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L+T: LION BABE is now a member of the Turn First Artists family. I feel like the 13-year old version of me would be very proud. It feels so dope to have one of our songs in the game. Are you fans of the Grand Theft Auto series? L+T: “Treat Me Like Fire” is featured in Grand Theft Auto Five. Especially since the article focused on artists who they voiced were reshaping the genre. At that point we were pretty much constantly in studio mode, so to have a nod like that with just one track out was really cool. JH: The Paper Magazine shout-out was great! It was a perfect example of how we realized “Treat Me Like Fire” was starting to catch some heat. L+T: How did it feel when you heard Paper Magazine listed you as leaders in a new movement in R&B? After that went well, I felt he was the perfect person to try to make a song with and he encouraged me to try. Our first collaboration was a dance piece that I choreographed and Lucas scored. We met briefly in the early years of college, but became friends four years later. We both happened to be connected at the right time. He crushed it and we are excited to work with him again soon. We knew we wanted to find someone to do a verse on it and he made perfect sense since he already was a fan of the song and we knew him. We showed him “Jump Hi” unfinished when he stopped by a few months before we finished the song. After a great show, we stayed connected and have been sharing music since then. JH: We first met Donald when he invited us to open for him along side the Cool Kids at SXSW earlier this year. L+T: How did you link up with Childish Gambino for “Jump Hi”? JH: New York, space, movement, love and dreams. L+T: What are some of the things which inspired the songs on the EP? “LION BABE” describes all that you hear on it. JH: Since it is our introduction we felt we should keep it simple. L+T: For the EP, why did you decide on the name LION BABE? JILLIAN HERVEY: The EP is an introduction into our world and our sound. Life + Times: What should we expect from the LION BABE EP? Life + Times recently chatted with LION BABE to learn more about the origins of their name, their upcoming EP and what brought them together. Bojangles” – is a mash up of retro soul, hip hop and pop and features a verse from Childish Gambino. “After that song happened, it felt right to continue and to create a band.” Their recently released follow-up single, “Jump Hi” – which samples Nina Simone’s “Mr. “‘Treat Me Like Fire’ was the first beat we made a song from,” admits Jillian.
The tandem consisting of lead singer, Jillian Hervey and producer, Lucas Goodman first landed on the scene with their single, “Treat Me Like Fire.” Interestingly enough, that record happened to also be the first song the two had ever recorded together. Programming descriptions are generated by participants and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SXSW.On December 15th, New York-based duo, LION BABE will unleash their long-awaited self-titled debut EP.
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With an impressive 35 million plus streams across their audio and visual streaming sites in less than two years after releasing their debut EP and Jillian confidently confirming her place as an international style and beauty influencer with huge campaigns with MAC Cosmetics - creating her own eyeliner for the brand - and as Pantene's ambassador, appearing in their print and TV commercials, the sky is the limit for these rapidly rising stars. This ethos led LION BABE to become one of the most exciting breakthrough acts of the past couple of years, garnering rave reviews from publications such as Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Vogue, GQ, FAder, Paper, NYLON, Wonderland, New York Times, Noisey and I-D. The band’s artistry showcases their ethos for fearlessly reworking and reinventing the familiar, combining it with their love of fantasy and the surreal, to make their own unique pieces of art a new kind of soul. Constantly embracing polarity, mixing and matching sounds and visuals to create something new and unique – LION BABE are the New York electro-soul duo formed of singer/songwriter and performance artist Jillian Hervey and instrumentalist and producer Lucas Goodman.