Phem & Waterparks Team Up For Infectious Collab Track: 'Cheerleader'
FEBRUARY 29, 2024 – Los Angeles, CA – Alt pop star phem has teamed up with long-time friends and pop rock outfit Waterparks for a kitschy new single that will have fans of both artists dancing around their bedrooms. The song, which marks the first single off phem’s forthcoming debut album, serves as a sparkling start for the pop singer and is undoubtedly one of her catchiest earworms to date. The song even withholds an uplifting message for anyone who’s ever been knocked down and had to pick themselves up. With “cheerleader,” phem and Waterparks are teaching us all how to be our own biggest cheerleader
PHEM SHARES OF THE TRACK:
“This illusory world can make you feel like a real loser sometimes. So I wrote myself an anthem. A song that tells it like it REALLY is. "cheerleader" is the song that encourages you to keep going, and give yourself a little credit for never giving up. I've always had to be my biggest cheerleader... especially during my darkest moments. The moments only I could pull myself out of. This song is for all the people who dropped off. Who left me to pick up the pieces and figure it out by myself. It's all good. I'm doing even better without you.”
ON WORKING WITH WATERPARKS:
“It came together pretty organically.. I posted a snippet of me singing the song on my insta and then awsten hit me up about it.. he said he really liked it.. which was like the biggest compliment in the world. waterparks had already had me on both their US and European tour, so it was cool to finally make some art together.. he's unbelievable in so many ways. i really look up to him as an artist and songwriter.. he inspires me to push myself and keep improving. he's the real deal... it's an honor to have him on my song.”
ABOUT phem:
Los Angeles-based phem is an enigma - artist, songwriter, vocalist and producer. Before her recent success, she spent a year living between her car and studio space in the Crenshaw District of LA. During this time of isolation, she dove inward discovering the essence of her creativity and sexuality, both fluid and intertwined. These surroundings and life changes left their own stain, adding to the liminal and ethereal float of her songs. For phem, this self discovery has paid off. Over the past couple of years she has both been featured on and co-wrote songs with a slew of artists including Machine Gun Kelly, Travis Barker, Lil Tracy, Iann Dior, Pouty Face, JXDN, GRANDMA, ezekiel, Palaye Royale, Huddy, The Used, Gabriel Black, Steve Aoki, Tyler Posey, Royal and the Serpent, and more. She has toured with and supported artists such as Avril Lavigne, MGK, Grandson, & Waterparks. phem signed to Hopeless Records in 2022.
Praise for phem:
“phem is electric, really thriving at the moment & can’t stop writing bangers” - Jack Saunders (BBC Radio)
“LA’s weirdest, most exciting new alt.pop star” - Kerrang
“Unapologetic alt pop icon” - Rock Sound
“Music that feels cathartic and relatable” - Ones To Watch
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