Erika de Casier releases new single ‘Busy’ + video
Erika de Casier
New Single ‘Busy’ + Video Out Today
New Album Sensational
Released Next Friday, 21 May 2021
UK & European Tour Dates
Erika de Casier by Dennis Morton
Today, Erika de Casier releases a new single ‘Busy’ and presents fierce CEO boardroom realness in its official video. Assuming her alter ego Bianka – a character who has featured in the visuals for previous singles ‘Polite’ and ‘Drama’ – on ‘Busy’, the Danish songwriter and producer is working hard and taking nothing for granted. Connect with Bianka on LinkedIn here.
Watch the video for ‘Busy’ here or via the player below
‘Busy’Official Video directed by Erika de Casier
‘Busy’ is the fourth single to be taken from de Casier’s second full-length studio album Sensational. Featuring the tracks ‘Polite’, ‘Drama’ and ‘No Butterflies, No Nothing’, Sensational will be released next Friday, 21 May.
Sensational expands the universe of de Casier’s 2019 self-released debut album Essentials. Where Essentials dealt more with the infatuation stages of love, Sensational has more of an attitude, aiming to dismantle the stereotype of single women looking for love, tackling relationship dramas and the toxicity of dating. It was a chance to rewrite scenarios in ways that empowered her, fantasising about what could’ve been. Sensational was co-produced by de Casier and Natal Zaks and is a breath of fresh air to anyone with a passion for music in all its genres, as much influenced by Aaliyah and Janet Jackson as house, garage and techno. With hushed, pillow-soft vocals and production that references turn-of-the-millenium sounds, de Casier’s sound surveys the past while looking to the future. Read more about Sensational here.
Born in Portugal to Belgian and Cape Verdean parents and raised in Denmark, Erika de Casier initially made her mark as an ally of the Regelbau collective (home to Danish house acts DJ Sports, C.K and Central) before writing, co-producing and releasing debut album, Essentials, through her own Independent Jeep label. Her take on 90s/00s R&B became a slow-burn success story and Essentials graced Best of 2019 lists at Mixmag, Gorilla vs. Bear, FACT, Dummy, and Crack Magazine.
Sensational is released on 21 May 2021 with CD and vinyl formats following on 23 July.
For pre-order information head to erikadecasier.ffm.to/sensational.
Erika de Casier – Sensational21 May 2021
Tracklisting
1. Drama
2. Polite
3. Make My Day
4. All You Talk About
5. Insult Me
6. No Butterflies, No Nothing
7. Someone To Chill With
8. Acceptance (intermezzo)
9. Better Than That
10. Friendly
11. Secretly
12. Busy
13. Call Me Anytime
Erika de Casier 2021 Tour Dates
19-21 August – HUNTINGDON, GB, We Out Here Festival
5 September – DHERMI, AL, Kala Festival
9 October – NOTTINGHAM, GB, Wigflex City Festival
29 October – COPENHAGEN, DK, Vega
4 November – AARHUS, DK, Voxhall
11 November – LONDON, GB, Scala
13 November – MANCHESTER, GB, YES
17 November – BRUSSELS, BE, Le Botanique
18 November – AMSTERDAM, NL, Paradiso Noord
23 November – PRAGUE, CZ, MeetFactory
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