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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="13524488" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="blu-detiger" source="Orion">Blu DeTiger</keyword> recently spoke to Insider about her new single "Hot Crush Lover," out Friday.</li><li>The singer and musician rose to fame on TikTok in 2020, playing funky bass lines over popular songs.</li></ul>Yes, Blu DeTiger is her real name."I've gotten that question probably six times this week," the singer and bassist told Insider last month. "No one ever believes it. It's so funny."For the record: She was named by her drummer brother Rex, and her parents thought "Blue" would be "cooler" without the "e." Her surname is Dutch, and even though her father hails directly from Holland, the whole family pronounces it phonetically."I'm going to name my kids something wild," she added. "I just want them to be inspired."Indeed, when you're born with a name like Blu DeTiger, becoming a famous artist feels like a lot like fate.This is especially true when combined with a premature desire to be outstanding. Born and bred in New York City, DeTiger started learning how to play bass because, at just 7 years old, she thought "girls that sing and play acoustic guitar" were too "mainstream.""Which is rude of me," she clarified with a self-aware chuckle. "But it's a weird mental thing. You have the urge to be different and stand out and be unique ... and then bass just became my thing."<h2>DeTiger came to prominence on TikTok, pairing popular songs with slap-happy bass lines</h2>DeTiger initially built a niche following as a DJ on the NYC club circuit, <a href="https://www.guitarworld.com/features/blu-detiger-how-did-we-get-here">armed with her signature electric-blue instrument</a> and an admittedly "shitty" fake ID. At 17 years old, she was commanding dance floors with a mix of pop hooks and homemade '70s grooves.After two years of study, she left New York University's prestigious <a href="https://tisch.nyu.edu/clive-davis-institute">Clive Davis Institute</a> to focus on her career and quickly became a touring bassist for rising artists like Caroline Polachek and Fletcher. <div type="image" title="Blu DeTiger - Blondes BTS" height="1261" width="2522" msid="90596518" hostid="261"></div>Then came the phrase we know all too well, the one that has sabotaged scores of aspiring artists and would-be origin stories: "The pandemic hit."But for many of DeTiger's fans, this is where her story truly began. Stuck at home for the first time in years, the twentysomething musician began sharing videos on TikTok, plucking funky melodies atop songs like <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@bludetiger/video/6807542078021717254">"Savage" by Megan Thee Stallion,</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@bludetiger/video/6824602314704276741">"Hit Me Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears</a>, and <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@bludetiger/video/6813471682074889478">"Pony" by Ginuwine</a>.Call it fate, or great timing, or the <a href="https://www.insider.com/school-of-rock-stars-where-are-they-now-photos">Katie Brown from "School of Rock" effect,</a> but DeTiger's videos took off with ease. She became a bona fide viral sensation."I don't want to say I was in the first crew, but like, this was more in the early stages of TikTok. So I'm really grateful for coming up at the beginning because it's changed a lot," DeTiger reflected. "Now that it's way more saturated, I feel like it maybe means something different."In addition to gaining millions of views and admirers, DeTiger said TikTok bestowed her with even more nerve — a sense of trust in the road less traveled."Seeing people react to my bass videos just gave me more confidence to keep doing that, to keep embracing that side, and figure out a way to bring the bass to the forefront of my <keyword id="11898471" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="music" source="Orion">music</keyword>," she added.Shortly after DeTiger began flooding the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-tiktok-algorithm-for-you-page-works-watch-time-report-2021-7">"For You" page</a> of every music lover, her debut single "Figure It Out" also went viral on the app. It's been embraced by all manners of TikTok royalty, from <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@dixiedamelio/video/6838692173421071622">Dixie D'Amelio</a> to <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@kimandnorth/video/7034624813733842223">North West</a>.DeTiger's subsequent EP "How Did We Get Here?" — which arrived last March — sounds like a collection of vintage short films about a warm-hearted wild child, too young and too cool for the Studio 54 scene. It's the soundtrack you want