Black, Billy

She graduated from BRIT School , after which she entered the Guildhall School of Music and Theater , where she studied jazz ^[2] . In June 2014, she released her debut single “I Waited for You”, which received favorable reviews from the magazines Complex , Pigeons & Planes and Clash ^{[2] [3]} . In August of that year, Black appeared on the cover of Complex magazine, and in November the debut mini-album 000 100 ^{[1] [4] was released} . In May 2015, Black Teach Me released its second mini-album. In the same month, she appeared on the cover of the British version of Vogue ^[5] . In August 2015, the release of the third mini-album of the singer This Simple Pleasure took place ^[6] .

In a series of interviews, Black describes his music as “elusively incendiary melodies that rock people and combine old and new,” including jazz along with electronic styles of music, dub , minimalism and house ^[1] . In September 2014, The Guardian wrote that Black ““ created a kind of aspirated, modern soul that simultaneously sounds kindly and strangely unnerving, ”comparing it favorably with Jesse War ^[7] .

Mini Albums

• 000 100 (2014)
• Teach Me (2015)
• This Simple Pleasure (2015)

• Billy Black on SoundCloud