Blondshell

Sabrina Mae Teitelbaum (born April 28, 1997), better known as Blondshell, is an American indie rock singer, songwriter and musician based in Los Angeles, California. Following an early pop-leaning career under the name BAUM, she debuted as Blondshell in June 2022 with the single "Olympus". She has toured with acts including Suki Waterhouse, Horsegirl, and Porridge Radio and has performed at South by Southwest, Austin City Limits Music Festival, and on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Her self-titled debut album was released on April 7, 2023, via Partisan Records, receiving positive reviews.

Early life Teitelbaum was born in New York City to Doug Teitelbaum, chairman of NJOY, and grew up in Midtown Manhattan. Her father is Jewish while her birth mother converted to Judaism; the family attended a Reform synagogue and celebrated Jewish holidays, and Teitelbaum received a bat mitzvah. She was largely raised by her father, She has two siblings, an older sister and a twin brother, as well as two step-siblings from her father's second marriage. Her father exposed her to classic rock and said that "music was my hideaway" during that time. There, she attended the USC Thornton School of Music and majored in songwriting with the school's Pop Music Program, before dropping out after two years to pursue music.

Career

BAUM (2017–2020) Teitelbaum had posted songs to SoundCloud as early as 2014. After leaving USC Thornton, Teitelbaum began her music career under the name BAUM. She released three singles in 2017: "First", "Hot Water", and "Effortless", the last of which was premiered by Wonderland. In February 2018, she released the single "This Body", a body positivity-themed song which was premiered by Billboard and was used by Target for their "No Body Like Mine" campaign. Initially teasing a debut album entitled First for a spring 2018 release, She was scheduled to perform in April at Boston's Middle East nightclub with singer Dagny but cancelled due to bronchitis. She was on Spotify's curated playlists "Out Now" and "Young & Free". followed in August by "Bad Kid", whose music video was filmed in Iceland. "Fuckboy" was intended as the lead single of a second, longer EP, entitled Curve, to be released that fall, and a music video was filmed for a planned third single, "Girls Who Like You", although neither ultimately materialized. Another single, a cover of Mac Miller's "Dunno", was released on December 3, 2019.

Blondshell (2020–2023) Teitelbaum had long been unhappy with her pop direction as Baum, later saying "I never loved the name and I never felt fully confident in the music."

Teitelbaum debuted Blondshell in June 2022 with the single release of "Olympus", premiered via Nylon. A second Blondshell single, "Kiss City", was released the next month, reaching over 900,000 Spotify streams and garnering praise from Rolling Stone and The New York Times. Teitelbaum simultaneously announced July and September tour dates with Horsegirl and Porridge Radio. In December, Teitelbaum performed at New York's Mercury Lounge In October, she appeared at the 2022 Austin City Limits Music Festival alongside Teezo Touchdown, Omar Apollo, and Wet Leg. It was also announced that she would join the 2023 Primavera Sound festival in Madrid and Barcelona.

While touring with actress and singer Suki Waterhouse in January 2023, Teitelbaum released her first single on Partisan, "Joiner". Also at SXSW, Teitelbaum won the festival's Grulke Prize for Developing U.S. Act.

Blondshell's debut album was announced for an April 7, 2023 release via Partisan. Ahead of the album's release, BrooklynVegan listed her among its "15 Artists to Watch in 2023". Upon release, Blondshell reached No. 88 on Billboard'''s Top Current Album Sales chart, selling 1,000 copies in the week of April 13, according to Luminate. Around the release of the album, Blondshell was announced as touring support for Liz Phair's Exile in Guyville 30th-anniversary tour. Later that year, former president Barack Obama included "Joiner" on his "Favorite Music of 2023" list.

If You Asked for a Picture and Violins (2024-present) Teitelbaum released the single "What's Fair" on August 21, 2024. She released "T&A" as a single for her second album, If You Asked for a Picture, on January 9, 2025. If You Asked for a Picture released on May 2, 2025.

On June 5, 2026, Teitelbaum released "Violins" as the title single for her third album. Violins is scheduled to release on September 25, 2026. indie pop, electropop, and chill pop. Lady Gaga, Lorde, as well as modern singer-songwriters like Phoebe Bridgers, Soccer Mommy, Snail Mail, Olivia Rodrigo, Japanese Breakfast, Boygenius, and Courtney Barnett. Technique described the non-album single "Cartoon Earthquake" as "if Katy Kirby sang a slower, melancholy-tinged version of 'I Won't Back Down' by Tom Petty." and varying between "a raspy chest voice and a sheer falsetto at times".

Influences As a child, Teitelbaum's father introduced her to classic rock artists including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones (she became "obsessed" with Tattoo You after seeing them live), and in college she discovered Muna.

Teitelbaum struggled with drugs and alcohol before deciding to pursue sobriety at the end of 2019; her sobriety process influenced the first Blondshell album.

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Music videos

As BAUM

EPs TitleDetailsUngodlyReleased: March 16, 2018 Label: Independent

Singles TitleYearAlbum"First"2017"Hot Water"Ungodly"Effortless""This Body"2018"Fuckboy"2019rowspan="3" "Bad Kid""Dunno" (Mac Miller cover)

Music videos +YearSongDirector2017"Hot Water"Parker Foster, Chris Alessandra 2019"Fuckboy"Marcella Cytrynowicz "Bad Kid"