Gigi Perez Releases Self-Produced Debut Album 'At The Beach, In Every Life' Out Now
- Crucial Rhythm
- Apr 25
- 5 min read
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ALBUM INCLUDES BILLBOARD HOT 100 HIT “SAILOR SONG”
2025 INTERNATIONAL HEADLINE TOUR UNDERWAY
+ UPCOMING HOZIER DATES
TODAY SHOW DEBUT WATCH HERE
Platinum-certified Cuban-American singer, songwriter, and producer Gigi Perez uncovers her much-awaited self-produced full-length debut LP, At The Beach, In Every Life, available now via Island Records. Listen HERE.
These twelve tracks traverse a living and breathing soundscape stitched together by unfaded memories and true confessions of loss, lust, heartbreak, sorrow, anxiety, joy, and, ultimately healing. Among many highlights, upbeat strumming flows through “Sugar Water” with wavy strings and swooning harmonies. Reaching for emotional clarity, she proclaims, “It’s hard to ever feel intact. It’s hard to never want it back.” On “Normalcy,” guitar comes into focus out of the haze as her high register warbles, “I guess it’s been nice hearing from you.”
A pulsating beat evocative of old-school industrial surges on the interlude “Survivor’s Guilt.” Echoes of minor chords boost her vocals during “Please Be Rude.” Bringing the audience into the moment, she recalls, “I stared at you the way I do when I want something else from you.” The title track, “At The Beach, In Every Life,” encapsulates all of these feelings—like tucking away a message in a bottle and waiting for it to find its island. A swinging rhythm seethes, and she promises, “If my dreams come up empty and I wash up on the shore. You would find me at the beach in every life, through every door.”
This passionate, poetic, and powerful body of work opens up her world; holding nothing back, she processes the aftermath of losing her beloved sister, nostalgically recalls her childhood by the beach in Florida, wrestles with faith, belief, and religion, and grows accustomed to love. She not only recorded the album in the cozy confines of her home studio in Royal Palm Beach, but she also served as its Executive Producer, helming the entire vision. Providing a sense of cohesion, real voice memos from Gigi’s late sister Celene thread together the record’s themes and stories.
The buzzing singer-songwriter, a New York/New Jersey native raised in West Palm Beach, Florida, made her debut on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Sailor Song.” The single made its debut on the chart in August, where it has continued to climb for a total of 35 weeks and global streams have surpassed 1 billion. The song has also reached Top 5 on Spotify’s US charts, Top 10 on Spotify’s Global chart, and TOP 5 at AAA Radio. ”Billboard hailed it as “a stirring, emotionally raw ballad,” while HOLLER. proclaimed, “As she launches into the infectious hook, the composition becomes more built-out, with the introduction of a more empathic guitar riff and an additional injection of energy and vehemence into Perez's delivery.
In less than a year, Gigi is at the forefront of culture on her own terms. Rolling Stone touted her among “2025 Pop Acts to Watch,” asserting, “Gigi Perez is on track to become a household name this year.” Billboard chronicled her rise, placing her among its “10 LGBTQ+ Artists to Watch in 2025,” going on to predict, “Perez is on the precipice of having an even bigger breakthrough in 2025,” while BBC put it best, “And with that ability to reach people in their most vulnerable moments, it won't be long before Gigi sees her name tattooed on many more arms.”
In February, Gigi made her debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on NBC with a stunning rendition of “Sailor Song.” HOLLER. professed, “Gigi Perez's captivating performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon consolidates her position as one of the most exciting new voices in the folk-pop genre, with the sense of anticipation continuing to sky-rocket...” Earlier this week, she took the TODAY Show stage, leading up to album release, to perform “Sailor Song” once again.
Earlier this week, Gigi set off on an extensive global headline tour in 2025. It marks her biggest international run yet. After performing across Germany, The UK, France, The Netherlands, and Switzerland in April 2025, she returned to North America for a show at Irving Plaza in New York, NY, and will make stops at major markets throughout the country, wrapping at Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles, CA on May 7. Impressively now averaging over 30 million monthly listeners on Spotify, inciting tastemaker applause, and selling out shows, it’s just the beginning for Gigi Perez.
