Bloom Twins
{{Short description|British musical duo}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Bloom Twins
| image = Bloom Twins at the Dublin Castle.jpg
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| alt =
| caption = Bloom Twins at Dublin Castle
Anna Kuprienko, Sonia Kuprienko
| origin = London, England, United Kingdom
| genre = Dark pop
| instrument = keyboard, flute, harmonica, drums
| years_active = 2013 – present
| associated_acts = {{flatlist|
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| website = {{URL|http://www.bloomtwins.com}}
| current_members = Anna Kuprienko
Sonya Kuprienko
| past_members = Paul Love
}}
Bloom Twins are a British pop music group made up of twin sisters Anna and Sonia Kuprienko. They refer to the style of their music as "dark pop."{{cite web |url=http://elizwent.com/?p=712 |title=Bloom Twins, London's New "Dark-Pop" Duo |date=7 May 2014 |accessdate=12 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714145509/http://elizwent.com/?p=712 |archive-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=dead }}{{unreliable source?|date=September 2014}} The duo released their first digital single in June 2013.{{cite web|url=http://badbrokoli.com/talking-with-bloom-twins/ |title=Talking With Bloom Twins |date=17 March 2014 |accessdate=12 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523210536/http://badbrokoli.com/talking-with-bloom-twins/ |archivedate=23 May 2014 }}{{unreliable source?|date=September 2014}}
History
Anna and Sonia Kuprienko grew up in the small town of Brovary, Ukraine, a suburb of Kyiv.[https://www.kyivpost.com/article/guide/people/twins-back-in-ukraine-after-successes-in-uk-415326.html "Twins back in Ukraine after Successes in UK"]. Kyiv Post, 2 June 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.{{cite web |url=http://www.annafox.com/blog/2014/2/8/bloomtwins-euromaydan |title=Rising Stars Voice Their Support to Ukraine... Interview+VIDEO |last=Fox |first=Anna |date=8 February 2014 |accessdate=12 July 2014}}{{unreliable source?|date=September 2014}} The girls started singing early and were playing instruments at the age of five years. Later on they have moved to London and pursued their musical careers. When Bloom Twins uploaded their first track to YouTube - "Fahrenheit" - in June 2013 they were 17 years old.{{cite web|author1=Bloom Twins|title=FAHRENHEIT|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQfqI6yDF0M|website=youtube.com|accessdate=13 March 2018|date=19 June 2013}}
Bloom Twins made a double impact on both music and fashion, opening the door to numerous profile pieces in magazines such as Vogue, Numero, Wonderland and ID. Soon after, a support slot for Eels at O2 Academy in Liverpool was followed by Iggy's artist of the week at MTV.{{cite web |url=http://www.hellhoundmusic.com/dark-lovely-17-year-old-bloom-twins-win-mtv-iggy-artist-of-the-week/ |title=Dark & Lovely: 17-Year-Old Bloom Twins win MTV Iggy Artist of the Week |first=Dave |last=Luttrull |publisher=Hellhound Music |date=9 October 2013 |accessdate=12 July 2014}}
Following the release of "Get up, Stand up" the Bloom Twins were featured on BBC NewsNight with Jeremy Paxman and graced pages of broadsheet coverage in most of the UK's leading newspapers and magazines such as The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Newsweek as well as appeared on BBC Introducing.{{cite web|author1=BBC|title=Bloom Twins sing in solidarity for Ukrainian protesters|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01wpfcl|website=bbc.co.uk|accessdate=13 March 2018|date=2 April 2014}}{{cite web|last1=Eagar|first1=Charlotte|title=Sister pact – the twins battling to rally Ukraine|url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/uk-travel/england/london-travel/sister-pact-the-twins-battling-to-rally-ukraine-s3f7pw5s5b9|website=thetimes.co.uk|access-date=13 March 2018|date=30 March 2014}}
A period out of the country halted momentum before they made a breakthrough appearance in UNICEF’s Imagine campaign alongside Katy Perry and Will.i.am and other heavyweights of music and media, two years in a row.{{cite web|last1=Wilford|first1=Carly|title=Bloom Twins join UNICEF's #IMAGINE campaign|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/carly-wilford/unicef-imagine-campaign_b_6733786.html|website=huffingtonpost.co.uk|accessdate=13 March 2018|date=23 February 2015}}
Bloom Twins Made their mark in Europe and the Far East where they have toured extensively with a number of high-profile artists from Eels and LP to Duran Duran, Seal and Nile Rodgers – in addition to headlining their own shows and festival dates: alternative TGE, Standon Calling.{{cite web|author1=Flaunt|title=Bloom Twins: "I Don't Want No Damage, So How Am I Supposed to Manage You?"|url=http://www.flaunt.com/content/people/bloom-twins-2|website=flaunt.com|accessdate=13 March 2018|date=23 November 2013}}
Both girls can play the flute, keyboard, harmonica and are learning the drums and guitar.
