=\"s1\">I did that there.\u2019 I want to keep those little things that remind me <\/span>of who I am.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">Thinking about what I was writing then [compared] to how <\/span><span class=\"s1\">I feel now is crazy, because sometimes I feel the exact same way. <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Like, I feel really confident today, but there are moments when <\/span><span class=\"s2\">I can listen to a song that I wrote ages ago and be like \u2018OMG, <\/span><span class=\"s1\">I haven\u2019t fucking changed, bitch! I still feel the same.\u2019 <em>[laughs] <\/em><\/span><span class=\"s1\">But what\u2019s the point in living life if you\u2019re not figuring shit out all <\/span><span class=\"s3\">the time? That\u2019s just how you learn. Growing up is just something <\/span>you do until you die, and I kind of love that.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you still feel anxiety about getting older and being an adult?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><strong>beabadoobee:<\/strong> Naturally, yes <\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u2013 <\/span><span class=\"s1\">everyone does. But I\u2019ve found peace in the fact <\/span><span class=\"s1\">that it\u2019s inevitable. I think those feelings are necessary. With my <\/span><span class=\"s2\">last record [<em>This Is How Tomorrow Moves<\/em>], it was all about the <\/span><span class=\"s1\">fact that I\u2019m an adult now, and I\u2019ve got everything figured out, <\/span><span class=\"s1\">but of course I haven\u2019t. I\u2019m fucking up loads and I think you\u2019ve <\/span><span class=\"s1\">got to fuck up loads. You\u2019ve got to embrace those fuck-ups, those <\/span><span class=\"s1\">moments when you fail and get confused, because it\u2019s the only <\/span>way you will get to where you\u2019re at now.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of my excitement about getting older is that I can\u2019t wait to have a baby. I love taking care of my cats [Kimchi and Miso]. <span class=\"s2\">They have changed my life, and I\u2019ve realised that I really love <\/span><span class=\"s3\">caring for things. I can\u2019t wait to have a little baby version of me to <\/span><span class=\"s1\">take care of and I think that\u2019s what I\u2019m looking forward to about <\/span>being an adult.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"s2\">Do you feel like you have to censor or worry about what you say in <\/span>public a lot now?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><strong>beabadoobee:<\/strong><\/span>I used to not care at all. When I was super online I would wake <span class=\"s1\">up and post an IG story like, \u2018Haha, just sharted.\u2019 <em>[laughs]<\/em> I said <\/span>the most insane things, and I still see my old posts on Pinterest, \u2019cause it\u2019s the only social media I use. With how times are <span class=\"s2\">changing and the way the internet has evolved, everyone will <\/span><span class=\"s1\">find an issue with absolutely everything. But what I appreciate <\/span><span class=\"s1\">about making music, or any art for that matter, is that you can <\/span><span class=\"s3\">say whatever the hell you want. I\u2019ve realised I can get angry in my <\/span><span class=\"s1\">art and not feel worried about what people will think, because <\/span>they are going to interpret it in so many different ways.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"s1\">You\u2019ve got to embrace those fuck-ups, those <\/span><span class=\"s1\">moments when you fail and get confused, because it\u2019s the only <\/span>way you will get to where you\u2019re at now\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\">\n<p><strong>You mentioned in an interview recently that your go-to TV show to watch on repeat is Sex and the City. Which character do you most <span class=\"s1\">identify with?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>beabadoobee: <\/strong><\/span>I\u2019ve always thought I was a Carrie, but I\u2019ve not watched it in <\/span><span class=\"s2\">ages. I tried watching <em>And Just Like That<\/em>\u2026 but I haven\u2019t really <\/span>delved into it properly. Me and my boyfriend have an addiction to watching shitty British crime shows [like <em>Line Of Duty<\/em>].<\/p>\n<p>Back to <em>SATC<\/em>, though\u2026 I honestly see myself in every single woman now. In Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha\u2026 actually, <span class=\"s1\">maybe I\u2019m not as free-spirited as Samantha. I wish I had her <\/span><span class=\"s2\">confidence. She was, like, 40 when that show began. If I look like <\/span>that when I\u2019m 40, I\u2019ll be a hoe too!<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"s1\">I read in a few interviews from last year that you started taking <\/span><span class=\"s2\">ballet lessons because you felt your body breaking down. Do you still <\/span>attend classes?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>beabadoobee: <\/strong><\/span><\/span>Nope. That\u2019s over! <em>[laughs] <\/em>I started ballet to feel healthier and, <span class=\"s2\">in a weird way, it was just making me more insecure. Now, I\u2019ve <\/span>got a Peloton\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shout out to Mr Big, who died on a Peloton<span class=\"s3\">.