Get ready to vibe to the infectious beats of Brazilian pop vocalist Gabby B’s latest hit single, “Nothing to Me,” dropping on April 5, 2024. Following the success of her previous singles “Lickorish” and “Si No Sabias,” earlier this year, Gabby B returns with a captivating Brazilian funk pop anthem that transcends language barriers.

“Nothing to Me” is a compelling follow-up to “Lickorish,” boasting Gabby’s signature blend of Portuguese and English lyrics. The song delves into themes of betrayal and disillusionment within relationships, resonating with listeners on a deeply emotional level. Through soulful vocals and vibrant instrumentals, Gabby B delivers a powerful message of empowerment and resilience in the face of heartbreak.

The accompanying visualizer for “Nothing To Me” promises to captivate audiences with its striking imagery. From scenes of Gabby burning mementos of a past relationship to her dynamic performance amidst the rain, the visualizer perfectly complements the song’s evocative narrative.

Gabby B and producer Joseph Lopez (@MrHitRecord) once again prove her prowess as a versatile artist capable of crafting music that leaves a lasting impact. Fans can look forward to immersing themselves in the infectious rhythms and poignant storytelling of Gabby B’s latest masterpiece.

Starting Friday, April 5, the 2:07 single will be available on all major streaming platforms. The release coincides with Gabby B’s music tour in New York and Connecticut later this month with performances during the Brazilian Expo in Long Island City on April 28, and Copacabana Loft 51 in NYC on April 27, 2024. Keep an eye out for additional appearances to be announced on her social media channels.

About Gabby B

Known professionally as Gabby B, a Brazilian songstress with a plethora of superstar talent. The pop vocalist has always been in tune with the entertainment industry. Born in Goiania, Brazil, Gabby B was exposed to the world of entertainment from an early age. With a mother who was a Brazilian performer and a father who was a professional martial arts master, Gabby’s passion for entertainment was nurtured from the start.

In 2023, Gabby B released her single, “Leche,” featuring Latin pop singer Vikina, a Mr. 305 Inc. (Pitbull) recording artist, which has over a million views across platforms. The Latin crossover has also garnered airplay support from Pitbull’s Globalization on Sirius XM from DJ Laz and DJXray, as well as WBTT 105.5 The Beat. Accumulating many international musical accolades in her short career, Gabby B’s single “Pose” charted to top 5 on iTunes pop charts and 15 overall in South Africa in 2021. In 2022, her single “Dance All Night” charted 75 on the iTunes pop chart in Hong Kong. She followed this up with one viral music video after another, tallying millions of views on songs such as “Belly Dancer”, “Pretty Girl Lit”, “Earthquake”, “One Too Many, and Christmas Day.” As of April 2024, Gabby has over 6.1 million views across her videos on YouTube.

Gabby B is also an official ambassador with non-profit Boo2Bullying, a youth development and suicide prevention organization providing mentoring opportunities, educational resources, and mental health support to youth and families adversely affected by bullying. Boo2Bullying connects with over 30,000 young people in-person and many more online.

There are seemingly endless possibilities to self-expression, and Vancouver-based comedian and trained opera singer Toddy is out there breaking new ground. With a winning combination of drag, standup comedy, opera, classical and pop music, Toddy (she/they) is redefining the very idea of pop stardom. Before they found national recognition by winning Season 1 of OutTV’s Call Me Mother, Toddy had been performing professionally since they were nine: singing in the Children’s Chorus and operas in Calgary; studying opera at McGill University in Montreal, and eventually segueing into the worlds of comedy and drag.

Debut single, “Wounded,” produced by Louise Burns and Kevvy Maher (Fake Shark), is very strategically written to be for several different types of relationships whether it be family, romantic or friendship. Inspired by abusive relationships Toddy has been in, they wanted a wide variety of victims to be able to put themselves into this song. 

Cabin Fever Orchestra is Graeme Cornies’ passion project where the lifelong television composer is reversing the usual process; instead of writing music for picture, he is creating visual art posted to Instagram, Twitter and YouTube depicting the feelings and mental states of his music.

