Austin-based alternative rock musician Bee Blackwell returns with the sticky single “LALALA,” marking her first release of the year, heralding the announcement of her new EP Nine Lives, which arrives June 20, 2025. Written, self-produced and then recorded at the famed Sonic Ranch studio in three days during a sabbatical, Nine Lives is an inspiring indie rock-tinged tale of surviving through chaos and coming out of it better than ever. Today’s release is an upbeat, daydreamy mesh of melodic guitar licks, featuring Blackwell’s soft harmonies that crescendo into a whirlwind of percussion and chants of “lalala.”
“‘LALALA’ is a conversation between two people who haven’t spoken to each other in probably years, with all the weird boundaries and walls that have built up over the time lost,” Bee Blackwell says. “There’s a sense of familiarity, but you still don’t know if you can fully trust them, so you just make things up to fill silence or to seem interesting.”
LISTEN TO “LALALA”
WATCH THE “LALALA” OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO
PRE-SAVE NINE LIVES
Bee has kept busy over the past year, making her SXSW debut in Austin, TX, this past March, along with a handful of energetic shows around Texas. With a few months of free time, Bee couldn’t help but create her latest body of work, Nine Lives, serving as a personal diary entry, exposing her struggles, emotional hardships, and life goals. Each track is backed by clear and atmospheric guitar hooks, relaxed and steady rhythmic percussions creating a smooth, calming groove, and a little bit of 2000s emo greatness. The EP sees Bee at her most introspective and daring, taking creative risks while maintaining vulnerability.
In 2023, Bee began posting covers of her favorite emo and grunge songs online, creating a fanbase that revels in her cathartic and heartfelt music. What started as covers accumulated into her 2023 EP Calico, featuring the fan favorite track “Blue.” As 2024 began, Bee teased and released three new singles, “Dumb,” “The Same,” and “Signs,” and is now gearing up to release her second EP, which marks her first self-produced project.
TRACKLIST
1. Claws
2. Cowboy
3. LALALA – WATCH
4. More
ABOUT BEE BLACKWELL:
Austin, TX’s Bee Blackwell, creates 90s-influenced alternative rock with deeply personal themes and soaring, majestic vocals. She documents her self-exploration in a way that speaks to anyone who’s had a coming-of-age experience or is going through one of their own. Having played in rock bands through high school and college, Bee decided to start posting covers of her favorite emo and grunge songs online in 2023. After numerous viral moments on the platform, she began releasing cathartic and heartfelt songs that have captivated her growing audience.
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