How Eliza Rose saved the Brit Summer '22. Only a few knew beforehand. This is B.O.T.A.

Born in East End of London and shaped as music vynil digger, groovy basses and vindictive vocals. Nevertheless at the time she grew up in Dalston and partying all night since 17 was when she realise that musical recess, loophole in which she was not represented. The track first gained attention in London’s club scene (the elpalikes of E1, Phonox, KOKO), but it wasn’t until Glastonbury where it really took off. 

I thought the underground scene would love it, and I knew that it was quite a special song - Eliza Rose

The song’s title and central refrain is inspired by Coffy, a 1973 Blaxploitation film which stars Pam Grier as a woman vigilante. The tagline reads: the baddest one chick hit squad which ever hit town.

official poster 1973

She’s the ultimate figure of female empowerment for me [...] and even if it’s not an obvious reference, I think some of that strength permeated to that song

The topic is a homage to black and queer communities established in Hackney, London. We took an extract from when she was asked for gentrification she talked for Dazed. An inside B.O.T.A. reflect that not all is about gentrification. 

It’s like they were scared of me, in my own area, on my own street, where I’d lived all of my life. I’d think, ‘you've moved in here, and you're looking at me like that?

[...] around the time of the Olympics [in 2012] I started experiencing all kinds of racism. People would look at me like, ‘Oh, my God. [...] I try to choose to see the things that are good, because there are still these different spaces going against the grain and refusing to be removed, and there are still people who continue to push the creativity which used to define Hackney - Eliza Rose's words for Dazed (01.09)

Rose posed for James Greig

From anonymity to stardom, from Glastonbury to Creamfields this girl is on fire. 

Global social phenomenon which has gone viral on TikTok defined the sound of summer '22 after her breakthrough at Glastonbury. Influenced by Nina Simone and Amy Winehouse. It has also elements of UK garage, which remains one of Rose’s biggest inspirations: , and maybe a little dash of PC Music, but really it’s a tribute to 90s dance. 

It’s a little bit trashy, a little bit Euro. [...]

Don't to be forgotten Interplanety Criminal who was the maker on the Studio SetUp (Logic Pro X). The catchy vibes belongs only to him but the real 90s feelin' is due to the one an only Eliza Rose.

The dance track became UK No. 1 Official Singles Chart for two consecutive weeks (04.08-18.08)

Another achievement has clearly been related with BBC which gave her a monthly Residency for Radio1

Eliza declared she sampled the classic Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam's Let the Beat Hit 'Em

As well as being a DJ, Rose is a fiction writer who has just finished her first novel – What Happens in Dreamland – which portrays a friendship between two women who are both, in their own ways, in bad situations. “Female friendship runs through everything I do,” she says. “Friendship is just as important as the notion of romantic love. You learn about yourself through how your friends see you.