“Worn” is the first in a series of collaborations between Cornies and the Czech National Symphony Orchestra (CNSO) to be released this year. “For me, this piece is about feeling worn, but not worn out,” Cornies explains. “It’s about feeling the wear and tear of age and experience, but also the feeling that you have so much left to contribute because of it.” Written and performed by Graeme Cornies (piano) at the end of last summer, CNSO performed their parts in Prague on Halloween of 2023. 

Cabin Fever Orchestra explores the forefront of AI and human collaboration with generative art, with Cornies expanding on orchestration ideas he found while working on other visual media, and has served to expand his network of talented instrumental collaborators. Along with his writing partners, Cornies has become one of the world’s most heard composers. The last five years have brought multiple awards from SOCAN and BMI, the Emmy Awards and the Canadian Screen Awards.

The musical project of Dark Mean refuses to slip away for good. The collective has been quietly chipping away in their Hamilton, Ontario studio. Once again they have focused their spontaneous fits of inspiration, typically captured on basic phone apps and wired between Ottawa and Hamilton, into something concrete.

Years of extended hiatuses are nothing new to the trio of Billy Holmes, Sandy Johnston and Mark Dean. That’s how they operate. Incessant file sharing and e-mails, late night Zoom calls, relentless attention to detail, unabashed honesty, and the odd show amidst chaotic life schedules, are just a few ways the band has not only hung together, but continues to release new music.

Dealing with the hurdles of such a spread out band and the march of time, they had this to speak about on their return to music as Dark Mean: In terms of what inspired the song, or the lyrics… umm probably desperation. Feeling so desperate for something to happen while full-well knowing time is not on your side and there is nothing you can do but wait. So the opening of the track begins with this sort of cathartic release “Working hard, killing time. I woke up wrong, just to feel right”.  Doing nothing is often harder than doing something, right? 

Jean Caffeine is “the most famous person you’ve never heard of.” Her latest single, “I Don’t Want to Kill You Anymore,” presents a nice tension between the almost punky vocal delivery and sentiment, and the hooky, more sugary retro-pop sound. Co-written with John Kovach (The Eggmen), with Zack Humphrey (Megafauna) on drums and Jon Notarthomas (Faces’ Ian McLagan) on guitar, Poprock Record describes “I Don’t Want to Kill You Anymore” as “hilarious and earworm infectious. Disguised as an homage to early 1960s girl group twee pop…This is one perfect feminist rock and roll statement, both hard-hitting and hooky…Caffeine has produced a 3 and half minute masterpiece.”

It’s accompanied by a brand new music video, featuring a mash-up of footage and stills from a lo-fi band rehearsal in her living room, a gig at Buckminster’s Cat Cafe in Buffalo, silly animal hats worn alongside bassist Angela Tran, and a cemetery in Tlaplan, Mexico City where she took part in a visual arts residency. As a mixed media artist and art educator, Jean Caffeine teaches collage and works with layers, incorporating her artwork into videos where possible.

1. Tell us the story of this song, why did you choose to visualize this song specifically? 

This isn’t really my story. I got inspired by something a friend said. But it was so relatable it clicked. Sometime the sky almost seems to gift you and rains down almost a whole song at the point of creation. It was like that with this one. I was working to learn a certain chord progression at the time and everything just fell into place. My friend and sometimes collaborator, John Kovach was helping me learn that chord progression and he is a co-writer on this song. He wrote a verse.

2. What was the inspiration behind this video (visuals, storyline, etc.)?

My friend Katie O’Neill (singer of Star Material) shot some great footage at one of my rehearsals so that was the starting point and she sets the tone. There isn’t much of a story line. I make (and teach) mixed media and collage so I have the practice of putting a lot of disparate pieces together in my 2D work and repurposing things so I applied that principle to this and other videos I’ve put together in iMovie. It’s a kind of “stone soup” process: A bit of this, a bit of that. Although I wish it could do a bit more, I love making videos in iMovie. It’s so user friendly and fun. I’ve enjoyed making hodge-podge style videos for my songs and sneaking my artwork into them.  Here’s another one I made for an older song about older days.

