Four years ago, Tessa Violet dropped her not-so-debut album1, Bad Ideas. Five years, if you consider the release of the album’s first single, Crush, and its music video. A lot happened between then and now – we had a global pandemic, which Tessa (albeit coincidental) released the music video for her “quarantine anthem” Bored, another single off Bad Ideas.
The album was jam-packed with hits that it became obvious – Tessa Violet was a force to be reckoned with.
The YouTuber-turned-musician understood how to market herself and her music. She conquered TikTok with trends – some of them her own – to showcase songs from Bad Ideas, and built a following outside her Meekakitty days, while never brushing those fans aside. This is how she introduced the first single off her follow-up album.
She did this with the second single, and the third, the fourth, and the title song. The yellow-haired singer knew how to build momentum and deliver something worthwhile.
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