Artist Review: Beach Bunny
May 2, 2021
Disclaimer: Some of the songs listed in this article may talk about sensitive topics such as eating disorders. Please proceed with caution.
Beach Bunny first began as a solo bedroom-pop artist starring Lili Trifilio. During the same year, Lili released her first EP, “Animalism”. Shortly in 2018, when Beach Bunny’s newest members joined, members being, Jon Alvarado (drums), Matt Henkels (guitar), Anthony Vaccaro (bass). They released their newest EP “Prom Queen” which grew very popular in early 2019 due to the app ‘TikTok’ and famous creators using the song for a fifteen-second video. In March of 2021, YouTuber Paravi Das sang a cover of the song “Cloud 9” which was one of Beach Bunny’s lesser-known songs. The cover soon reached Tiktok then quickly grew to fame while the band also got more recognition. Unfortunately, Beach Bunny hasn’t collaborated with other people apart from the music community, but you may see a collaboration up on the horizon soon.
Musical Examination and Albums
A lot of the music that Beach Bunny produces deals with traumatic experiences that can leave scars on teenagers and young adults. They deal with the mental health struggle that is caused by high expectations and the fast-paced media that can be demanding for some to follow.
Some of their top songs viewed on Spotify are, “Sports”, “Cloud 9”, “Colorblind”, “April”, “Boys”, “February”, “Promises”, “6 Weeks”, “Painkiller”, “Rearview” and “Jenny”. All of the songs listed below are from their album, “Honeymoon”. Honeymoon, being released last year, and being one of the more known albums, with songs including,
– Promises
– April
– Cloud 9
– Rearview
– Cuffing Season
– Ms. California
– Colorblind
– Racetrack
– Dream Boy
Introducing their latest and newest album, “Blame Game” which had been released this January, only including four songs, such as, Good Girls (don’t get used), Love Sick, Nice Guys, and Blame Game.
Their Significance to the GMS Community
Although Beach Bunny is one of the lesser-known artists of 2021, they’re continuing to grow more fame this year. They’re important to GMS Community because their music discusses very important topics such as eating disorders, self-confidence, and loneliness. It also brings people together, while also being fun to listen to. Beach Bunny has left meanings in their songs, such as bringing awareness to terrible beauty standards, girls’ clothing standards, and more.
Genres: Indie-Pop, Pop-Punk, Indie-Rock, Power-Punk, Bedroom Rock
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach_Bunny_(band)
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/03/02/the-tiktok-ready-sounds-of-beach-bunny
Lana Noredin is a 7th grader at Glasgow Middle school. Her family is originally from Sudan but her and all of her siblings were born in Saudi Arabia and raised in Falls Church, VA. Some of her talents are drawing, painting, and rollerskating. Some things she likes to do for fun are play video games, watch anime, read, and listen to music. Some of her favorite artists are Mother Mother, Beach Bunny, Cavetown, Arctic Monkeys, Babymetal, and Jack Stauber. She had two cats, but one passed away unfortunately. Although she can roller skate, she can’t ice skate or knows how to ride a skateboard.
Misha Speede is an 8th grader in Glasgow Middle School. She is currently growing up in a very diverse and multicultural family; her mother is Chinese and she is African American. She can speak Cantonese and Mandarin, and she really enjoys eating all of the Chinese delicacies. Besides speaking three languages, she also enjoys writing, especially poetry and fantasy. She also really like reading, if she could live in a book fandom, she would live at Camp Half Blood. She is also in orchestra at Glasgow, and she plays the violin.
Isabella Pikner (she/her) is an 8th grader at Glasgow. She’s from Slovenia and moved to Virginia when she was 4. She plays volleyball and the cello. She likes drawing, painting, and the arts in general. A couple fun facts about her is that she used to dance for 10 years and her favorite movies are Howl’s Moving Castle and A Silent Voice.
keira
Oct 5, 2021 at 6:59 am
all beach bunny is amazing <3