London artist and songwriter Belot has been creating a growing amount of visible space through her own brand of self-described “awkward pop.” Now the sound is taking her straight to the VIP section, and she’s bringing all her alt-pop misfits with her.
Fresh off its release last week (July 12), the pulsating “V.I.P” — leave off the last period for fun — shows no signs of awkwardness as Belot throws it down from the inside. Its electro purrs are designed to be felt through the walls, especially for those on the outside looking in.
“I can honestly say ‘V.I.P’ was a song I never expected to write,” Belot admits. “‘V.I.P’ was a classic case of making the music before writing the lyrics. I have to make it clear that this song is totally conceptual at least for the moment, rain drops of champagne are still very much their full and extortionate price. My co-writer and I had started playing around with this sort of groove, at first it started off being a bit of silliness, but we kept going and eventually we were like… we HAVE to use this.”
Belot adds: “It sort of had this nostalgic energy, we both grew up listening to Eminem, Dr Dre, 50 Cent etc. and we were all about it. (It goes without saying we have absolutely nothing on any of those artists but we can try.) We both sort of knew what a beat like this demanded from a song and so we went in, full force. This song is about glitz, glamour, success, redemption. It just had to be. The story of becoming the biggest artist one could be.”
Step inside with Belot below.