LISTEN / SHARE “HOT LOVE” (BOY HARSHER REMIX) HERE
DEBBY FRIDAY’S NEW ALBUM, GOOD LUCK, OUT NOW ON ARTS & CRAFTS IN CANADA
‘GOOD LUCK’ FILM PREMIERES TOMORROW VIA FANGORIA
BUY / STREAM GOOD LUCK HERE
INTERNATIONAL TOUR DATES CONTINUE IN MAY
“Debby Friday's Good Luck is a shot of adrenaline straight to the heart, it hits you squarely in the chest and demands you tune in with every ounce of your being.” - CBC Music
“With standout songwriting, arrangements and production, GOOD LUCK's fearlessness feels earned and nomadically spirited. Like the glow emanating from FRIDAY on the LP's cover, she is the light that will guide her through. Embracing her past while looking forward, on GOOD LUCK, FRIDAY makes her own.” - Exclaim!
“the multi-dimensional experimentalist folds her previous lives into a compelling story for a stunning debut.” RANGE Magazine, Cover Story
“It sounds like a trip through a throbbing club. Industrial clashes and throbbing house transmute into pop hooks; songs about searching for oneself (So Hard to Tell) make way for the sound of self-assurance (I Got It).” - The Globe And Mail
“At once soaring, dramatic, reflective, hyper and explosive, Debby Friday’s debut album GOOD LUCK lands like a bomb on your lap — across 30 minutes, it zips around musical ideas, intriguing production, and lyrical clarity that shows she’s ready for this exact moment in music.” - Northern Transmissions
Today, DEBBY FRIDAY is sharing an icy new remix of “HOT LOVE” from her acclaimed debut album GOOD LUCK, reworked by electronic music duo Boy Harsher and available today on all DSPs from Arts & Crafts.
LISTEN / SHARE “HOT LOVE” (BOY HARSHER REMIX) HERE
Tomorrow, April 28, FANGORIA will premiere DEBBY FRIDAY’s accompanying album short film ‘GOOD LUCK’, a pseudo-autobiographical tale, largely drawn from her own life and experiences growing up as a zillenial anti-heroine. A surrealist reflection on the tumultuous whirlwind that is the end of adolescence and the emotionality of youth, ‘GOOD LUCK’ is co-directed by FRIDAY and Nathan De Paz Habib (Chino Amobi’s Eroica, and The Bicycle).
‘GOOD LUCK’ FILM PREMIERES TOMORROW VIA FANGORIA
DEBBY FRIDAY’s headlining tour and festival dates for the UK and Europe begin May 2nd in Brighton, UK at Crofters Rights and run through May 13th at The Great Escape Festival.
Her international tour schedule has also been extended through November 11th in London at The Roundhouse at Pitchfork London (with Yaeji). New highlights include June 3rd in Toronto at Boiler Room; June 8th-18th for an Australian club and festival tour; July 28th at Hillside Festival in Guelph, Ontario; and two Canadian shows supporting Tegan & Sara on July 29th in Saskatoon, SK at TCU Place, and July 31st in Winnipeg, MB at Burton Cummings. A full list of dates is below.
Of her recent appearances at SXSW, Rolling Stone raved: “Welcome to Planet Debby: If you wandered into the back room at Empire Garage and Control Room at the right moment on Thursday afternoon, you found yourself in the middle of an interstellar rave in full swing. Toronto experimental artist Debby Friday was onstage, performing a thudding electro-rap song with hints of Azealia Banks and Donna Summer… Leaping off the stage into the small crowd, she demanded that they come closer — “I need your energy!” — and kept on chanting, in a long vamp that bent space and time. It was the kind of serendipitous moment that makes SXSW one of the best places in the world to discover a new favorite.”
For more about DEBBY FRIDAY’S latest album, GOOD LUCK, check here.
