Blu DeTiger

DeTiger was born in New York City and was raised in NoHo, Manhattan,^[6][7] the daughter of visual artist Jonny DeTiger. Her older brother Rex suggested the name Blu when she was born, and her parents agreed.^[7][8][9] She started playing bass guitar at the age of seven, inspired by Rex, who played drums, and she was enrolled in School of Rock until the age of 13.^[7][10] Through that program, she played at CBGB at the age of seven.^[6] Until she was 14 years old, her family spent summers in Ibiza, which exposed her to DJs and house music.^[2] She was also influenced by funk and disco music, and in her early teens, she learned slapping.^[6] Throughout middle school and high school at the Dalton School, DeTiger played in bands with students who were usually older than her.^[11][12]

DeTiger attended New York University Tisch School of the Arts for two and a half years, including a year at the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, before withdrawing to tour and promote her music.^[13] She was mentored by Steven Wolf. As a student, she occasionally acted as a Manhattan club DJ, playing disco, house and funk and simultaneously improvising bass lines over the music.^[12][14][15]

Along with her brother, in 2018, DeTiger was a touring member of Kitten on their tour with Blue October.^[16][17]

DeTiger released her debut single "In My Head" on January 23, 2019.^[14] It was produced by the Knocks, and she subsequently toured with them.^[18][14] In 2019 and early 2020, DeTiger toured as a bassist with Caroline Polachek and FLETCHER.^[19] During the COVID-19 lockdowns, she posted her bass cover versions of songs by Prince, Janet Jackson, Russ and Megan Thee Stallion on TikTok, which became viral videos.^[20][21][22]

Her debut EP How Did We Get Here? was released on March 5, 2021 on ALT:Vision records, with production help from her brother.^[23][17][13] She contributed bass to the Bleachers' single "Stop Making This Hurt", released in May 2021.^[24]

She was featured on one of four covers of the August 2021 issue of Bass Player, which described her as the "future of bass".^[25][26] That month, her song "Go Bad" was released on the soundtrack for the Netflix film He's All That.^[27] In September 2021, Fender collaborated with DeTiger to launch a new line of bass guitars for the Fender Player Plus series and named her an official Fender Next Player.^[28] The following month, DeTiger signed with Capitol Records,^[29] which released her debut, "Blondes".^[30]

On January 15, 2022, DeTiger made her national TV debut on Saturday Night Live, accompanying Bleachers on bass.^[31] She was featured in the 2022 film Olivia Rodrigo: Driving Home 2 U.^[32] In the summer of 2022, DeTiger headlined a European tour and performed at festivals such as Bonnaroo, Electric Forest, Lightning in a Bottle, Hangout and the Governors Ball.^[33][34] She toured North America in November 2022.^[4] DeTiger was listed in the music category for the 2023 edition of the Forbes 30 Under 30.^[11] Her first studio album, All I Ever Want Is Everything, was released in March 2024.^[35] Chappell Roan cowrote the song "Hey You" on the album,^[36] which also includes collaborations with Uffie,^[37] Mallrat,^[38] Mayer Hawthorne^[39] and Alexander 23.^[39] DeTiger toured for the album in 2024 and played several festivals, including Lollapalooza.^[40]

On September 10, 2024, DeTiger announced that Fender would produce her signature Player Plus Jazz Bass.^[41]

DeTiger has opened for artists such as Sabrina Carpenter, Charlie Puth, ODESZA, SOFI TUKKER, Bleachers, Chromeo and Jungle.^{[42][43][44][45][46][47]}

Blu received the Future of Bass Award in a ceremony hosted by Bass Magazine^[48] on Jan 22 2026 with fellow recipients being Marcus Miller, Claypool of Primus, Mike Dirnt of Green Day and Laura Lee of Khrungbin.