Brooke Eden
Brooke Eden would like to reintroduce herself. The rising singer-songwriter has been an exciting voice in country music since the release of her debut EP Welcome to the Weekend in 2016, earning devoted fans over the last several years with her exceptional songwriting, dazzling live performances and arena-worthy vocals. While that first chapter of her journey was an important one, what she shared with the world — musically and personally — didn't always line up with who Eden really is.
It's taken a lot of writing and reflection to reach this point, but Eden is ready to let the world meet her true self. She's a country artist, sure, but she's also a passionate fan of all music, as pop and soul figure just as importantly into making the music she loves. She's also a storyteller, perfectly able to craft her experiences into moving, vulnerable songs, that can be felt by all. And she's in love, proudly sharing with the world that she's met the "love of her life," her girlfriend of five years.
As part of this next chapter in her journey, Eden will share three new songs via BBR Music Group in the coming months: "No Shade," "Sunroof" and "Got No Choice." Eden wrote all three of the new tracks, which were produced by Jesse Frasure (Florida Georgia Line, Thomas Rhett, Kane Brown), in a flurry of creativity inspired by her newfound freedom and self-acceptance.
"All the songs came out very happy and up-tempo and light," she says. "I felt like if this is going to be my music and these are going to be my songs, then I need to live this life out loud and I need to live this love out loud. I talked to the label about it and they said, 'We see you. We get you. We love you. Let's do this.'"
Eden wrote the new music in the years since Welcome to the Weekend's release amongst a season of profound personal and professional growth. Originally discouraged from sharing her identity as a queer woman, Eden’s deepening relationship with her girlfriend and a newfound commitment to living authentically led her to pursue the next era of her musical career on her own terms.
"I want to be an example for everyone who knows how hard it can be to be open, and the journey that you have to take," she says of crafting her video narrative. "For me a lot of it was self-acceptance and self-realization. But this video is what the other side looks like. I thought that it was important that we’re showing the other side - the sunny, happy side of what this can look like."
Eden's new music comes on the heels of her wildly successful Welcome to the Weekend single "Act Like You Don't," which has over 26.6 million on-demand streams. Since making her debut, Eden has shared stages with country’s biggest stars like Garth Brooks, Tim McGraw, Sam Hunt, Dan + Shay, Florida Georgia Line, Kane Brown, and Sugarland.
With stellar new music and lots to share in 2021, this year is already poised to be a big one for Eden, whose star is sure to rise even higher. And best of all, this time around she's doing it all on her own terms.
"What’s cool about my story is that I’ve already gotten to do this one time," Eden says. "I think it’s cool that I get to do this again with music that I love so much and music that says something that I want to say."