TRACK LIST:
1. Sailor Song
2. Sleeping
3. Sugar Water
4. Normalcy
5. Nothing, Absolutely
6. Chemistry
7. Survivor's Guilt
8. Crown
9. Fable
10. Please Be Rude
11. Twister
12. At The Beach, In Every Life
Next up, Gigi will embark on a sold-out global headline tour, performing in Germany, The UK, France, The Netherlands, and Switzerland. She returns to North America in April for a headline run including shows at Irving Plaza in New York, NY on April 23 and the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles, CA on May 7.
TOUR DATES:
4/7 Cologne, Germany - Buergerhaus Stollwerck
4/8 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
4/10 Paris, France - Trabendo
4/12 Zermatt, Switzerland - Zermatt Unplugged
4/15 Dublin, Ireland - Academy Green Room
4/17 London, UK - Koko
4/18 Glasgow, Scotland - SWG3 Studio Warehouse
4/23 New York, NY - Irving Plaza
4/26 Atlanta, GA - Terminal West
4/27 Charleston, SC - High Water Festival
4/29 Washington, D.C. - The Atlantis
5/1 Philadelphia, PA - The Foundry
5/3 Charlotte, NC - Lovin Life Music Fest in
5/5 San Francisco, CA - The Independent
5/7 Los Angeles, CA - Fonda Theatre
6/10 Camden, NJ - Freedom Mortgage Pavilion*
6/12 Ridgedale, MO - Thunder Ridge Nature's Arena*
6/14 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo
6/18 Columbus, OH - Historic Crew Stadium*
6/20 Milwaukee, WI - American Family Insurance Amphitheater*
6/21 Saratoga Springs, NY - Broadview Stage at SPAC+
6/23 Boston, MA - Fenway Park*
6/24 Boston, MA - Fenway Park*
7/18 St Paul, MN - Minnesota Yacht Club
7/20 Commerce City, CO - Dick's Sporting Goods Park*
7/24 Tinley Park, IL - Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre*
7/25 Tinley Park, IL - Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre*
8/1 Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza
8/2 St Charles, IA - Hinterland Music
8/7 South Lake Tahoe, NV - Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harveys*
8/8 South Lake Tahoe, NV - Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harveys*
8/12 Portland, OR - Moda Center*
8/14 Seattle, WA - T-Mobile Park*
9/10 Toronto, ON - Rogers Stadium*
9/13 Asbury Park, NJ - See.Hear.Now
9/16 Bristow, VA - Jiffy Lube Live*
9/17 Bristow, VA - Jiffy Lube Live*
9/19 Hershey, PA - Hersheypark Stadium*
9/28 Bridgeport, CT - Sundside Music
*Supporting Hozier
+ Supporting Mumford & Sons
ABOUT GIGI PEREZ:
Gigi Perez invites everyone behind the curtain. When you peel back the layers of her songs, her questions of faith, memories of loved ones gone-way-too-soon, visions of ecstasy, and premonitions of romance bubble up to the surface. All of these emotions feel familiar because they’re delivered without filter in poetically blunt lyrics stitched into the fabric of her soft production and naked acoustic guitar. However, she doesn’t tell anybody what to think or how to feel; she simply holds up a mirror. Her story has twisted and turned with the unpredictability of your favorite novel. After leaving Berklee College of Music mid-pandemic, the platinum-certified Cuban-American singer, songwriter, and producer built an audience and parlayed the excitement for her original material into a major label deal. 2021’s “Sometimes (Backwood)” exploded to the tune of over 153 million Spotify streams, paving the way for shows alongside everyone from Coldplay to Noah Cyrus and setting the stage for her fan-favorite How to Catch a Falling Knife EP [2023]. Leaving her label and expectations in the rearview, she took control of her destiny in 2024. Grabbing the reins tighter than ever, she taught herself how to record and produce on her own and made the most of her newfound freedom by issuing “Please Be Rude” independently. Gigi only further engaged listeners with “Normalcy” before taking flight with the breakout “Sailor Song.”