Expelled from a strict Catholic school for misfit behavior, a teenager taught herself guitar from YouTube and uploaded a song as a joke under a gibberish Instagram name. Years later she was opening for Taylor Swift and topping the UK charts. This deep dive tells the story of Beatrice Laus, known globally as Beabadoobee.

We explore how a lo-fi bedroom-pop track called Coffee got hijacked by TikTok virality when it was sampled, and how she fought to be taken seriously on her own terms. From reclaiming a heavy 90s rock aesthetic to weaponizing the very platform that once boxed her in, this is a story about identity in the internet age.

• Her Filipino heritage, West London upbringing, and outsider status
• How the Finsta name Beabadoobee became a global brand
• The Death Bed sample and the trap of algorithmic virality
• Embracing shoegaze and slacker rock on Fake It Flowers
• Taking control with Glue Song and the 2026 album Pylon