DEBBY FRIDAY

2023 has been a break-out year for Nigerian-born, Toronto-based artist DEBBY FRIDAY. She released her FACTOR-funded debut album, GOOD LUCK, to resounding critical acclaim, with glowing reviews from the likes of STEREOGUM, SPIN Magazine, Billboard, NPR Music, The Chicago Reader and more. Lead single “SO HARD TO TELL” was declared as Pitchfork’s first Best New Track of the year. The 10 track record is a brazen and succinct sonic entree that The New York Times describes as “a shape-shifting, swashbuckling dynamo journeying through different tempos and genres”.

The album was released with a short film of the same name, funded in part by FACTOR’s Video Component. Since the release of the album and thanks to her FACTOR JSR funding, FRIDAY has set off on dedicated tours across North America, Europe and Australia, playing landmark shows at festivals such as Austin’s SXSW, Tasmania’s Dark Mofo, Quebec City’s FEQ and Seattle’s Bumbershoot.

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