International
recording artiste Bad Gyal CeCile is eagerly anticipating her trip to Dubai on
December 1st. “I am excited about going,
it’s always a great experience to visit different cultures to see how the music
is penetrating those markets, and I am definitely looking forward to the trip,”
she said in a release.
She will perform at
the Majestic Hotel's Music Room and judging by the fan response on Twitter, her
fans are all "waiting" impatiently for the arrival of Jamaica’s ‘bad
gyal’.
A tireless recording
artiste known for her distinct swagger and up-to-the-minute street vocabulary,
Cecile has barely missed a beat since becoming pregnant and having her baby
girl on August 27th. And now that she has returned to music full time, the
dividends are already paying off.
Reggae music critics
and insiders have been raving about her new reggae tracks, "If You"
and "Girl on the Side" which have been enjoying a lot of airplay.
Another single, the dancehall-flavoured "Put It Deh" CeCile is bombing
FM radio into submission, leaving many to wonder how she has been able to
seamlessly re-enter the competitive industry at such a high level.
The Bad Gyal mom
worked throughout her pregnancy (up to 7 months) so few people realized she was
actually pregnant.
“I didn't do a lot of
club shows because my fan base expects me to be sexy, I focused instead on
doing festivals where the emphasis is more on the music,” she said.
Now, she is back at
her sexy best.
Only two months after
giving birth, the energetic diva wowed thousands of people during her first gig
at the National Arena in Jamaica on October 15th. Her virtuoso performance
during the homecoming for the Jamaican Olympic athletes dubbed "Jamaica's
Music History Honoring Our Olympic" emphatically announced her return to
music.
“I loved the reception
of the audience, it was great,” she said. CeCile, a homegrown
star from Manchester who attended Bishop Gibson High school, landed two major
international collaborations this year, both of which were released during her
pregnancy. One was the sexed-up party song "Boys Boys" with Brazilian
Group Bonde Do Role which was produced by Mad Decent and Diplo.
“Diplo sent me the
track, and it was just a blank track and he asked to lay down some vocals about
boys, the band vocals were not even there yet, and the song just took off,” she
said.
The other was the
offbeat and funky ‘Galaxies and Stars’ with Doctor P wowed Europe as another
massive dub step banger in the vein of her radio hit Gold Dust which,
coincidentally, is now back on BBC's 1xtra A playlist. “Dubstep is big in the
UK, and the ‘Galaxies and Stars’ did well, but it is the Gold Dust song which
has really taken off, it was even played at the NBA All Star game earlier this
year,” she said.
Cecile was unable to
appear in the videos for the international collaborations as she was pregnant
at the time of the shoots.
She performed in St.
Maarten on November 17 for the annual Boardwalk Festival along with Steel Pulse
and returned to fan favourite Guadeloupe on November 24.
Expect a huge tour
announcement for the badgyal for the 2013 season and a slew of new reggae
releases including hits from super producer Chrome on his Cardiac Series, ZJ
Liquid, Johnny Wonda on Corna Shop, G Money's Prime (Kenya) to name a few!
