This next pop singer is making the world her runway!
Bree Runway, a British singer from Hackney, is having her breakout year after seeing major success from her single “ATM” featuring Missy Elliott alongside her electrifying music video for the track.
The song is from her debut album 2000AND4EVA, which granted Runway praise and attention not just within the UK, but also internationally. The songwriter told Complex in an interview about her starstuck experience of getting a feature Missy Elliott.
“'ATM' was always one of those songs that felt incomplete to me, but the lightbulb moment hit us and Missy was definitely the missing piece of the puzzle,” said Runway. “When I got her verse back, tears were literally streaming down my face. I kept saying, 'OMG! Missy thee legend, the icon! I almost dropped my laptop. I was shook!"
Other hits from her most album include “LITTLE NOKIA” and “GUCCI” featuring rapper Maliibu Miitch. Listeners have been attracted to Runway for not just her talent but also her vision as a creative and her hyper-futuristic fashion. The performer shares that as her platform grow, she was to be a leading example for Black girls.
“For Black girls making music, we tend to only get reduced to soul or R&B, but I’m a pop girl,” Runway said in an interview with i-D Magazine. “There’s other Black girls who may be rock girls, experimental girls, dance girls, or pop girls too. I just want my journey, this year and beyond, to be a testament to staying true to yourself and thriving; you don’t have to do what they expect of you. You can do you and still win.”