Brunette Champion

also known as: <a href="spotify:artist:3zTaD5i9DS26yJ1mdCFOGO" data-name="urbanation">urbanation</a>

Brunette Champion is the project of Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Bianca Ocampo, started in 2022. She explores themes of coming of age and the emotional labor of balancing multiple identities to survive adulthood.

Embodying duality throughout all her works, Bianca is also known by her moniker urbanation, a fully self-produced indie pop project she began in the closet of her childhood bedroom in 2012. Since then, urbanation has garnered over 8 million streams across platforms, earning international recognition from publications including NPR, and Spotify editorial playlists including Fresh Finds.

Influenced by women songwriters to the likes of Cat Power and Julia Jacklin, as well as the music the women in her family introduced to her - Tori Amos, Sarah McLachlan, Karen O - the catalyst was her desire for a new challenge given the lush, self-produced instrumentation of her first project: craft a lyric-led performance with songs built to stand on the strength of her voice and guitar alone, and intentional arrangements that allow each word to shine through. Brunette Champion was the result.

Bianca has performed at esteemed venues including Arlene’s Grocery (NY), Baby&#39;s All Right (NY) and Paper Tiger (TX). urbanation has shared the stage with notable acts including <a href="spotify:artist:1bwUhKRmEkOZ1wuTnV9XjC" data-name="Beach Fossils">Beach Fossils</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:1CUUXdvZE6UzwQyBUm5YVD" data-name="Black Belt Eagle Scout">Black Belt Eagle Scout</a>.

She is currently working on the first full-length Brunette Champion LP, slated for release in 2026.