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		<title>Biig Piig Performs for BBC Sounds Piano Session</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2021 10:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Irish singer Biig Piig has performed live for BBC Radio 1 Piano Sessions yesterday, 15th August. Real name Jess Smyth kicked off the live session with her &#8220;American Beauty&#8221; track, from the latest EP &#8220;The Sky Is Bleeding&#8220;. Talking to BBC1 presenter Sian Eleri, the singer explained that this song is about: &#8220;experiences through love-tinted [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Irish singer Biig Piig has performed live for BBC Radio 1 Piano Sessions yesterday, 15th August.<br />
Real name Jess Smyth kicked off the live session with her &#8220;<em>American Beauty</em>&#8221; track, from the latest EP &#8220;<em>The Sky Is Bleeding</em>&#8220;. Talking to BBC1 presenter Sian Eleri, the singer explained that this song is about: &#8220;<em>experiences through love-tinted glasses</em>”.<br />
She added: “<em>The whole EP is kind of like that, it’s like exploring who you are in the context of your sexual experiences but also looking through it in a romantic way…</em>&#8220;.<br />
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<p>Biig Piig also did a cover of Big Thief&#8217;s track from 2016, &#8220;<em>Masterpiece</em>&#8220;. She praised the band&#8217;s frontwoman Adrianne Lenker for amazing lyrics and the song for putting her in &#8220;<em>such an amazing headspace&#8221;</em>.<br />
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<p>Smyth commented: &#8220;<em>That record kind of got me through a lot,” Smyth noted. “I only found it recently, like within the last year. And it’s like, you know when you attach yourself to a piece of music and you’re like ‘right, it’s you and me now, we got this</em>&#8216;&#8221;.<br />
“<em>It’s where you just grab on to something for dear life and you’re like, ok as long as I can play this, everything’s going to be fine</em>&#8220;.<br />
The last song that the singer performed a the BBC 1 show was a cover of &#8220;<em>Why Don&#8217;t You Love M</em>e&#8221; by Beyonce. See sniped of it below.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Unwind with this beautiful Piano Session from <a href="https://twitter.com/BiigPiigMusic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BiigPiigMusic</a> &#8211; including a cover of <a href="https://twitter.com/Beyonce?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@beyonce</a>&#8216;s &#8216;Why Don&#8217;t You Love Me&#8217;</p>
<p>Listen in full on <a href="https://twitter.com/BBCSounds?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@bbcsounds</a> <a href="https://t.co/tw9CadR2Z6">pic.twitter.com/tw9CadR2Z6</a></p>
<p>— BBC Radio 1 (@BBCR1) <a href="https://twitter.com/BBCR1/status/1427003994396897293?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 15, 2021</a></p></blockquote>
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Biig Piig latest release &#8220;<em>The Sky Is Bleeding</em>&#8221; came out in May and received positive reviews. <a href="https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/biig-piig-the-sky-is-bleeding-ep-review-radar-2944898" target="_blank">NME</a> labelled it &#8220;<em>Smyth’s most diverse and assertive collection yet</em>&#8220;. <a href="https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/biig-piig-the-sky-is-bleeding-ep/" target="_blank">Pitchfork</a> added in their reviews that &#8220;<em>Smyth’s catalog makes for enjoyable chill-out material for the warming nights, but it occasionally downplays her personality and ability to capture the beautiful mess of young adulthood</em>&#8220;.</p>
<p>At the time of release, <a href="http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/biig-piig-releases-new-ep-the-sky-is-bleeding/" target="_blank">Smyth said</a>: &#8220;<em>I feel like the more I hang out with myself, and the more I hang out with my music, it’s becoming more apparent that’s what I am. I’m just a big mess, in a nice way…Everything, my whole life, has been a big scramble. The big pig…the big mess… but in a way, that’s the sweetest thing”. You can read more info about the EP <a href="http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/biig-piig-releases-new-ep-the-sky-is-bleeding/" target="_blank">here</a>.</em></p>
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