Rose Betts Explained

Rose Betts
Birth Place:Chipperfield, England
Genre:Folk, Pop
Occupation:Singer-songwriter
Instrument:Vocals, piano, guitar
Years Active:2011–present
Label:Nettwerk

Rose Betts is an English singer-songwriter. She came to attention with viral TikTok hits "Driving Myself Home" in 2022, and "Irish Eyes" in 2023. In 2021, she produced and performed a cover of Tim Buckley's "Song to the Siren", on the soundtrack to Zack Snyder's Justice League, and collaborated with Bazzi on "Young & Alive", which was nominated for a Grammy award.[1] [2]

Career

Betts was born in Chipperfield, Hertfordshire, and grew up there along with a twin sister and two younger siblings.[3] [4] After finishing school, Betts moved to London to start a career as a musician.[5] [6] She featured as lead vocals with Macedonian band Foltin on a track on the album Penelope X by Nikola Kodjabashia in 2011, and began to release her own music in 2016. Her music has been described as 'Celtic pop-fusion'.[7] Betts' debut single "Orange Trees" was released in 2016, followed by an EP The Stars Look Down in 2017.[8]

In 2020, she collaborated on Bazzi's single "Young and Alive", which received a nomination for Best Remixed Recording at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards.[7] [9] [10] That same year, Betts worked on a cover of "Song to the Siren", a song which had been written by Tim Buckley in 1967, and covered, among others, by This Mortal Coil in 1983. Betts' demo cover was selected by Zack Snyder for the soundtrack to the Snyder Cut, the 2021 director's cut of the DC extended universe superhero film Justice League.[11] Among the critical acclaim for Betts' singing, Jeremy Urquhart at Collider commented in 2023 that it worked "fantastically" and was "one of the best and most memorable in all four hours of Zack Snyder's Justice League" soundtrack.[12] Betts' version of "Song to the Siren" reached a rank of 82nd in the UK Official Singles Sales charts on 1 April 2021.[13]

In December 2021, Betts was interviewed on a BBC Radio 4 episode of Soul Music, exploring the associations of "Song to the Siren" with the feelings of longing, love, and loss that it evokes. Betts explains how she immersed herself in the song, and in the words of the Larry Beckett poem on which it was based, to capture these emotions.[14]

She released her debut album, White Orchids, in 2022.[15] A track from this album "Driving Myself Home" went viral on TikTok. Betts recounts how she wrote the song as a joke, after a blind date, and within a day of uploading it to TikTok, it had 300,000 views.[16] Her 2023 release "Irish Eyes" has garnered over 5 million views on TikTok, and 13 million listens on Spotify.[17] "Driving Myself Home" was featured on Tom Robinson's 'BBC Introducing' show on BBC Radio 6 in February 2022.[18]

In February 2024, Betts announced that she had signed to Nettwerk Music Group,[17] with the release of her single "War". Later that year, Betts worked with Junkie XL (a.k.a. Tom Holkenborg) on several pieces on the soundtrack to , which was released in April 2024.[19] In September 2024, she released "Doodles", described as a 'buoyant Pub anthem'.[1] [20] Betts embarked on a debut tour in the US in September and October 2024, performing at 11 venues.[21] [22] [23]

Discography

Works are variously listed on Betts' verified listing on Spotify[24] and other sources cited inline.

EP and album

Singles

Collaborations

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ROSE BETTS – "DOODLES". 6 September 2024 . Wonderland.
  2. Web site: Rose Betts. The Heavy Group.
  3. Web site: Rose Betts Favorite Trivia, Bio and Top Fun Facts. www.sweetyhigh.com.
  4. Web site: Exclusive Interview: Rose Betts Talks About the Release of White Orchids. 1 May 2022. Pop-Culturalist.com.
  5. Web site: Brittaney Penney. Rose Betts talks recovery and working on justice league/. 13 April 2021. The Honey Pop.
  6. Web site: Rose Betts – Changing Days. Record of the. Day. www.recordoftheday.com.
  7. Web site: Premiere: Rose Betts' Timely "Rocket" Ignites with Childlike Optimism, Urgency, and Hope. Mitch Mosk. 30 March 2020. AtwoodMagazine.
  8. Web site: Interview: Rose Betts. 20 April 2022. The Photo Ladies.
  9. Web site: Interview with Rose Betts. Bringin' It Backwards. 15 May 2022.
  10. Web site: 2021 GRAMMYs Awards Show: Complete Winners & Nominees List | GRAMMY.com. grammy.com.
  11. Web site: Amandah Opoku. UM Interview: Rose Betts. 12 April 2021. UMusicians.com.
  12. Web site: 10 Best Zack Snyder Needle Drops, Ranked. Jeremy. Urquhart. 8 December 2023. Collider.
  13. Web site: ROSE BETTS. 1 April 2021. Official Charts.
  14. Web site: BBC Radio 4 – Soul Music, Song To The Siren. 4 December 2021. BBC.
  15. Web site: Rose Betts shares heartfelt debut album 'White Orchids' » // MELODIC Magazine. 1 April 2022. www.melodicmag.com.
  16. Web site: Rose Betts on going viral with Driving Myself Home. headlinermagazine.net.
  17. Web site: Rose Betts walks us through a fallout on "War" » // MELODIC Magazine. 9 February 2024. www.melodicmag.com.
  18. Web site: The BBC Introducing mixtape. New music from Gag Salon, Rose Betts, Fieves and more.. 28 February 2022. BBC Radio 6 Music.
  19. Web site: Here's every song on the 'Rebel Moon Director's Cut' soundtrack. Adam. Starkey. . 6 August 2024.
  20. Web site: Rose Betts releases buoyant pub anthem "Doodles" » // MELODIC Magazine. 6 September 2024. www.melodicmag.com.
  21. Web site: Rose Betts. Cafe Du Nord.
  22. Web site: The three San Diego concerts you won't want to miss this week. 12 September 2024.
  23. Web site: Rose Betts Interview on the Lyrical Meaning of 'Doodles'. www.sweetyhigh.com.
  24. Web site: Rose Betts. Spotify.
  25. Web site: Rose Betts explains the songwriting process behind her new song 'Irish Eyes'. 1 October 2023. NPR.
  26. Web site: Rose Betts releases soul-stirring single 'running' ahead of new album. 25 October 2024. The Daily Music Report.
  27. Web site: Rebel Moon — Part 2: The Scargiver Soundtrack (Netflix): Dive into Junkie XL's Epic Score. Nafees. Ahmed. 28 April 2024.

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