B00TY

Los Angeles electronic outfit B00ty first drew attention in 2016 through a series of singles whose soul-tinged, dancefloor-ready pop carried instantly memorable hooks. The pair formed two years earlier when Edan Freiberger and Adam Epelbaum, then both UCLA students in theater, film, and television, began collaborating inside the celebrated Sheats Apartments complex known locally as “The Treehouse.” Freiberger entered the partnership with classical violin training that began at age four and a growing catalog of self-produced material, while Epelbaum brought prior experience in theater and hip-hop. Their combined tastes—ranging from ’70s soul to electronic dance music and mainstream pop—shaped the tracks they started writing together. That same year B00ty released the unhurried, vintage-styled R&B cut “Carry the Load” and joined Auralponic and HumbleRatt on “Bad Reputation.” Subsequent releases included “Loosen Up,” “Funky Sista,” and their reinterpretation of SZA’s “The Weekend.” After signing to Geffen Records, the duo delivered their first EP, High Art, in 2019; the set featured “Good for It” and the Kill Nigel collaboration “Trust Me.”