Becky & The Birds

Becky & The Birds

Becky & The Birds is the project of Swedish artist Thea Gustafsson, who is raised in Örebro and later moves to Stockholm. Her early musical background comes from home, where her father plays accordion, piano and flute and introduces her to jazz and soul records. She begins playing violin at the age of seven, performs in orchestras, and develops skills in classical arrangement and composition.

In 2014, Gustafsson moves to Stockholm to study at Musikmakarna, a music school in the Swedish capital. While studying there, she encounters pop music more directly for the first time and spends a year as an intern with Avicii during her second year. The experience gives her a working knowledge of traditional song structure that feeds into Becky & The Birds.

She uses Becky & The Birds as an outlet for songs about women who are complex, strong, independent, sensitive and romantic. The name also connects to that idea of emotional and personal complexity.

Release history

Trasslig is Becky & The Birds’ debut 4AD EP. Its title is a Swedish word meaning “entangled”, “messy” or “intricate”.