Breedlove (singer)

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Breedlove (* in San Francisco Bay Area , California, as Craig Jessup ) is an American singer , songwriter , performance artist, and makeup artist .

He performed as a pre-act on Lady Gaga's ArtRave - The Artpop Ball Tour.

Childhood and youth

Breedlove got to know the touring life as a child, because his parents, who are cabaret artists, took him on trips and he commuted between California and his parents' venues. As a teenager he moved to New York to go to college. There he met Lady Starlight , who is known for her close friendship with Lady Gaga . It was Starlight who gave him his name and helped him determine his musical direction. The New York nightlife also shaped his musical style significantly. He has been making up the green witch Elphaba in the Broadway musical Wicked for 7 years.

2010-2015

In 2010 Breedlove was the pre-act for Semi Precious Weapons on their North American tour. In 2011 he appeared in Lady GaGa 's HBO special and in her promotional video for the MTV VMA's that same year . He became Chief Ambassador of their Born This Way Foundation during the North American portion of their Born This Way Ball Tour . That same year he began working with Brooklyn-based electro-funk producer ChewFu. They mixed their musical styles and thus created a retro-futuristic pop style, as well as creating their own record label "1212Records". The number 12 is based on the fact that both musicians were born on December 12th.

“The Magic Monday EP” emerged from their joint collaboration as an homage to their weekly Monday appearances of the same name in the New York bar “Jerome's”. Breedlove introduced “The Magic Monday EP” in 2014 as a preliminary act for Lady Gaga's Artrave - The Artpop Ball. During the Yahoo live broadcast from Paris on November 24, 2014, he was supported by the dancer Jocelyn S. McBride, who, together with him and ChewFu, portrayed “The Act” on Magic Monday in Jerome's.

In 2015 Breedlove announced the release of his and ChewFus album "Magic Monday".

One of his trademarks is a black baseball cap with "NYC" printed on it.

Magic Monday

On June 2nd, 2015 the album "Magic Monday" was released. The set list includes:

  • Sex O'clock
  • Catch a fire
  • Heart Atrack
  • I never had
  • FTW
  • Me and the boys
  • New York City Rooftop (feat. Bootsy Collins, Dres & Jarobi)
  • OK by me
  • Love on the telephone
  • zombie
  • Only the good
  • Happy

A music video was released for the first single, "Sex O 'clock", on August 10, 2015; DJ Chaotic (James Barker) is the director. Breedlove, ChewFu, Jocelyn McBride and KY appear in the video. The video is set in New York City and shows various scenes that revolve around Breedlove, a telephone or a bed, whose ceiling is printed with Breedlove's face. Breedlove's trademark, the black baseball cap with the NYC print, appears again and again.

2016

On June 24th, ChewFu released the video for the single "Brother" on Youtube, which has been available on iTunes since June 28th. The song was written by Breedlove, ChewFu and Maria Christensen, accompanied by Julian Souisa on guitar. The four-minute long video was shot in New York City, directed by ChewFu and it shows Breedlove over the rooftops of NYC, at the end he opens the zipper of his jacket and shows a white shirt with rainbow-colored writing "Orlando" in relation to the massacre in the nightclub "Pulse" in Orlando on June 12th.

On August 18th, Breedlove announced on Twitter that the Jerome's nightclub was closing, making the last appearance of the Magic Monday series on August 22nd. It is currently unknown if a sequel is planned in other nightclubs.

Breedlove's and ChewFu's second studio album is called "Tragic Tuesday". As a promotion, the Tragic Tuesday shows with a different special guest took place in Arelene's Grocery in New York City every Tuesday evening in November 2016.

Discography

  • The Magic Monday EP
  • Magic Monday (2015)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Presenting "Magic Monday," the Debut Album by Breedlove & Chew Fu - PR.com. In: www.pr.com. Retrieved August 26, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Breedlove
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jessup, Craig (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer, songwriter, performance artist, and makeup artist
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH San Francisco Bay Area , California