On The Rise: Wild Belle
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On The Rise: Wild Belle

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On The Rise: Wild Belle
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Sibling duo Elliot and Natalie Bergman, also known as Wild Belle are drawing fans in with their newest album release, Dreamland. The two siblings came from a musical family and started playing together while growing up in Chicago.

Starting in 2013, Wild Belle began to release music. Beginning with the first single 'Keep You', and then following up with the complete album titled 'Isles'. The two never thought about signing with a big label because they felt they'd have to choose a type of sound, which is what they didn't want. " The music we make is sort of unusual and definitely not something that would be coming from the main stream", Elliot shared with viewers during an interview with 'Don't Let The Label Label You'. The original plan was to release the album under Elliot's label until they found out Columbia Records was wanting to sign them. The two believed Columbia Records was "a legacy", which is why they considered them over anyone else.

After working with the label, Wild Belle released their second album, 'Dreamland', on April 15, 2016. Work on this album started in early 2014. With a mixture of synthesizers, saxophones, kalimbas, and string arrangements, they released the first song to the album, 'Mississippi River'. It was the first track to come together in the studio as it was sparked by " a moment of musical serendipity". After completing several tracks at home in Chicago, the siblings eventually met each other in Venice, California to complete the album. The siblings were able to create new, interesting sounds together that some audiences would label "not together" or "out-of-tune". "When I had my place in Venice, Elliot would wake up earlier than I would and start making dope beats (...). One day he made this ridiculous song, 'The One That Got Away', and the beat and underlying track were so exciting that it didn't take very long to write. Our friends came over and were jumping on the tabletops, dancing, getting naked because they loved the song so much", Natalie shared with Billions in an interview.

Since their album releases, Wild Belle songs have been used in shows and films. Their song "Shine" was used in not only a movie titled The Way, Way Back but also episode 13 of Grey's Anatomy in season nine. Another song titled, 'Keep You', was played in the movie Pitch Perfect. The siblings have also collaborated with other artists which led them to one of their most popular songs, "Be Together". This song was worked on with Diplo and DJEMBA DJEMBA, and is the first track to Major Lazer's third album Peace Is The Mission.

In 2015 Wild Belle preformed at Chicago's yearly music festival, Lollapaloza. Since then the sibling duo has been to various music festivals as well as their current tour with Band of Horses. With 31.6K followers on Instagram and 17K followers on Twitter the Wild Belle name is beginning to grow with their unique sound and style.



For news updates and tour dates:
http://www.wildbelle.com/home


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