Arielle Free | |
|---|---|
 Free in 2023 | |
| Born | 29 March 1988 [1] Stirling, Scotland |
| Occupation | Radio presenter |
| Employer | BBC |
Arielle Free (born 29 March 1988) is a Scottish DJ and broadcaster. She is known for presenting on BBC Radio 1. Free also hosts the official podcast Love Island: The Morning After .
Free is originally from Stirling but moved to Glasgow when she was ten years old. She considers herself to be a Glaswegian. Free began dancing when she was eight years old, and attended the Dance School of Scotland at Knightswood Secondary School. [2] [3] [1]
Free acted in the Beauxbatons scenes in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005). [2] [4]
Free presented the children's TV show Scrambled! on ITV. [1] While presenting the show on 3 October 2017, Free took part in a world record attempt for the most limbos achieved by a team of 25 people in three minutes. The team set a record of 142 limbos, verified by the Guinness World Records. [5]
Free and Kem Cetinay have co-presented the official Love Island podcast Love Island: The Morning After since 2018. [6]
On 6 September 2019, Free began presenting the weekend early breakfast show on BBC Radio 1, which included Friday, Saturday, and Sunday mornings. [7] In January 2021, she moved to the weekday early breakfast show from Monday to Thursday. [8]
Free is also the voice of Radio 1's Dance live stream and can be heard on the stage 35 hours a week.
As a DJ, Free can often be found playing on Club and Festival bills as well as touring her own club night Free Your Mind. She also has a record label under the same name.
On 21 August 2021, Free and Lawrence Chaney, winner of the second series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK , co-hosted a show on BBC Radio 1 in honour of the station's Drag Day. [9]
In August 2023, Free was suspended from BBC Radio 1 for a week, following an on-air incident that occurred during Charlie Hedges' Dance Anthems DJ set, which was broadcast live from Radio 1's Dance Weekend in Ibiza. Free had been asked by Hedges to leave the studio after expressing her dislike of the current song. [10] [11]
In January 2022, Free released the single "Soul Full" that she produced with Bristol music duo Mortimer. The song features vocals by Joe Killington. [12] [13]
| Title | Year |
|---|---|
| "Soul Full" (featuring Joe Killington) | 2022 |
| "Free Your Mind" (featuring Jake Shears) [14] | 2023 |
| "Levitate" (with GotSome & Icarus) [15] | |
| "Feels So Good" [16] | |
On 5 March 2023, Free began the Tour De Dance [17] challenge to raise money for the charity Comic Relief. This was a five-day event where she completed 50 hours of simultaneous cycling and DJing, touring five UK cities. The challenge was completed on a vehicle powered by ten cyclists, with volunteers joining for sections of the journey in York, Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester, and Liverpool. [18]
Over £500,000 was raised for Comic Relief in Free's name by the end of the challenge. [19]
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