B.P. Valenzuela is a Filipino singer-songwriter, producer and

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artist from the

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. She is best known for her debut EP, ''be/ep'' (2014), and her debut studio album ''The Neon Hour'' (2015) with popular singles like "Pretty Car", and "Steady". Aside from her main focus as an electropop musician, she also performs as half-lit.

Life and career

Valenzuela started her music career at the age of 18 while a freshman at

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, taking up Sociology and Anthropology studies. In 2014, she released her debut EP entitled ''be/ep'' and later transferred to

De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde (Filipino: ''Dalubhasaan ng De La Salle San Benildo;'' French:'' Collège De La Salle de Sainte Benilde''), also known as Benilde and abbreviated DLS–CSB or simply CSB, is a private, Catholic research c ...

to pursue music studies. She worked as a part-time barista at Satchmi, a retail

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store. Later that year, she worked on her debut album, with Nicholas Lazaro (of Twin Lobster and MOONWLK) co-producing "Pretty Car", "Building Too" and "The Fury and Sound". Her debut album, entitled ''The Neon Hour'', was released on March 30, 2015. Her debut single, "Steady", was released in the same year and was featured in the indie film ''Sleepless''. Valenzuela has performed on various music festivals such as Fête dela Musique Philippines,

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(2015), Goodvybes Festival (2016), Bandwagon Riverboat Festival (2016), and has opened for acts such as No Rome, The Sam Willows and

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. Valenzuela was set to release her sophomore album, ''Crydancer'', in July 2017. In mid-2018, she collaborated with rock band

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for the

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project. In 2019, Valenzuela released ''paradigm shift'', a six-song EP under her "half-lit" side project.

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Extended plays

;As herself ;As half-lit

Singles

;As herself ;As half-lit

References

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Valenzuela, BP 1995 births Living people Filipino women singer-songwriters Filipino singer-songwriters Singers from Manila Singers from Metro Manila Women in electronic music Ateneo de Manila University alumni De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde alumni 21st-century Filipino singers 21st-century Filipino women singers