PWR BTTM – Big Beautiful Day:
PWR BTTM make music for βthe coolest kids in the roomβ, but these arenβt the typical, mainstream βcool kidsβ; these are the queers, the weirdos, and the craft-store connoisseurs covered in glitter and rainbow face paint, wearing thrift store dresses several sizes too big. Ben Hopkins, (vocals, guitar, and some drums), and Liv Bruce, (drums) met at Bard College in upstate New York, but moved to Brooklyn after graduation. Brooklyn isnβt a bad place to be because, as Bruce told Out Magazine, when youβre in New York, βno matter what you do, youβre probably not the strangest looking person that someone has seen that day.β In New York these days PWR BTTM are the coolest kids in the room.
In a 2015 interview with Nylon, Bruce said that βsongwriting is almost a form of magic, a crystal ball that show you the inside of your brain in flattering lighting and slow motion.β In anticipation of the release of Pageant the band has filled their calendars with both a UK/France tour starting 4/10 and a full US tour beginning on 5/27. Until that time, βBig Beautiful Dayβ has been a fervent, powerful preview of what fans can expect from Pageant.
The video for βBig Beautiful Day,β released on Valentineβs Day, begins with Hopkins receiving an emoji-filled text from their mom, before Bruce kicks down the door holding a plate stacked with waffles, something a YouTube commenter called βhonestly iconicβ. We then see the duo alternately playing guitar in a hallway, eating waffles on the couch, and in true PWR BTTM style, covered in face paint and glitter, singing to a room full of kids just like them. Itβs a declaration to face both active hate and passive microagressions by being yourself: Hopkins affirms that βmy advice is to look incredible as you make their lives regrettable by being your damn self.β The video ends with a grinning, glitter-covered Hopkins biting in to an apple and licking their lips, before a cut back to the aftermath of the party.
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