Betty Boo returns this August with ‘Rip Up The Rulebook’ an album of brand new material, her new single ‘One Day‘ is online now, listen below. A punchy urgent reclamation of power, stability and empowerment, she taps into the sound of her 80s and 90s commercial peak and the soul, hip hop and pop of the present day, for a kicking and catchy new single. Chiming with messages of female empowerment from one of the original faces of GRRRl power.
New album Rip Up The Rulebook finds the Boo on rare form as she continues on a songwriting roll that began during lockdown, saw the release of 2022’s Boomerang – the first new Boo music since 1992 – and hasn’t stopped yet.
Betty Boo’s fourth album also finds her paying homage to her musical roots as a pioneer in the early hip hop scene of the 1980s. During that period, she wrote and self-produced music as one of the She Rockers, before ending up on tour supporting Public Enemy across the States when she should still have been in school, several years before her mega-hit singles in the early ’90s. The album’s title track finds Betty Boo duetting with one of the scene’s true originators, Grandmaster Caz – the author of the lyrics to Rapper’s Delight (and star of the 2012 film Something From Nothing: The Art Of Rap which was Executive produced by BB’s alter-ego, Alison Clarkson).
She says:“I loved making Boomerang so much that I kept writing. I’m very proud of these songs and grateful to be back creating music full time. The album title Rip Up The Rulebook is my response to stereotypical ideas about what women should be doing in their fifties. I have never had so much fun making music (with my friends Andy Wright and Gavin Goldberg). Long may it continue”.
Rip Up The Rulebook features:
1.Barbarella
2.Am I Dreaming?
3.It Was Beautiful (featuring Hex)
4.Spotlight
5.Rip Up The Rulebook (featuring Grandmaster Caz)
6.One Day
7.Cupcake
8.Bring On The Summer
9.Good Night Out
10.Heatwave
11.Hypnotic
12.Days Like These
Rip Up The Rulebook was recorded at Betty Boo’s house and at Qube West, London where it was also mixed. It was produced by Andy Wright, Gavin Goldberg and Betty Boo.
Following the release of Rip Up The Rulebook, Betty Boo will release deluxe editions of her first two albums. Boomaniaand GRRR! It’s Betty Boo are due for release in time for Christmas, alongside more UK live dates.
