Born Bianca Miquela Landraw, BIA grew up in between Massachusetts, where her Italian mother raised her and her younger sister, and Manhattan, where her Puerto Rican father lived. “I was always back and forth, I’ve always been around different cultures,” BIA reflects.
This summer, BIA’s fluid voice and flawlessly made-up face have infiltrated our virtual realities, with”Whole Lotta Money” sound-tracking TikTok dancevideos and memes as well as our haphazard social reopening, from nightclubs to festivals, across the country.
For BIA, it is a song that has propelled her into her next chapter.
For BIA, music’s potential is to bring people together, and it’s something she takes pride in initiating in hersongs: “When you have different people from different cultures- Puerto Rican people, white people, Black people, Asian people and people from all different races-singing ‘I go to the bodega,’ you’re bridging cultures together. That’s what it’s all about.” As BIA leans into the most exciting time of her career, she has her heart set on expanding her range as a musician.
Bia shares her experience with Nicki:
“It didn’t come right away. She was really pushing my pen in a good way, really like, ‘No, I’m not rocking with that line. Try to do this instead.’ You know what I’m saying? She was pushing me to go ina different flow. I felt like I had found a big sister inher. She’s taught me a lot in such a short time.”
She reveals that she’s working on an R & B album and having a blast recording it.
“A lot of people don’t even know that I can sing, so I’m excited to get that out and see what people think,” she shares.
“I used to always try to sing, but didn’t have any vocal control or anyone around me that really knew how to sing and tell me how to get better.” As she spent more time in studios, she trained her voice.
BIA credits Pharrell especially with encouraging her to experiment with her vocals: “He was the first person to put me on Auto-Tune.”.
Photography by @gilliangarcia
Styling by @jaredellner
Hair by @kikistylesyou
Makeup by @theamberperry
Assistant styling by @emiliafishburn
EIC: @sarahgharrelson
Interview: @khaliladouze
All looks by #BottegaVeneta
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Bia!!❤️❤️