Birgit

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Everybody knows the famous phrase - Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Superman! But in this case we’ll say: Is it a singer? Is it an actress? Is it a tv-personality? Yes, it’s a superwoman named Birgit!
Birgit played the female leading role of a Chinese acrobat in the remake of a Dutch classic knights tale called “Floris - the movie”, a priority release in the Holiday season of 2004. And yeah, she co-hosted the weekly “Countdown” chart show on commercial TV outlet Veronica. She lends her voice to numerous major cartoon-series: “Sponge Bob The Movie,” “My Dad is a Rockstar”, “Ice Age” and so on. She starred in a popular Dutch television series about sex and relationships. On stage she played a tough girl in a Dutch box office hit musical.
As if that isn’t enough she also starred in David Mamet’s stageplay “Sexual Perversity”. Okay, we’ve proved our point that Birgit is a most versatile artist… but we’re just warming up!
Birgit’s exciting new music album is what we want to talk about here: True Stories I Made Up, a BirgitMusic production, licensed by Zip Records, is quite different from her previous album (released in the Netherlands). Pop songs with a clear verse-chorus-verse structure, like her hit singles from the past (“A Little Famous”, “I Know” and “Few Like You”) have remained. But that’s about the sole similarity between this album and her successful debut album, “Few Like Me” (Virgin Records, 2001).
On True Stories I Made Up Birgit is confidently steering into another direction, without loosing hit potential. Tough, self-confident songs go hand in hand with Birgit’s more personal, intimate style. Her new sound? A mixture of Gwen Stefani, Blondie, Kate Bush and Dido. Listen to the irresistible track Not Just Anyone and first single Guniang, and you’ll surely catch our drift.
This album, her USA debut, more or less documents Birgit’s personal history of the last two years. She likes to describe her new album as a tasty little bag full of candy in different flavours. Some sweet, some sour, some bitter and definitely some spicy and salty ones. True Stories I Made Up sounds like Birgit growing up in public. The girl and her music have both matured considerably. She gives us something to dance and shake our heads to but we’re also given some slow, soulful songs such as Sleeping Pill and her painfully beautiful cover of Wuthering Heights . Those who care to listen to the lyrics in between all the dancing will appreciate the feelings.
The songs on True Stories I Made Up will stick with you for a long time. And so will Birgit.
'True Stories I Made Up' out now on Zip Records