Much like the previous offerings we have heard from her these last few months, ‘V.I.P’ stands as a wonderfully fun and upbeat listen. Channeling another heady dose of shimmering production against her own quirky persona throughout, she is continuing to make 2023 one of her most impactful years to date.

Adding about the new track, she said, “I can honestly say ‘V.I.P’ was a song I never expected to write. ‘V.I.P’ was a classic case of making the music before writing the lyrics. I have to make it clear that this song is totally conceptual at least for the moment, rain drops of Champagne are still very much their full and extortionate price. My co-writer and I had started playing around with this sort of groove, at first it started off being a bit of silliness, but we kept going and eventually we were like… we HAVE to use this. It sort of had this nostalgic energy, we both grew up listening to Eminem, Dr Dre, 50 Cent etc. and we were all about it. (It goes without saying we have absolutely nothing on any of those artists but we can try.) We both sort of knew what a beat like this demanded from a song and so we went in, full force. This song is about glitz, glamour, success, redemption. It just had to be. The story of becoming the biggest artist one could be.”

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Adding a bold and bouncing electronic base to her latest outing, ‘Get This’ sees her continue her pursuit of rich and immersive pop textures once again. Co-written alongside Dirty Hit up-and-comer Oscar Lang, the pair looks to add a vibrant and explosive element to Belot’s already infectious sound here.

Adding about the new track, she said, “‘Get This’ is about when you’ve had your heart broken and just as you’re starting to function normally again, the person who broke said heart starts to resurface. However it’s too late and you’ve in fact come so far in the stages of grief, you want them to sit on a cactus.

“I wrote this song with one of my best friends at his house. We made a trashy demo to start but as I listened to it rather than drunk on the way home, I knew we were onto something. I’d hope it’s not a feeling everyone has had, but I know that most of us at some point have wanted an ex to sit on a cactus.”

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Continuing to pursue more of that bright and groove-filled aesthetic she has cultivated for herself, ‘Cool Whip’ sees her return for the new-year with one of her most explosive offerings to date. Filled with bright and vibrant textures against her own captivating vocal performance, she looks to add another vital addition to her bubbling catalogue to date.

Adding about ‘Cool Whip’, she said, “‘Cool Whip’ is about being in a relationship with someone who initially seems caring and extremely generous, but down the line you come to realise that every gift and or kind gesture was a cover up for yet another affair or slip up. I’ve had a few friends over the years that eventually discovered spontaneous flowers could also be red flags. So I always thought it would be interesting to write about the sort of dynamic, where the nicer the gift, the worse the crime.”

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An “awkward pop” pioneer, so they say, is what BRIT school graduate Belot has become labelled. Her brash, upfront lyricism about the everyday existence of humans has earned her acclaim within the music world and sees her garnering fans across the globe.

We had a chat with the artist all about her sound and musical background, Harmless Fun and more. Read the Q&A below.

Hi Belot! How are you? What does a typical day look like for you at the moment?

“Hello! I’m really well! How are you, friend? A typical day for me is waking up at like 9, going to my local coffee shop and then going to a fabulous writing session. Usually finishing up at around 6pm and heading to the pub with my mates.”

Very well! Thank you for aking. For anyone that may be discovering you here for the first time, please tell us a bit about you and your sound, how you got into music and who you are influenced by.

“I’d say my sound is a mix of Prince funk and Billie Eilish dirty synths. Hopefully with a bit of Lizzo/The Strokes like vocal energy. Hopefully being the operative word. I started writing songs when I was 5 in the bath, it was a totally natural gravitation. By 12 years old I wanted to discover more sonically, so I got my first laptop and started producing. I have such a huge and broad influence pool, in the early years of my life it was the Beach Boys and the Beatles; right now it’s The Strokes, Dua Lipa and Noga Erez to name just a few.”

You recently released your new EP Harmless Fun. What can you tell us about the record? How does it compare with your previous releases and what do you hope fans/listeners take away from it?

“The record is a form of diary from my early 20’s. Songs about letting loose & having fun, learning to navigate adulthood and all the complications that come with it. I think it’s more vibrant than the other releases, it definitely feels like an honest reflection of the place I’m in in life right now. I suppose that’s the most any artist can hope for, that the sound feels authentic to them and what they are talking about. I hope that the listeners take away a little dance and a good laugh! I think there’s humour in brutal honesty, when it comes to lyric writing. I hope they listen to it and resonate with the subject matter.”

What was your creative process for Harmless Fun like? What did you enjoy most about it? Any challenges?

“I think the best part of writing this record was that I actually ended up living with my best friend and one of the co producers on the record Max Margolis. We would spend countless hours messing around in his attic room/ makeshift studio. We shared so many laughs, we’ve been collaborating since we were kids and we still act like silly little children playing with Lego in the studio.

“I think the only challenge we faced was making sure the songs weren’t too busy. I have a habit of getting really excited and hearing a whole bunch of melody’s and percussion and lathering it all on. However I believe the best songs curate their parts carefully. Everything has to be intentional, so I just had to make sure that at the end of creating, there was a vetting process for sounds. I’m happy with where we ended up!”

Finally, what else is next for you? Any shows coming up? More new music in the pipeline?

“Well definitely more shows, and more music is being whipped up as we speak. I don’t want to wait too long to release the next batch, I’m having too much fun.”

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