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>beabadoobee: <\/strong><\/span><\/span>OMG yeah, he had a heart attack on his Peloton! <em>[laughs]<\/em> That\u2019s fucking crazy, going from <em>SATC<\/em> to my Peloton.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Everything is connected to SATC, in a way.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>beabadoobee: <\/strong><\/span><em>[laughs] <\/em>No, literally. But yeah, using my Peloton, feeling inde<\/span><span class=\"s2\">pendent and doing it at my own pace feels good. I like not having <\/span><span class=\"s2\">someone telling me to wear a certain thing or look a certain way <\/span>or focus on a certain part of my body. That was my issue. When I was seriously training or doing ballet, I was hyper-focused on <span class=\"s1\">things I\u2019d never noticed about my body before. I\u2019ve had body <\/span>issues my entire life, and recently I\u2019ve been way chiller about it <span class=\"s2\">because I don\u2019t do things that make me aware of my body in that <\/span>way. I don\u2019t want to be so aware of my body; I just use it to walk, bro. I just need to take care of it.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"s1\">You had a busy 2025. Coachella, Bonnaroo, BST Hyde Park. I saw <\/span>you at BST Hyde Park last year with Amber Mark, Clairo and Sabrina Carpenter. How does it feel to make music alongside this new generation of women artists?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>beabadoobee: <\/strong><\/span>BST Hyde Park was sooo much fun. I loved it. Claire [Clairo] and <\/span><span class=\"s2\">I watched Sabrina together, I love her so much. I feel like I\u2019m in <\/span><span class=\"s2\">safe hands being surrounded by all these women. It\u2019s also nice <\/span><span class=\"s2\">to know that the biggest artists right now are women! It makes <\/span><span class=\"s2\">me really happy that people are seeing how talented Sabrina is; <\/span><span class=\"s1\">she has been doing this for ages. And Chappell Roan. It\u2019s just <\/span>so satisfying to see and they\u2019re all really lovely as well. It makes <span class=\"s1\">me way more comfortable in places where I would normally <\/span>feel uncomfortable.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"6f69a804-378b-4425-a2dc-b40300b2834f\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1012\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/0\/1440151.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.75\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Beabadoobee spring 2026 issue dazed\" class=\"img\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1012\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/0\/1440151.jpg\" width=\"1012\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"caption\">Dior Capture Le S\u00e9rum, Dior Forever Glow Star Filter Shade 003, Dior Forever Skin Wear Foundation Shade 3N, Dior Forever Skin Bronze in 03 Light Medium, Dior Forever Nude Matte Filter Powder 03 Medium, Dior Backstage Rosy Glow Stick 831 Ultra Pink, Dior Waterproof Brow Styler in 03 Brown, Dior Backstage Eye Palette in 002 Smoky Essentials, Dior Forever Glow Luminizer in Sugar Cane, Diorshow Overvolume Mascara 090, Dior Addict Lip Glow Oil in 104 <span class=\"nowrap\">Black Cherry<\/span><\/span><span class=\"credit\">Photography Guen Fiore, styling <span class=\"nowrap\">Giulia Revolo<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"4613f417-09e7-40a4-98d1-b40300b27fbf\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1011\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/0\/1440149.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.75\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Beabadoobee spring 2026 issue dazed\" class=\"img\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1011\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/0\/1440149.jpg\" width=\"1011\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"caption\">Dior Capture Le S\u00e9rum, Dior Forever Glow Star Filter Shade 003, Dior Forever Skin Wear Foundation Shade 3N, Dior Forever Skin Bronze in 03 Light Medium, Dior Forever Nude Matte Filter Powder 03 Medium, Dior Backstage Rosy Glow Stick 831 Ultra Pink, Dior Waterproof Brow Styler in 03 Brown, Dior Backstage Eye Palette in 002 Smoky Essentials, Dior Forever Glow Luminizer in Sugar Cane, Diorshow Overvolume Mascara 090, Rouge Dior 883 Daring Velvet Finish Lipstick, Rouge Dior Lip Contour in 400 <span class=\"nowrap\">Nude Line<\/span><\/span><span class=\"credit\">Photography Guen Fiore, styling <span class=\"nowrap\">Giulia Revolo<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\">\n<p><strong>Do any of your works speak to each other?