Buggie

Gretchen King is a singer, songwriter, producer, and artist from Ohio. After years in band settings, Gretchen’s work as a singer and songwriter has been featured on The L Word, The Hangover 2, MTV’s The Real World, The Challenge, and the ending credits for the horror movie No One Lives. Eager to explore her ideas in their entirety, Gretchen left the band setting in 2018 and began to write her first solo project. Under the name Buggie, she set to work creating a world uniquely hers. The result is a ten-track art-pop album, Fool Potential, that she has written, recorded, edited, and produced on her own.

Buggie&#39;s creative control results in an eclectic sound that challenges the listener to look beyond a single genre. Electronic, pop, trip hop, alternative, and experimental each find their way into Buggie&#39;s sound. Though her sound is unequivocally her own, a spark reminiscent of one of her influences (<a href="spotify:artist:7C4sUpWGlTy7IANjruj02I" data-name="Peter Gabriel">Peter Gabriel</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0k17h0D3J5VfsdmQ1iZtE9" data-name="Pink Floyd">Pink Floyd</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:053q0ukIDRgzwTr4vNSwab" data-name="Grimes">Grimes</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:43ltIj8NRBsmOEjDr5Sk10" data-name="Fantomas">Fantomas</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7w29UYBi0qsHi5RTcv3lmA" data-name="Björk">Björk</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:4k1ELeJKT1ISyDv8JivPpB" data-name="The Prodigy">The Prodigy</a>) may shine through. Like many of her the artists mentioned, Buggie’s sonic world is equally a visual one: each song is paired with a whimsically oddball miniature scene and stop-motion handcrafted by Buggie herself. Her surreal mixed-media artwork (full of paintings, sculptures, and diorama sets) is reminiscent of the stop-motion classics and vintage sculpted children’s stories.