beabadoobee is ready to "Take a Bite"

beabadoobee is clearly ready to jump up to that next level. Following the release of 2022’s sophomore effort Beatopia, the singer-songwriter formally known as Beatrice Laus has seen her star continue to soar and firmly put t0 bed any notions of being a one-off viral wonder. Sell-out tours worldwide, a Top 5 album placement, some truly excellent post-album loosies, and even an opening slot on Taylor Swift’s local-economy jump-starting Eras Tour. Some artists would take some time off after that flurry of success. Bea is instead striking whilst the iron is hot.

This August, she’s releasing her third album, This is How Tomorrow Moves, and it’s been co-produced by music royalty Rick Rubin at his famous Shangri-La L.A. studio. Along with the album announcement, she’s dropped lead single “Take a Bite” which, whilst not as immediately punchy as previous lead singles “Care” and “Talk,” definitely lends credence to the self-conscious levelling up narrative. It’s a hazy afternoon stroll of a pop-rock number, comforting in its vocal delivery and with an enveloping production which has the same warmth of a late-90s/early-00s radio hit. Reminds me a bit of Weezer’s “Island in the Sun” after the sun’s gone down a little lower and is very moreish. Iffy production and mixing has been my recurring hang-up with her albums, and this is already leagues better in those departments.

In a press release, Bea explains the sentiment behind the song.

“It’s me feeling introspective about my thoughts and my unhealthy way of living. It’s finding comfort in a familiar place – finding comfort in chaos because that’s what I know. So I bring it into every aspect of my life, especially with relationships. And it’s just tapping into this part of my brain where I just jump straight to the most negative, most chaotic thoughts ever known to man and make that into my reality.”

See if you agree that Bea’s got ambition on the brain by streaming “Take a Bite,” whose video is directed by Jake Erland, below.