for strutting through the Lower East Side.Presented with this assessment, DeTiger agreed with a grin: "It is very 'main character' music."All seven songs are full of nostalgic details, sparkling synths, and, most important of all, impossibly expressive bass lines. If DeTiger is the main character, her bass is the fan-favorite sidekick. She tells you what to see and what to think, but her instrument tells you how to feel.While DeTiger is a notably sharp, specific lyricist — she <a href="https://youtu.be/FBs3bf0He_A">references</a> a famous "Sex and the City" courtship, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-ZBqiFrtDw">pokes fun at millennials</a> who know all the words to "Mr. Brightside," and <a href="https://youtu.be/e4PLaZEQyOY">croons</a> about Canal Street — DeTiger's music is primarily a study in vibes."Sometimes a song's purpose is more for the overall listening experience, if it makes someone dance or want to groove, or put this on in the car with the top down, driving through sunset, or put this on at a house party," she explained. "I'll think of music like that: Where would the song be played?"<h2>When DeTiger hears her new single, 'Hot Crush Lover,' she thinks of dancing at a festival and cruising in a convertible</h2><div type="image" title="blu detiger press photo hot crush lover" height="4478" width="3000" msid="90596519" hostid="261"></div>After the <a href="https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/blu-detiger-how-did-we-get-here-ep-review-radar-2893965">enthusiastic response</a> to her EP, DeTiger <a href="https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/deals-blu-detiger-capitol-tagmix-ingrooves-marv-wmg-9657910/">signed with Capitol Records last November</a> and dropped her first major-label single, <a href="https://youtu.be/oIgl7nok_kY">"Blondes,"</a> shortly after.By the time we connected over Zoom in February, she had relocated to Los Angeles to record her official debut album, clocking studio hours every day with an ever-rotating roster of collaborators, including electro-pop duo Chromeo and superproducer <keyword id="11918185" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jack-antonoff" source="Orion">Jack Antonoff</keyword>."It's a super, super funny story, and I've never actually told this," she said of her introduction to the renowned Bleachers frontman.Back in 2020, DeTiger was recovering from laser eye surgery ("Honestly the best decision. Shout-out laser eye surgery") and following strict instructions to avoid screen time. Her brother Rex was helping treat her self-described phone addiction by reading her incoming messages, making sure she didn't miss anything important ("Good bro, right?"). Naturally, he was shocked by the sheer volume of unread messages on her Instagram. "When you're verified or whatever, you always have a lot of message requests. It's not news," she said with an eye roll. "I was like, 'It's fine, you don't have to check those.' But he was like, 'No, it could be important.' And he checks it and Jack Antonoff had DMed me, and I wouldn't have even known."Antonoff counted himself a fan of DeTiger's and asked her to participate in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adxEyZgS8ho">the Ally Coalition's 2020 talent show</a> to benefit LGBTQ youth. She joined <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lana-del-rey-hayley-williams-the-chicks-jack-antonoff-ally-coalition-concert-benefit-1104506/">a stacked lineup</a> that featured Lana Del Rey, Hayley Williams, and a surprise appearance from Taylor Swift.Last year, Antonoff also tapped DeTiger to play bass on his band's single <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQE0TrJbPAk">"Stop Making This Hurt."</a> Yep, that was her <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRb_euXgWOM">jamming out with Bleachers on "Saturday Night Live."</a> <div type="image" title="bleachers saturday night live" height="1895" width="2528" msid="90596520" hostid="261"></div>"So sick, so iconic," she said of the experience. "That's always been a bucket list thing. So to be able to do it was really cool. Now I'm ready for one eventually, or hopefully, that I get to do myself, with my music."Although she was thrilled to be back in her hometown for the gig, DeTiger said she was equally eager to return to LA.The budding rock star admitted that California may have had an impact on her distinctly East Coast sound — but one she already knows will be embraced. On Friday, she released "Hot Crush Lover," a funk-rock banger she's already played for several amenable crowds."I did a whole tour at the end of 2021 and I would play it in my set, even though it's not out. And at every festival that I did, it would go off, the most of any song," she said, beaming.DeTiger also said "Hot Crush Lover" conjures the image of