It includes drawings that I made. Winterland Talking Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciSUZlRRdBY

3.What was the process of making this video?

First I worked to match Katy’s rehearsal footage with the recording. Then repurposed some live footage that showed me playing with Angela, my bass player on the track because she wasn’t at that rehearsal Katy filmed. This fall, I performed at my cousin in the Catio of my cousin- in-laws’ Cat Cafe. There was a separate “Cat Zone” where you could play with the cats. I asked my pal Mike Trebilcock to film me in the “Cat Zone”. I looked ridiculous pretty ridiculous, so I only used a bit of it. 

This winter I went to an art residency in Mexico City. In addition to working on printmaking and collage, and cartooning there, I worked to finish the video. Even though the song is intentionally irreverent, in this time of terrible wars, division, and death I was really reluctant to put out a video that had the words “Kill You” in it. So I’d been procrastinating.  When I played around with drawing and layering to bring in simple symbols that were pro-peace and love, I felt better about the messaging. I also took a walk to the local cemetery filmed there. That helped tie things up at the end. And lo and behold, more cats. (only one cat made the edit). I have four cats at home, so they are also a recurring theme.

Jean started out as a scenester, zinester and drummer on San Francisco’s first wave punk scene in the late ’70s. In 1980, she migrated to New York, where she worked at Danceteria where she DJ-ed. While playing in a Velvet Underground cover band at Club 57, she was recruited by Ann Magnuson to drum for Pulsallama, a theatrical percussive buzz band who opened shows for The Clash. When Pulsallama disbanded, Jean joined Clambake featuring Grammy nominee Holly George-Warren. Following a move to Austin, she fronted an alternative country band, Jean Caffeine‘s All-Nite Truckstop.

iskwē | ᐃᐢᑫᐧᐤ (short for waseskwan iskwew, meaning “blue sky woman”) is sharing “A Little Piece,” the sixth and final single from her upcoming album, the starkly honest and textured nīna (out April 12th), produced by 10x Grammy-nominated collaborator Damian Taylor.

“A Little Piece” twinkles with piano melodies and skittering beats, creating a wintry electronic soundscape which gradually opens into its prominent synth line’s exposed refrain.

1. Tell us the story of this song, why did you choose to visualize this song specifically? 

Feeling overwhelmed, I was faced with myself alone and the choices I had made over the past several years. With conflicted feelings of longing, remorse, and loneliness, I felt caged by a sentiment I could neither explain nor understand. I was alone. My mind had fooled me. 

2. What was the inspiration behind this video (visuals, storyline, etc.)?

I opted to shoot this video myself, stripped down and in the bathtub, washing away as much of the ache as possible. I wanted to demonstrate the vulnerability I felt writing this song, and how personal to my heart the story remains. All of me, unfiltered. It felt appropriate to film and edit the video myself, so that I could touch each and every piece of this story and experience – so people could get a new perspective of how it feels behind my eyes, and in my heart.

 
3. What was the process of making this video?

I literally set my phone up, propped at an angle I felt comfortable with, and pushed record. I then let the song play several times on repeat, and just captured moment after moment, as I warmed to the camera and sunk back into the lyrics and sentiment of the song. I wanted to show a bit of chaos, the undoing, allowing myself to go from a sleek hair, just climbed in version of me to a more messy, seams coming undone version. The entire shoot took me about 20 minutes – with the edits taking several days of clipping and cropping.

Speaking of the pulsating and hushed tones of “A Little Piece,” iskwē explains the song’s painful and complex inspirations:

Feeling overwhelmed, I was faced with myself alone and the choices I had made over the past several years. With conflicted feelings of longing, remorse, and loneliness, I felt caged by a sentiment I could neither explain nor understand. I was alone. My mind had fooled me. My tears felt endless and yet somehow this new solitude wrapped itself around my sadness like a giant cozy blanket I could not imagine emerging from ever again. A little piece of me had died, yet I found a little peace inside. A little piece of me had died, yet I found a little peace inside.