What’s the best gig you’ve ever been to?I saw Nile Rogers and Chic at this outdoor festival in Ibiza when I was around 12 years old.
'Crazy in Love' by Beyonce. Name, where are you from? Opens external website in a new window. Any new music you are listening to right now? It’s at this moment I’m introduced to Blu DeTiger, the NYC native with a penchant for groovy dance tracks and an unabashedly cool fashion aesthetic to match.
You go in there and you just dance by yourself like no one will care. DETIGER: Yeah, I think that’s part of it. Mad respect.
I just really fell in love with the instrument. The lyrics are very much about the New York experience. BLU designs and manufactures low-cost mobile phones. It was finally something that felt more like my own creative expression. When I started DJing, I always brought my bass and played along to my set, and I still do.
I honestly didn’t even know what I was talking about.
I feel special about that. I was brought up to always follow my passion from my parents and everyone else around me, so I just kind of went with it. I had no idea.
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I was also about to go on a European tour with an artist named Fletcher that I was super excited about.
Anything that’s a little bit different qualifies you as a troublemaker, and I think I’m shaking it up in a good way.
Good positive vibes. Venue. We find the status-quo shakers in music, art, style, travel, culture and life, then give their voices platform. She debuted two singles titled "In My Head" and "Mad Love" in 2019. DETIGER: Not really.
'Let’s Dance' by David Bowie.
And not for nothing, I'm covering certified hits for the most part — songs that are familiar, popping on TikTok already, and/or are hot AF. Blu DeTiger is an American singer-songwriter, musician and DJ. Best song to turn up loud?Honestly, every song haha. 'Crushcrushcrush' by Coco & Clair Clair. DETIGER: Obviously it’s hard—you know, no hair and makeup and the camera stuff—I’m not used to that. The 21-year-old New York City native started playing the bass at age seven, quickly landed a gig at CBGB, and has spent the last year touring with Caroline Polachek and Fletcher.
It’s really cool. I was born and raised in New York City.
When I was in middle school, I was in the high school bands; when I was in high school, I was in the college bands.
Blu DeTiger was meant to be a star, if her name doesn’t make that obvious enough. It was one of the first times I witnessed such amazing musicians play in person. Sometimes it's difficult to hear bass on these iPhone speakers.