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>beabadoobee:<\/strong><\/span><\/span>Yes! I had this really sweet interaction with Sabrina the first <span class=\"s1\">time I met her. I remember being like, \u2018I love your song \u2018emails <\/span><span class=\"s1\">i can\u2019t send\u2019, which is one of my favourite songs she\u2019s written. <\/span><span class=\"s2\">The meaning behind the song is exactly the same thing I went <\/span><span class=\"s2\">through in my childhood, and I\u2019d written a song about it called \u2018<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Ripples\u2019. What was funny was that, when I told her I loved the <\/span><span class=\"s1\">song and related to it, she told me she loved \u2018Ripples\u2019. It was a <\/span><span class=\"s2\">crazy moment. This is why I love making music, because the idea <\/span><span class=\"s2\">of someone listening to something I\u2019ve written and being like, \u2018<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Wait, I\u2019ve gone through the exact same thing\u2019 makes me feel <\/span>way less alone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You just shot your new music video in Lithuania. How was it and what can you tell us about your new music?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>beabadoobee: <\/strong><\/span>I recently watched <em>Bugonia <\/em>by Yorgos Lanthimos <\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u2013 <\/span><span class=\"s2\">my boyfriend <\/span><span class=\"s1\">and I are fucking obsessed with Yorgos <\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u2013 <\/span><span class=\"s1\">and that last scene <\/span><span class=\"s1\">inspired the video\u2026 I made \u2018All I Did Was Dream of You\u2019 with <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Mar\u00eda Zardoya from The Mar\u00edas. She couldn\u2019t be in the video, <\/span><span class=\"s2\">but she sang beautifully on the song and was really encouraging.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s3\">I made [the video] with my boyfriend and one of his good friends, <\/span>Lucas, who is from Lithuania. It was \u221217C there \u2013 I could have died! I was singing on this frozen lake; it was fucking crazy but <span class=\"s1\">it looks so beautiful. It\u2019s a nice bridge to the next thing I want <\/span>to release.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">I literally can\u2019t wait to release something, honestly <\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u2013 <\/span><span class=\"s1\">I\u2019m <\/span><span class=\"s1\">fucking dying. Since stepping back from everything, living in <\/span><span class=\"s1\">real life and seeing friends, I look at my music with way more <\/span>integrity. Like, if I don\u2019t think a song is perfect, I\u2019m not going to <span class=\"s2\">put it out. And I know the discourse: what if a song you don\u2019t like <\/span>is someone\u2019s favourite, but it needs to matter to me. I need to stop <span class=\"s2\">caring about what other people think. I\u2019ve spent my whole life <\/span>doing that.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"s1\">Finally, some quickfire questions. What books are you reading at <\/span>the moment?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><strong>beabadoobee: <\/strong><\/span>I was reading <em>Walking Through Clear Water<\/em><em>in a Pool Painted <\/em><\/span><em>Black<\/em> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/cookie-mueller\">Cookie Mueller<\/a>. Cookie was the OG art hoe. She found <span class=\"s1\">herself in the most crazy situations <\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u2013 <\/span><span class=\"s1\">there\u2019s a bit in the book <\/span><span class=\"s3\">where she stumbles into a Charles Manson van\u2026 I also like books <\/span>about cats, music books and photobooks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"s1\">I\u2019ve had body <\/span>issues my entire life, and recently I\u2019ve been way chiller about it<span class=\"s2\">..<\/span>. I don\u2019t want to be so aware of my body; I just use it to walk, bro. I just need to take care of it\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\">\n<p><strong>Which living person do you most admire?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><strong>beabadoobee: <\/strong><\/span><\/span>My mum and my friends. I have the most solid friendship group <span class=\"s1\">of girls I\u2019ve known since I was 11. I wouldn\u2019t have started making <\/span>music or playing the guitar without them; I wouldn\u2019t be cool without them!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which living person do you most despise?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><strong>beabadoobee: <\/strong><\/span><\/span>There are so many people I could say! <em>[laughs]<\/em> If I told you everybody I despised, I would get cancelled. But I don\u2019t hold grudges. <span class=\"s1\">Like, I can\u2019t believe someone I trusted fucked me over and made <\/span><span class=\"s2\">me cry, but I\u2019m a very loyal person and when I have love for <\/span>someone it will always exist, however much they\u2019ve hurt me.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Are you a forgive-and-forget type of person, then?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s3\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><strong>beabadoobee: <\/strong><\/span><\/span>Back in the day, I was definitely out for revenge. I was on my Blair <\/span><span class=\"s3\">Waldorf shit. Nowadays, I don\u2019t have the time. I low-key wish I did. <\/span>I forgive, but I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll ever forget.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When do you find yourself lying the most?