Night for Ukraine benefit
The Bloom Twins collaborated with Fabien Riggall to organize Night for Ukraine, a fundraising benefit held at the Roundhouse in north London on the evening of March 9, 2022, with the funds raised being donated to the Disasters Emergency Committee appeal, to provide aid to people fleeing Ukraine following the Russian invasion. They also performed at the benefit, with an A Capella set and a new song they wrote on the first day of the war.{{ cite news
| url = https://www.itv.com/news/london/2022-03-10/bob-geldof-shows-solidarity-with-ukraine-at-london-fundraising-event
| title = Bob Geldof shows solidarity with Ukraine in fundraising event at London's Roundhouse
| date = 10 March 2022
| access-date = 7 September 2022
| website = itv.com
}}
Discography
Bloom Twins have released ten digital singles, an EP named Winter's Tales and three digital DJ remixes of their singles "Amnesia", "Set Us Free" and "Talk to Me".{{cite web|author1=Bloom Twins|title=Amnesia (Remix by DJ KID AK)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8zQMlyLdxM|website=youtube.com|accessdate=21 February 2018|date=7 April 2017}}{{cite web|author1=Bloom Twins|title=Set Us Free (Remix by DJ KID AK)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp39AIzady0|website=youtube.com|accessdate=21 February 2018|date=27 October 2017}}{{cite web|author1=Bloom Twins|title=Talk to Me (DJ Kid Ak Remix)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IC9H7q0trM|website=youtube.com|accessdate=29 November 2019|date=24 May 2018}}
Their first release was a reinterpretation of Kish Mauve's Fahrenheit.{{cite web|last1=Gourley|first1=Bob|title=Bloom Twins interviewed about "Fahrenheit," their creative process, future goals, and more.|url=https://www.chaoscontrol.com/bloom-twins/|website=chaoscontrol.com|accessdate=21 February 2018|date=13 May 2014}} In support of the Euromaidan protesters occupying Independence Square in Kyiv, they recorded a cover of Bob Marley's Get Up, Stand Up.[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/new-music-to-listen-to-this-week-bloom-twins-a7083681.html New music to listen to this week: Bloom Twins] Roisin O'Connor,The Independent (London), 15 June 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016. The girls felt that every line in the song reflected Ukraine. In March of that year, they released their next single "Blue".{{cite web|last1=Creighton|first1=Keith|title=Blue Monday: Verre Vs. Bloom Twins (A Steamy Summer Song Death Match)|url=http://popdose.com/blue-monday-verre-vs-bloom-twins-a-steamy-summer-song-death-match/|website=popdose.com|accessdate=21 February 2018|date=23 June 2014}}
In June 2016, "Amnesia" was released and accompanied by a music video.{{cite web|last1=Rogers|first1=Mandy|title=Watch "Amnesia" by Bloom Twins|url=https://eqmusicblog.com/watch-amnesia-by-bloom-twins/|website=eqmusicblog.com|accessdate=21 February 2018|ref=bt_amnesia|date=20 June 2016}} Later in December another track and a video for their single "Set Us Free" were released.{{cite web|author1=Andre G|title=Bloom Twins, "Set Us Free"|url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/bloom-twins-set-us-free|website=imposemagazine.com|accessdate=21 February 2018|ref=bt_setusfree|date=2 December 2016}}
For their 6th single "Talk To Me", Bloom Twins have teamed up with Sane and Samaritans, with the track's theme revolving around mental health issues.{{cite web|author1=Noctis|title=Bloom Twins "Talk To Me"|url=http://www.noctismag.com/2017/12/14/bloom-twins-talk/|website=noctismag.com|accessdate=21 February 2018|date=14 December 2017}}
Their 7th single is called "She's Not Me" and it was released via multiple musical platforms on 16 February 2018.{{cite web|last1=Murray|first1=Robin|title=Bloom Twins display effortless control on 'She's Not Me'|url=http://clashmusic.com/news/bloom-twins-display-effortless-control-on-shes-not-me|website=clashmusic.com|accessdate=21 February 2018|date=19 February 2018}}
=Extended plays=
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! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Details |
| scope="row" | Winter's Tales{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/winters-tales-ep/1512267775 |title=Winter's Tales - EP by Bloom Twins on Apple Music |website=Apple Music |accessdate=25 April 2021}}
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=Singles=
| class="wikitable" |
| style="text-align:center;"| Year
! style="text-align:center;"| Single |
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| style="text-align:center;"|2013
|align="left"|"Fahrenheit" |
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2014
|align="left"|"Get up Stand up #WeAreUkraine" |
| align="left"|"Blue" |
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2016
|align="left"|"Amnesia" |
| align="left"|"Set Us Free" |
| style="text-align:center;" |2017
|align="left"|"Talk to Me" |
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2018
|align="left"|"She's Not Me" |
| align="left"|"Young Souls" |
| style="text-align:center;"rowspan="2"|2019
|align="left"|"Love Me Right Now" |
| align="left"|"Free Fall (In2ruders Soundtrack)" |
| style="text-align:center;"| 2021
|align="left"|"DayDream"{{Cite web |last=Fabrick |first=Mark |date=3 April 2021 |title=Benny Benassi teams up with Bloom Twins for new club banger 'DayDream' |url=https://www.youredm.com/2021/03/27/benny-benassi-teams-up-with-bloom-twins-for-new-club-banger-daydream/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425111209/https://www.youredm.com/2021/03/27/benny-benassi-teams-up-with-bloom-twins-for-new-club-banger-daydream/ |archive-date=25 April 2021 |accessdate=25 April 2021 |website=Your EDM}} |
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.bloomtwins.com/}}
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Category:English pop music groups
Category:Ukrainian pop music groups
Category:Ukrainian girl groups