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Bambie Thug

Bambie Ray Robinson (born 6 March 1993), known by their stage name Bambie Thug, is an Irish singer-songwriter. They are known to mix numerous genres in their music, coining their own term, "ouija-pop", out of disdain for being put into one genre. Robinson's music has been inspired by various subjects, including breakups, witchcraft, and drug addiction.

Robinson is the first openly non-binary artist to represent Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest, doing so in 2024 with the song "Doomsday Blue". They finished in sixth place, becoming Ireland's highest scoring entrant and scoring the country its best placement in the contest since 2000.

Robinson was born and raised in Macroom, County Cork, on 6 March 1993, to a Swedish father from Stockholm and a mother from Cork, and has three sisters. Attending St Mary's Secondary School in Macroom, they were a member of the school's choir club, helping win the school the All-Ireland Schools Choir competition. Initially training to become a ballet performer, they later attended Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa, planning for university to study dance. They then moved to London to attend the Urdang Academy after Urdang gave Robinson a partial scholarship. However, Robinson broke their arm during their time in college, switching to study musical theatre.

After graduating from Urdang, Robinson spent two years teaching themself how to write and sing pop songs. Robinson initially signed with an unnamed talent agency; however, they left because Robinson claims the agency wanted them to head into bubblegum pop.

Robinson was first credited in music in 2020 as a featured artist on the Fike and Fabich song "Mean", which was released on 26 June 2020. Robinson released their debut single, "Birthday", on 5 March 2021. The song, which was written while Robinson was addicted to drugs and its uncensored music video being released on pornography sites, was described by The Line of Best Fit writer Robert Davidson as a "stoic-but-smashed stream of consciousness... with their coaxing voice documenting the events around them like a debaucherous diary. They float through brawls, consume copious drugs, and wait impatiently for their tardy dealer". Robinson released three more singles later that year, including "Psilocyber", a song about a "psychedelic" computer virus, "P.M.P.", a song that promotes sexual positivity and Robinson's love of "pussy power", and "High Romancy". By 2022, Rockflesh writer Stewart Lucas described Robinson's music as "gritty and direct and seem to either be about sex and drugs or drugs and sex".

Robinson started dating a partner by the Christmas season of 2021. However, the relationship that Robinson described as "really toxic", ended in 2022, leading to a broken sense of "trust and sense of self" for Robinson. Robinson later released "Merry Christmas Baby" on 9 December 2022, stating in Kerrang!, "It's funny how people change like seasons, last Christmas I swore I had found the one. Love really has a way of colouring red flags white."

In April 2023, Robinson released their first single of that year, "Egregore". The song, named after an occult term, is stated to be about Robinson's desire to break self-destructive habits as an independent artist.

Robinson announced their third EP, Cathexis, on 11 August 2023, with the EP officially releasing on 13 October. Along with the announcement, they released two singles, "Careless" and "Last Summer (I Know What You Did)". In an interview with DIY Magazine, they stated that the EP, influenced by their love of musical theatre, focuses on them "being creatures and characters... [however,] sometimes characters are a bit of an armour. When I'm not in an amazing mental space, they're things I can pull on, but they're all still facets of me."

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