coastal drives and wind in her hair, even though she doesn't have a license."Now when we're out in LA, my brother drives and he usually rents a convertible. We'll do top-down all the time and just drive," she said. "Everything sounds good with the top down."In pop <keyword id="11899151" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="culture" source="Orion">culture</keyword>, driving with the top down is the universal language of escape, of thrill-seeking, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlWpupgrTCQ">of feeling "infinite"</a> in the midst of crushing suburban sameness.DeTiger captures this feeling with ease, inviting some lucky dude to slide down her lips "like Gushers," just so she can feel something thick and sweet and real."I wanted a crush, a fling," she said of the lyrical inspiration. "I was like, I'm getting bored of what I'm doing right now. I'm getting over it. So let me find someone and then convince them to have this fun thing."Easier said than done, perhaps, but DeTiger vibrates with the kind of city-kid ambition that makes it hard to doubt she'll accomplish her goals."It also makes me think about running," she added, explaining that one of her producers "worked out to the song three times in a row" and said it made him run faster."That's a great sign," she concluded. "It's all about getting stuff done."Listen to "Hot Crush Lover" and more on Spotify with <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0yRnXWABbriPpn6sTCWO2A?si=6102092a0d0d4885">Insider's rising artist radio</a>.

Blu DeTiger makes 'main character music.' With a name like that, who could blame her?

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Janice Hampton is a poet, writer, and <keyword id="6" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="fashion">fashion</keyword> enthusiast who goes by Janice Glimmer online.</li><li>In June, Hampton posted a <keyword id="6762469" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="TikTok">TikTok</keyword> video — which now has over 1.4 million views — in which she showed what <keyword id="2294450" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Disney-princesses">Disney princesses</keyword> might wear if they starred in <keyword id="406" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Movies">movies</keyword> from the '90s and <keyword id="81866" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="2000s">2000s</keyword>, like "Clueless" and "The Cheetah Girls."</li><li>Speaking to Insider, Hampton said that while she came up with each outfit idea rather quickly, it took her hours to create the actual TikTok video.</li><li>Hampton also spoke about the reaction to her Disney-themed series, what it's like to make fashion videos with her mom, and what she hopes to achieve with her TikTok account.</li></ul>Belle from "Beauty and the Beast" and Cher Horowitz from "Clueless" might live in completely different worlds, but one TikToker is bringing them together through fashion.<a href="https://www.instagram.com/janiceglimmer/">Janice Hampton</a> is a poet, writer, and fashion enthusiast who goes by Janice Glimmer online. In June, Hampton posted a TikTok video in which she dressed as <keyword id="46161" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Disney">Disney</keyword> princesses, but with a twist. In place of ball gowns and a mermaid tail, Hampton instead wore items like a plaid miniskirt and graphic crop top to show how princesses might dress if they starred in movies from the 90s and early 2000s.Her video quickly became a TikTok sensation, and has so far garnered more than 1.4 million views. <h2>Speaking to Insider, fashion enthusiast Janice Hampton said she grew up loving Disney princesses and classic teen films</h2>"One day, it came to me that combining the two would be the best of both worlds," Hampton said of her video idea, which pairs Belle with "Clueless," Aurora with "Mean Girls," Ariel with "Freaky Friday," Mulan with "She's the Man," and Cinderella with "A Cinderella Story."She quickly figured out which movies she'd include in her TikTok, and what outfit each princess would wear — she even purchased a few extra pieces of clothing to help bring her ideas to life.Hampton then filmed her TikTok video over the course of a few hours, as she wanted to ensure that her lighting was good, her moves were "just right," and that she used "the perfect song," among other factors. <div type="image" title="janice glimmer" height="1636" width="914" msid="76878335" hostid="261"></div><h2>While Hampton says it's tough to pick a favorite outfit, she really loves the looks she created for Belle as a 'Clueless' character and Ariel as a 'Freaky Friday' star</h2>According to Hampton, she sees her Belle-inspired outfit as "the perfect blend of styles, colors, and aesthetics." Still, she said that not all