Boyfriend

BIOGRAPHY

Boyfriend has earned international applause for her provocative musical artistry, powered by complex lyricism, extravagant theatricality, and radical social commentary tackling gender roles, sexism, body positivity, the patriarchy, and more. Since making her debut as Boyfriend in 2012, the multi-talented New Orleans-based artist has unleashed a long series of singles and EPs while also staking a claim as an in-demand songwriter and producer with credits spanning Charli XCX, Troy Sivan, Mykki Blanco, Mala Rodriguez, Pom Pom Squad, Cimafunk, The Revivalists, and Rebecca Black, placements with ABC, Comedy Central, HBO, Hulu, Netflix, and Starz, including major motion pictures Space Jam: A New Legacy and Office Christmas Party and spots for Amazon, Apple, Marc Jacobs, Monster Energy, Red Bull, and Walmart.

Throughout her career, Boyfriend has prioritized collaboration as a means of artistic and political resistance. She has worked with a wide range of artists who, like her, exist outside of mainstream binaries – including such iconic figures as Pussy Riot, Cindy Wilson (The B-52s), Amanda Lepore, and her longtime musical associate Big Freedia. Most of all, Boyfriend has proven a truly inimitable live act via her fabulously over-the-top stage productions, which Rolling Stone named in the top 5 shows at Outside Lands and saw her heavily featured in the Grammy-award winning Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story. Boyfriend also appeared in the annual all-star Bonnaroo SuperJam alongside Jon Batiste, Chance the Rapper, Margo Price, and many others.

In The Garden is not Boyfriend’s first entry into musical theater. In 2018, she interpolated Rodger and Hammerstein’s “I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair” with her song “Wash That,” which premiered on Playbill and was performed alongside Tony Winner Laura Osnes at Broadway Conference. Additionally, Boyfriend created Hag, a three-act semi-scripted and interactive musical that ran for 4 consecutive years at Preservation Hall and featured the award-winning burlesque/drag duo of Kitten & Lou, rearranged Boyfriend ragtime mixes by composer Joseph Shirley and trombone stylings by Preservation Hall's David L. Harris.

2022 saw the release of Boyfriend’s debut album, Sugar & Spice, which saw her joined by an array of diverse musical partners including among others T-Pop star Pyra, Pussy Riot, Von, and Los Angeles-based psych outfit Death Valley Girls. Over the years, Boyfriend has garnered critical applause from high-profile media outlets such as NPR, Rolling Stone, The FADER, Billboard, Playbill, Vice, NYLON, Consequence, PopMatters, The Huffington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Playboy, EARMILK, Dazed, and many more.

Now, with In The Garden, Boyfriend has taken her boundary-pushing, one-of-a-kind approach to all new heights of inspiration and cultural significance, the culmination of a lifelong vision that continues to avoid categorization while creating connections across generations and genres.