LADYGUNN – FROM THE VAULT: BHAD BHABIE '19

Pictures / Michael Donovan

Styling / Shaina Feldman

Hair + Make-up Nicole Sanchez

Picture Assistants / Crew Trew Mullen + Trystan Rowlan

Story / Angie Piccirillo

Just a few years in the past, Danielle Bregoli would by no means have imagined she could be a gold-selling fashionable rapper in 2019, not to mention a hip hop sensation with offered out reveals and fan adoration on a worldwide scale. “I by no means would have seen myself the place I’m, had u requested me 2 years in the past,” she says. To some, Bhad Bhabie has but to show herself as a worldwide expertise; however one factor is true: after listening to her lyrics and listening to her story — she’s the final word “got here from nothing” story.

Below the title Bhad Bhabie, Danielle launched her debut mixtape simply this 12 months, 15. Her putting and seemingly confrontational character briskly crosses over into her ardour for rap music on this mixtape. “I simply wished to show I actually knew what I used to be doing, so I went in there, did my factor, and voila, there it’s,” she says. “I named it 15, as a result of I’m clearly 15-years-old; There are 15 tracks on my mission. All of those motherfuckers will inform me, ‘Oh, you solely have quarter-hour of fame’ — It’s been an extended ass quarter-hour.”

In actual fact, 15(Intro), the primary monitor on the album, has Bhad Bhabie explaining additional the concepts behind what “15” means to her: “Previous buddies doing 15 to life, I modified my scenario with some pristine recommendation,” and within the refrain: “15, 15, rose up from the depths, now I stay a dream — 15, 15, making historical past, this shit one thing they by no means seen.” You’ll additionally hear her on the CharliXCX collab, “Playboy Type,” asking “the place the fuck was you when all I needed to eat was greenback meals?” reminding us all, that she actually did flip issues round.

Whereas others may be fast to evaluate, just some weeks in the past, she was added to “Time Journal Lists the 25 Most Influential Teenagers of 2018” — seemingly one other accolade Danielle didn’t see coming. Although some proceed to assume she’s a “novelty” act — skeptical if this soon-to-be sixteen 12 months previous can maintain her personal as an artist; simply catch one among her stay reveals and also you’ll see she’s extra proficient than one would possibly assume. With catchy songs like “Gucci Flip Flops” and “Hello Bich,” it appears the general public has grossly underestimated what she’s able to musically. The arrogance she exudes on the stage along with her all-female efficiency crew, calls for nothing however your stark consideration. My guess is you’ll be leaving the present singing “Hello Bich, hello bich, hello bich, hello bich….” even in the event you didn’t know the track earlier than.

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Even nonetheless, you wanna hear the story of how a so-called meme-star made it from TV to the highest of the charts? Let Danielle let you know herself in her personal phrases in “Bhad Bhabie Story (Outro)” on the album the place she raps for practically seven minutes, masking every thing from promoting tablets, household turmoil, pretend buddies, the pitfalls of fame, to first discovering she had 500K followers on Instagram, all the best way to shifting to LA to document her first single; she urges “Take a second and hear earlier than you give your dumbass opinion.” Perhaps (hopefully) as soon as listeners take this monitor in, it’ll be the final time we’ve to listen to concerning the notorious catchphrase she doesn’t even keep in mind saying…

Included on this debut mixtape are two of Bhad Bhabie’s largest hits so far: “Gucci Flip Flops Ft. Lil Yachty” and “Hello Bich,” boasting properly over 76 Million spins and 48 Million spins, respectively (and rising as I write this). Though others are shell-shocked at her numbers, Danielle insists, “I don’t be paying an excessive amount of consideration to my numbers, I’m extra centered on creating music.”

All through the album, one factor stays true, she’s by no means afraid to say it like it’s. 15 has maybe one of the crucial vital components a rap album might have: honesty. Hearken to any of the songs on 15 and also you’ll see first hand, Danielle took what may very well be seen as having been dealt a damaging hand and turned the music world on its’ facet. With different memorable tracks like “Geek’d” and “These Heaux,” even those that haven’t any appreciation of rap music will discover themselves desirous to know the lyrics. Danielle’s favourite monitor is the call-to-arms anthem, “Yung and Bhad,” by which the refrain chants “All my bitches younger and dangerous,” and ends with the reminder from the bhad one herself: “I’m on the prime, I don’t plan on fallin’.”

Although the 12 months 2018 might have additionally had some powerful moments for Danielle — who was rumored to be good buddies with late rap sensation, XXXTencion — 2018 has been a 12 months filled with highs as properly. Danielle says she heard Snoop Dogg had been enjoying “Gucci Flip Flops” at some events he was throwing — and he ended up doing a model of the track with Plies. “I like Snoop. He a legend and I like that he talked about X in his verse,” she says. For different future collabs, Danielle says she would like to work with Juice WRLD or Publish Malone, she provides, “shit, I’d even do some loopy acoustic rap shit with James Blunt or John Mayer.”

Utilizing “Bhad” as a part of her title appears to be a nod to how some folks might even see her within the public, with out realizing a lot about her: “[It] stands for “been hated and doubted”… she says. Nevertheless, if the general public needs to proceed to doubt this teen — they’ve but to see what she will do in 2019: with extra tour dates deliberate, and even a brand new present on Snapchat, — by which Danielle says we’ll see “actually every thing,” it appears Bhad Bhabie is simply getting began constructing her empire… possibly then, she’ll now not have to incorporate in her lyrics: “I’m Bhad Bhabie, Bich. Who’s you?”