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![]() Lili Trifilio playing at Neumos in Seattle, Washington in December 2021 | |
Background information | |
Origin | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. [1] |
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Years active | 2015 | –present
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Website | www |
Beach Bunny is an American rock band formed in 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. Initially a solo project by guitarist and vocalist Lili Trifilio, Beach Bunny became a full band in 2017. The group achieved widespread popularity after their 2018 song "Prom Queen" went viral on TikTok in late 2019. [4] Their 2020 song "Cloud 9" also after went viral on TikTok in 2021. [5]
Beach Bunny began as a bedroom-based solo project in 2015 when Lili Trifilio recorded a song titled "6 Weeks". The same year, Trifilio released her first EP, titled Animalism. [6] [7] She released her second EP titled Pool Party in 2016. [8] In 2017, she released her third EP titled Crybaby, and Beach Bunny expanded to a full four-piece lineup shortly after. [9] In 2018, Beach Bunny released their fourth EP, titled Prom Queen. [9] [10] [11] [12]
On October 31, 2019, Trifilio and the band announced that they had signed to Mom + Pop Music and released their first full-length album, Honeymoon , on February 14, 2020. [13] [14] The album was produced by Joe Reinhart at Electrical Audio; the Chicago studio owned by Steve Albini, and subsequently mixed at Reinhart's Headroom Studios. Honeymoon was met with widespread critical acclaim, appearing on the Best Albums of 2020 lists in both The New York Times , and Rolling Stone . [15] The album contained the song "Cloud 9", which became the band's second song to go viral on TikTok, where it was used in 2 million videos. [16]
In November 2020, the band released a new single titled "Good Girls (Don't Get Used)". Their fifth EP, Blame Game , was released in 2021. [17]
In October 2021, the band released the single "Oxygen". This was followed by the single "Fire Escape" in March 2022, along with the announcement of their sophomore album Emotional Creature , released on July 22, 2022. [18]
In June 2024, the band released the single "Vertigo", their first release of new music in nearly two years and as a three-piece, following the 2022 departure of lead guitarist Matt Henkels. [19]
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Beach Bunny discography | |
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Studio albums | 2 |
Compilation albums | 1 |
EPs | 6 |
Singles | 14 |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||
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US Sales [20] | US Alt [21] | US Heat [22] | US Indie [23] | US Rock [24] | UK Indie Break. [25] | ||
Honeymoon | 25 | 21 | 2 | 27 | 38 | ― | |
Emotional Creature |
| 19 | ― | 1 | 44 | ― | 19 |
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Prom Queen / Crybaby |
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Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | ||
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US Sales [20] | US Heat [22] | UK Phys. [29] | ||
Animalism |
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Pool Party |
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Crybaby |
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Prom Queen |
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Beach Bunny on Audiotree Live |
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Blame Game | 63 | 9 | 9 |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||
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US Bub. [31] | US Alt. [32] | US Rock [33] | CAN [34] | IRE [35] | UK [36] | UK Indie [37] | WW [38] | ||||
"Sports" [39] [upper-alpha 1] | 2018 | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | Non-album single | |
"Prom Queen" | ― | ― | 26 | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | Prom Queen | ||
"Painkiller" [42] | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | |||
"Dream Boy" [43] | 2019 | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | Honeymoon | |
"Ms. California" [44] | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ||||
"Cloud 9" [45] (solo or featuring Tegan and Sara) [46] | 2020 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 92 | 58 | 64 | 8 | 193 | ||
"Promises" [48] | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | |||
"Good Girls (Don't Get Used)" [2] | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | Blame Game | ||
"Oxygen" [49] | 2021 | ― | — [upper-alpha 2] | — [upper-alpha 3] | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | Emotional Creature | |
"Christmas Caller" | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | Non-album single | ||
"Fire Escape" | 2022 | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | Emotional Creature | |
"Karaoke" | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | |||
"Entropy" | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | |||
"Weeds" | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | |||
"Vertigo" | 2024 | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | TBA |
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