BUY / STREAM GOOD LUCK HERE
WATCH / SHARE “WHAT A MAN” OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO HERE
TOUR DATES
Tue. May 02 - Bristol, UK - Crofters Rights
Wed. May 03 - London, UK - Corsica Studios #
Fri. May 05 - Krems, AT - Donau Festival
Sat. May 06 - Brussels, BE - Botanique (La Rotonde)
Wed. May 10 - Lisbon, PT - ZDB
Thu. May 11 - Leeds, UK - Headrow House
Fri. May 12 - Manchester, UK - The White Hotel
Sat. May 13 - Brighton, UK - The Great Escape @ Patterns
Jun. 03 - Toronto, ON - Boiler Room
Thu. Jun. 08 - Melbourne, AU - Rising (Max Watts) ^
Fri. Jun. 09 - Hobart, AU - Dark Mofo
Sat. Jun. 10 - Hobart, AU - Dark Mofo
Mon. Jun. 12 - Sydney, AU - Vivid Wavyland Metro Theatre
Wed. Jun. 14 - Sun. Jun. 18 Melbourne, AU - Rising
Sat. Jul. 08 - Québec City, QC - Festival d'été de Québec (FEQ)
Fri. Jul. 28 - Guelph, ON - Hillside Fest
Sat. Jul. 29 - Saskatoon, SK - TCU Place *
Mon. Jul. 31 - Winnipeg, MB - Burton Cummings *
Sun. Sep. 03 - Seattle, WA - Bumbershoot
Fri. Oct. 27 - Chicago, IL - Sanctum @ Thalia Hall
Sat. Nov. 11 - London, UK - Pitchfork London %
* w/ Tegan & Sara
^ w/ Desire Marea
# w/ Grove
% w/ Yaeji, Jessy Lanza
MORE PRAISE FOR DEBBY FRIDAY
“The Nigerian-born, Toronto-based singer and rapper Debby Friday’s ambitious, charismatic album “Good Luck” is one of my favorite debuts of the year so far…She’s a shape-shifting, swashbuckling dynamo journeying through different tempos and genres, always on a heroine’s quest for self-discovery.” “The Amplifier” - The New York Times
"Her first full-length is sweaty and determined, eager to deliver on its teeth-chattering beats with a feverish intensity. The influences are obvious, but the ways that Debby Friday crashes those sounds together are not.” “Album of the Week” - STEREOGUM
“DEBBY defies easy categorization, mixing rap, electro, post-punk, industrial, techno and more into a glitchy, bruising and bitcrushed blend that is fiery, magnetic and all her own.” [GOOD LUCK] - Brooklyn Vegan
“Friday strikes a remarkable balance on her forthcoming debut LP, GOOD LUCK: between the boisterous and the tranquil, the erudite and the crass, a packed dancefloor and quiet isolation. Featuring unequivocal bangers like “I Got It,” “Pluto Baby,” and “Heartbreakerrr,” Debby Friday is destined for bigger stages in 2023.” “15 Artists to Watch in 2023” - SPIN
"In contrast to the pulse-quickening tempos and noisy synths of her past music, her production is deft and graceful, with a skipping beat and cascading backing vocals. 'Lady Friday/All you do is rеbel,' Friday chastises herself—tough talk against a fragile, gorgeous sound." ["SO HARD TO TELL"] "Best New Track" - Pitchfork
“One of the young year’s most audacious bangers” [“SO HARD TO TELL”] - Billboard
“Hyperpop can sometimes come off as abrasive but in the hands of Canadian singer DEBBY FRIDAY it’s soulful, even elegant.” [“SO HARD TO TELL”] - NYLON
“A graceful entrance into yet another territory: lush R&B”[“SO HARD TO TELL”] “Now Playing” - NPR Music
“If you’ve ever deep-dived into Debby Friday’s discography, you’ll know she slammed this single into left field, but man is it a hit! This edgy extraordinaire has taken a dip into the darkside via falsetto pop.” ” [“SO HARD TO TELL”] - MTV