viewers agree that Belle is a good match for "Clueless," to which Hampton disagrees."I think the movie fits her personality because, like Cher, Belle is focused, serious, has a single father, is wanted by a guy she doesn't like, and falls for a guy that she doesn't realize she's in love with until it's almost too late," Hampton said."Also, Belle's ball gown in 'Beauty and the Beast' is yellow, which links to the iconic, yellow plaid outfit Cher wears in 'Clueless.'""I decided to layer my own yellow, checkered dress over a white blouse in my video to pay homage to the way Belle wears a white blouse under her blue village dress," she continued. "And of course I had the half-up, half-down hairstyle for Belle, and then combined the white knee-high socks to be reminiscent of classic '90s fashion."<div type="image" title="belle clueless" height="1186" width="1210" msid="76878337" hostid="261"></div>Hampton is also a big fan of her "Freaky Friday" spin on Ariel."I wanted 'Freaky Friday' for Ariel because in both movies, the heroine is a rebellious teenager, has issues with her parents, wants to be with a guy that her parents don't approve of, is involved in music, and has a hard time expressing herself while also being in a totally different body — and, of course, Ariel and Lindsay Lohan are both redheads," Hampton said.She added: "I wanted to stay true to Ariel's iconic purple seashell bra and green tail, but I knew I had to do a punk-rock look, so I <keyword id="7" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="style">style</keyword>d a cropped lavender Led Zeppelin T-shirt with some army-green khaki culottes, and of course a black choker that's similar to the one Lindsay wears in the movie. This look is so unlike my personal style, so it was fun for me to dress outside of my comfort zone."<div type="image" title="ariel freaky friday" height="1196" width="1218" msid="76878339" hostid="261"></div><h2>Hampton has created a follow-up video to her Disney-inspired clip, and is considering making a third</h2>In her second video, Hampton shows what Rapunzel, Jasmine, Tiana, Elsa and Anna, and Snow White might wear in "Legally Blonde," "The Cheetah Girls," "10 Things I Hate About You," "John Tucker Must Die," and "13 Going on 30" respectively. Hampton told Insider that she's in awe of the reaction her two videos have received, and that she's happy she was "able to connect with others through something that started out as just a little thought bubble" in her head. Still, she maintained that "tallying up views" can become "overwhelming," and that she feels it's important to "stay humble" and create videos that are "true to you and what you love."It's partially the reason why she posts other fashion-related videos on her TikTok page, some of which she creates with the help of her mom. "I love finding ways to express myself in fun and artistic ways, and I enjoy how short, sweet, and to-the-point TikTok videos can be," Hampton said. "You can really pack a punch in a blink of an eye. I especially love making videos with my mom because she is my best friend and I want to include her in what I'm doing.""The response to our videos together has been amazing, and I can't wait to make more with her!" she continued. "It's great to film with someone else, especially someone who supports you and has similar interests, because you can bounce ideas off of each other and find out what works and what doesn't. It encourages innovation."Ultimately, throughout all of her videos — fashion-related or not — Hampton said she hopes that she can serve as "a source of positivity and inspiration for others.""I really want my platform to be reflective of who I am — what I love, what I cherish, what I dream of, what I find nostalgic, and what I'm looking forward to in the future — and I want to connect with people through it," she said.<ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/artist-draws-disney-princess-outfits-different-decades">An artist imagines what Disney princesses would wear if they lived in different decades, from the 1910s to the 2000s</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/serena-williams-daughter-matching-belle-costumes-disney-sing-along-instagram-2020-6">Serena Williams and her daughter wore matching Belle costumes for an adorable 'Beauty and the Beast' sing-along in the living room</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/you-can-buy-a-disney-princess-inspired-dinnerware-set-2020-6">You can buy a Disney princess-inspired dinnerware set</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/mom-transforms-disney-princess-dresses-into-outfits-for-son-2020-2">A mom turns Disney princess gowns into one-of-a-kind outfits for her son who wanted to dress like his favorite characters</a></li></ul>

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