BRISBANE, Australia — BIG WETT is about to make a splash with a brand new deal by Play It Once more Sam, Billboard can solely reveal.
To rejoice her partnership with the unbiased music specialist, introduced Wednesday (March 2), BIG WETT drops a recent minimize, “NUMBER 1 PUSSY,” produced by Confidence Man’s Reggie Goodchild.
“NUMBER 1 PUSSY” arrives with an attention grabbing official video, directed by Lewis Stephenson and edited by Joe Aguis (Pollen Arts).
The Melbourne native “is a celebrity within the making,” reckons Russell Crank, London-based head of A&R at Play It Once more Sam. “Armed with big hooks, banging beats and bucketloads of NSFW enjoyable, the whole lot about BIG WETT is completely addictive”.
Director of [PIAS] Australia Mari Stuart provides, “Like most individuals who’ve been fortunate sufficient to catch her dwell, the [PIAS] Australia group have fallen in love with the enigma that’s BIG WETT. For the uninitiated, be warned in regards to the ridiculously enjoyable and really NSFW lyrics you’ll quickly have caught in your head”.
Straddling a sound that captures the vitality of electroclash, ‘90s rave and femme energy, BIG WETT constructed the excitement when she uploaded a batch of demos to Soundcloud in late 2021.
Your people will hate the tunes “EAT MY ASS” and “KING DICK,” however they caught the eye of the best folks — tastemakers at triple j, Triple R, RTR FM, PBS FM, 4ZZZ and elsewhere. As quickly as promoters caught her riotous performances, she landed on a few of the nation’s greatest levels.
Breakout performances at Bigsound 2022, Meredith Music Competition and Gaytimes shall be adopted by slots at Pitch Music and Arts Competition in Moyston, Brighton’s The Nice Escape and this Saturday (March 4) for the BIG WETT Mardi Gras Get together in Sydney.
“I’m so excited to be surrounded by the group at [PIAS] who actually perceive the venture, and who’re excited to see it develop,” feedback BIG WETT in an announcement. “We’re all stoked to be releasing extra music over the subsequent yr collectively and actually giving every tune an opportunity to have its personal second”.
Based in 1982 by Kenny Gates and Michael Lambot, Play It Once more Sam is the imprint on the coronary heart of the [PIAS] Label Group, which oversees the enterprise’ numerous report label pursuits and is a frontrunner amongst Europe’s unbiased music firms. Its international roster contains Lykke Li, Anna of the North and Soulwax
Final yr, Common Music Group (UMG) struck a deal to accumulate a 49% shareholding in dad or mum PIAS Group.
