How did your relationship with your parents influence your sense of identity and also your creative journey?ī: I think that with rebellion and breaking the rules at home came my identity. I feel like immigrant parents feel that extra pressure to make sure their kids don’t have to go through the same struggles as them and are able to be financially secure. P: I’ve read in an interview that you previously did that you navigated some pushback from your mum in pursuing a career in music. That’s why it looks original or fresh, because I always want to do things Bree’s way. I could even be inspired by the sky, but I’m like, “what about the sky do you like? Ok, let’s get hair the same colour as the sky.” I feel like it’s important to respect people’s art and not completely mirror it, but to go off how it makes you feel – however a person’s art makes me feel is what gives birth to my inspiration.
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But the thing that never makes me crack a brain cell is that I’m never trying to be them I always want to be me. One day I could be inspired by Chief Keef and the next day by Freddie Mercury’s melodies – it varies. How did you hone all your diverse inspirations growing up into finding your ultimate sound?ī: I live by the fact that you can be inspired by someone but you don’t have to copy them. P: I can relate to that! Your music, your videos, your vibe you seem so sure with exactly what you want to put out into the world while still being experimental with it. It’s nice because everybody really trusts my vision, but at the same time, it is quite stressful because I always want to go for gold I always want to aim big and do my absolute best – so sometimes my brain hurts. I’m signing off on everything, down to the colour of a single strand of something – everything is Bree approved. I don’t think there’ll ever be a day when I’ll just lift my hands up and say, “OK, you guys do this, I’m not going to have anything to do with it.” I’m signing off on everything, down to the colour of a single strand of something – everything is Bree approved. What value do you think your DIY background brings to how you approach your work now?ī: It’s made everything a lot easier and harder.
P: That’s amazing! I think that it’s so cool that you’re a proper DIY musician there’s so many skills involved there. It was such a great day I left here at 7am and we finished at 8:30pm, but everyone was still on a high because the images were so great, the looks were so great! I was so happy.
Prishita: Hi Bree! How are you? I’d love to hear how the cover shoot went with Vasso!īree: You’re gonna go crazy over the images. Bree’s groundbreaking DIY music spans time and space, from glossy yet destructive pop to nu-metal to the beats of trap – it is electrifying and genre-defying – while her music videos vibrate with the energy and aesthetics of early-2000s MTV.īoldly forging her path through the music world, Bree is an “80s tycoon”, self-made and self-assured, but behind the Armani suit and the dissolving cigar smoke sits a dark-skinned ambitious Black girl who overcame the struggles of colourism and bullying to dream “beyond her postcode.” Now, she wants to use her creativity and her privilege to ensure that every dark-skinned girl feels like a star. Raised on an eclectic diet of Queen, Lady Gaga and Ghanaian genres like High Life, Bree’s veins overflow with legendary inspiration, yet she radiates originality. Risk-taker, shapeshifter, rule-breaker Hackney-born Bree Runway challenges expectations and categorisation – and so does her music. This article originally appeared in the SS21 BRICKS #9 ‘Make Noise’ issue.
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