Can you share your influences? 

My influences come from all realms of music. My new song covers only the tip of the iceberg in relation to how much music I enjoy, but for my single, Paramore, Green Day, and maybe a little Fall Out Boy. I am a huge fan of 2000s pop, punk, and rock; however, I also enjoy folk music, indie, metal of all types, industrial, and overall, just every realm of music.

You have been raised in a musical household (TBH BIBI’s Mum is cult NY Loose punk rocker Brijitte West), what is your earliest musical memory? 

There are too many to count. My mom was definitely responsible for my wide range of music interests, and my dad was also a huge influence and was actually the one to introduce me to gothic music. Listening to Pink Martinis, Queen, Black Eyed Peas, Billy Joel, and so many others really shaped my appreciation for music, and those artists were loved in our household specifically.

What was the first gig you went to, and did it make a big impression on you? 

The first concert I went to that impacted me was probably seeing Billie Eilish when I was thirteen. I saw her at Shepards Bush in London a little before she had become as mainstream as she is now, and it was so incredible. Watching her perform and have so much fun on stage definitely made me want to get on stage too.

‘I Don’t Care’ is your debut single, do you have any other material in the bag yet? 

I’m always writing songs to myself, whenever I have an idea I always write them down in my notes. Right now, I do have a new song that I’m working on that I really hope goes somewhere as the meaning is extremely important to me and the song itself is a lot more unique than ‘I Don’t Care.’

You have a massive TikTok following around your alternative style – can you describe your look and style influences?    

Honestly I really can’t describe my style specifically. It’s very obvious that I’m an alternative person however just as I have a wide range of music interest, I also have a wide range of fashion interest. I’m influenced by emo, scene, goth, grunge, punk and most other styles within the alternative scene. I don’t like to call myself a specific label I’m just me.

Big respect for overcoming your anxiety to perform live – how do you handle that? 

Honestly, I don’t. Which is probably something I should be teaching myself how to handle but not a lot works for me. I am always the most stressed out before a performance, I’ve disappeared five minutes before I was meant to go on and shown up thirty seconds before because I was so terrified. I’ve almost had panic attacks on stage but mostly from the moment I go on stage everything disappears. Stage presence is so important to me as a performer, so I always try to out do myself and I find it’s sort of like playing a character on stage and because of that I’m mostly completely fine when the music starts playing.

What’s next for TBH BIBI? 

Who knows? Honestly, the music scene is very unpredictable, and I want to make sure I don’t place my eggs all in one basket. If things go well, I would love to make more music. It makes me so incredibly happy, and I would love to have that opportunity.

TBH BIBI – ‘I Don’t Care’ (Teaser)