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s3\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><strong>beabadoobee: <\/strong><\/span><\/span>When I was younger, I used to lie about being OK a lot. But not so <\/span><span class=\"s1\">much now. Also, honestly, it\u2019s fun to lie sometimes. I once lied to <\/span><span class=\"s1\">my Uber driver that I was in a Nine Inch Nails cover band, \u2019cause <\/span>why not?<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s your advice for mending a broken heart?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><strong>beabadoobee: <\/strong><\/span>Alcohol! <em>[laughs]<\/em> No <\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u2013 <\/span><span class=\"s1\">don\u2019t listen to sad songs. People say you <\/span><span class=\"s1\">should so you can get it all out, but I disagree. When I was going <\/span>through my first heartbreak, which was intense, I only listened to happy music and I had the best time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which words or phrases do you most overuse?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><strong>beabadoobee: <\/strong><\/span><\/span>Epic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you consider your greatest achievement?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s3\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><strong>beabadoobee: <\/strong><\/span><\/span>For ages, I was always terrified of being alone, of being away from <\/span>someone and missing them. It was a massive problem for me on <span class=\"s1\">tour. My greatest achievement is realising all of that is necessary. <\/span>I am grateful I have someone to miss. <span class=\"s1\">I feel the most stable I\u2019ve been right now, and all the things <\/span>that I\u2019ve had to do this year have led me to this point. I don\u2019t feel the need for validation from social media or from other people; I\u2019m completely and passionately focused on my art. I know that <span class=\"s1\">things can change and I might feel different tomorrow, but it\u2019s <\/span>the fact that I can right now accept that I feel OK. I\u2019ve never had that acceptance before.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\">\n<p><em>Beabadoobee wears <span class=\"s1\">Dior Beauty<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>All clothes worn throughout <span class=\"s1\">Dior S\/S26<\/span>, jewellery worn throughout beabadoobee\u2019s own<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"s2\">Make-up <\/span>Ana Takahashi<span class=\"s2\"> at <\/span>Art Partner<span class=\"s2\"> using <\/span>Dior Beauty<span class=\"s2\">, <\/span><span class=\"s2\">hair <\/span>Emilie Bromley<span class=\"s2\"> using <\/span>Oribe<span class=\"s2\">, nails <\/span>Ella Vivii<span class=\"s2\"> at <\/span>The <span class=\"s1\">Only Agency<\/span>, photographic assistants <span class=\"s1\">Ariel Mihaly<\/span>, Valdrin Rexhepi<span class=\"s2\">, styling <\/span><span class=\"s2\">assistant <\/span>Jessie Silver<span class=\"s2\">, <\/span>make-up assistant <span class=\"s1\">Chloe <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Palmer<\/span>, hair assistant <span class=\"s1\">Rosie Jones<\/span>, production Chiara Lafour<span class=\"s2\"> and <\/span>Izzy <span class=\"s1\">Davis<\/span> at <span class=\"s1\">Lafour<\/span>, production <span class=\"s2\">assistants <\/span>Olivia Fernanda<span class=\"s2\">, <\/span>Leon Byrne-Adim<span class=\"s2\">, <\/span>post-production <span class=\"s1\">IMAGINE<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-series header article-series tags\"><span class=\"heading\">More on these topics:<\/span><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\">Music<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/the-spring-2026-issue\">The Spring 2026 Issue<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/beabadoobee\">Beabadoobee<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/indie-rock\">indie rock <\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/london\">London<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/shoegaze\">shoegaze<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/article\/69813\/1\/beabadoobee-spring-2026-issue-interview-all-i-did-was-dream-about-you&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/629\/0-185-629-419\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/0\/1440141.jpg&#8221;] DateInMeta\u00a0 4,\u00a0 2026 Music \/ The Spring 2026 Issue beabadoobee: \u2018You\u2019ve got to embrace the fuck-ups and the failures\u2019 Growing up\u2019s been a painful business for beabadoobee, an indie-rock ingenue known for making \u2018every single feeling count\u2019 through her art \u2013 she talks oversharing on Instagram, and learning to let go of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,76],"class_list":["post-1806105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-dazeddigital-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1806105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1806105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1806105\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1806105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1806105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1806105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}