Tady: Pittsburgh pop star Daya returns strong with Bad Girl
Pittsburgh s Grammy-winning pop singer Daya heats things up with Bad Girl, her new single set for impact Feb. 16 on Top-40 radio.
Co-produced by Charlie Puth, the song s instantly catchy chorus Bad girl, need a bad girl, because the bad boys just don t cut it sets the theme of Daya addressing her sexuality and identity as a bisexual woman. In a press release, the 22-year-old singer says the song also confronts the common implications of the term “bad girl.
“To me, the lyric of ‘Bad Girl’ can be used in an almost ironic way to play out the ‘problem child’ or archetypal rebel, flipping the script so that a ‘bad girl’ can be anyone who is confident and asserts themselves boldly in the world and doesn’t necessarily have to adhere to the stereotypical bad girl ‘look,’” Daya said.
We feel ya , Redlines.
We re all coming off a rough year, reflected in the anxiety, pain and ultimate determination to stay strong that s manifested in The Bones Under the Morning Sun, the second full-length album from the Butler-Beaver band.
Nine years into their existence, the Redlines mine from classic rock, distilled with 60s soul, 70s punk and 80s heartland rock and traces of power-pop and garage rock.
“You can hear our growth,” vocalist-guitarist Brian Seese said. “You can hear us coming together as a band in real-time, from song to song.”
Seese is quick to credit the blistering solos and melodic leads of second guitarist Jason Lizzi, a New Brighton grad.
Pittsburgh concert venues like the Rex Theater, Howlers and Brillobox closed last year amid the financial hardships brought on by the pandemic.
Hoping to ensure other live music sites don t go out of business, 60 local musicians rallied to record a benefit song.
“SOS 2020,” short for Save Our Stages, comes out Friday on iTunes and major streaming platforms, and includes participation from Beaver Valley musicians like Keith Nelson, former lead guitarist from platinum-selling rockers Buckcherry; David and Hermie Granati from the nationally touring Granati Brothers; Jonathan Bagamery and Michele Dunlap from alt-rockers Murder For Girls; Jason Lizzi from The Redlines, and Chip Dominick and Maleena Dominick from Chip & The Charge Ups.