B.O.T.A. hit number one in the charts earlier this month – making Eliza the first female DJ to hold the top spot since Sonique with 2002’s “It Feels Good”.
is trying to give up caffeine. “I might be a bit sleepy,” she says over Zoom, with a Pikachu mug in hand. Her newfound tipple? Ginger and lemon, to help her voice. “I’m trying to be healthy.” It’s a strangely busy moment for her to give up coffee. In the last six months alone, she’s gone from underground gem to global superstar thanks to her infectious track “B.O.T.A. ”.
Made in collaboration with Manchester-based producer and DJ Interplanetary Criminal, “B.O.T.A.” is just what everyone needed after two years of pandemic-induced hibernation. Eliza imagined arcades, the seaside and places she’d been as a child – “a bit trashy but kind of cute” – when she was writing the melody. The title and chorus, meanwhile, were inspired by aposter on her boyfriend’s wall that featured the tagline: “The baddest one-chick hit-squad that ever hit town.
It’s become a favourite summer track of both the underground community and mainstream listeners alike. “It’s a strange kind of crossover, which I don’t think has really happened for quite a while,” says Eliza. DJs have spun “B.O.T.A.” at parties across Europe all summer long, while it was heard far and wide at Glastonbury, from the stages to the campsites. “It was a real pinch-me moment.”
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