One of the most compelling voices in UK R&B, Pip Millett, kicks off a series of completely sold-out UK live shows next week in support of her latest EP, Motion Sick (out now via Dream Life/Sony Music).
Following on from her critically acclaimed offerings ‘Running’ ft. Ghetts and ‘Hard Life’, the EP fleshes out Pip’s thoughts on the wider world and her inner life – the unreleased tracks “Braid it Back’, ‘Sad Girls’ ft. Gaidaa and ‘Best Things’ see Pip’s confessional lyricism through a prism of soul, boom-bam and hip-hop, featuring production from Joice (Jorja Smith, Loyle Carner, Stormzy) and Josh Crocker (Celeste, Kali Uchis, Gotts Street Park), offering refreshingly blunt thoughts on the state of the black experience in the UK, identity, loss and family legacy.
Speaking on the EP, Pip states:
I have often felt lost when things around me have started to change. In recent times I’ve realised I’m simply ‘Motion Sick’. My core self is still there but without change there cannot be any growth. ‘Motion Sick’ is about the various changes in my life. With this change I have tried to find comfort in the simple things.
Pip’s dignity and rare poise continue to garner attention across the loudest of publications – i-D, CRACK, MIXMAG, HIGHSNOBIETY and LOVE MAGAZINE alongside major support across BBC Radio1, Xtra and 6Music – underlining the sense of an extremely special artist forging her own lane. Developing a reputation for her ability to reflect on political and social issues in a deeply personal and evocative way, ‘Running’ tackled the realities of “being black in an unequal white, western world.
Her effortless performance on COLORS Berlin with her debut ‘Make Me Cry’ has meanwhile racked up north of 4.5million views and with the likes of Jorja Smith calling her an artistic muse, her sold-out UK tour in October 2021 (over 4000 tickets sold) sees Pip defining herself as a thrillingly potent and compelling artist, able to balance mainstream appeal on BBC Radio1 with critical appreciation from the likes of Mary Anne Hobbs, Benji B and Gilles Peterson.
In only three years, the 23 year-old Manchester talent has developed into one of our most thoughtful homegrown voices, and with the release of Motion Sick, one of the UK’s most exciting talents.
Pip Millett plays the following UK live dates in January 2022 (NB all shows rescheduled from autumn 2021 due to illness);
10 January Bristol Exchange (SOLD OUT)
11 January London Village Underground (SOLD OUT)
12 January London Islington Assembly Hall (SOLD OUT)
14 January Birmingham 02 Institute 3 (SOLD OUT)