Eliza Rose on the massive success of breakthrough house smash B.O.T.A (Baddest Of Them All): "If you'd told me 10 years, I would have said 'you're having a laugh, darlin'!'"
officialcharts.comEliza Rose is quickly becoming the name to know in the UK dance scene, after the phenomenal success of her breakthrough single, B.O.T.A (Baddest Of Them All).
Written and performed by Eliza with production from the Manchester-based DJ Interplanetary Criminal, B.O.T.A is an infectious track that combined a handbaggy house beat with Eliza's understated vocal performance, reminiscent of some of her favourite soul artists - Billie Holiday, Nina Simone and Amy Winehouse.
Meeting her via Zoom as B.O.T.A, Eliza's first UK Top 10 hit, is rising quickly up the Official Singles Chart and showing absolutely no signs of stopping any time soon, proves to be the perfectly melting pot of Eliza's influence as an underground house DJ, and also as a singer who has studied the greats. "I like this idea of the old school being re-imagined in a very modern way," Eliza tells us. "I guess that's what I'm trying to do with my music." It's actually quite hard to gauge how to feel, obviously it's amazing, but it's quite overwhelming.
Yes, it's like I'm watching it all from afar. The song has really taken on a life of its own, too. There's an element of it which feels like it's separate to me almost, it's become it's own kind of entity, if that makes sense.
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