In the fizz and spark of modern music, 10xTANTRUM arrive as if crashing a glamorous, unruly afterparty, all smudged mascara and jubilant rebellion. Their debut single, BABYGIRL, bursts through the speakers like a confetti cannon aimed straight at the heart. It’s an alt-pop reverie peppered with indie rock bite: alive, bold, and gloriously unrestrained, think the girl-group energy of the Go-Gos and Bananarama with an infusion from the Y2K-era: Ladytron, Spoon, New Young Pony Club.
Blu Jay (Jade Duncan), at once actress, musician, and the sartorial powerhouse behind Baby Daddy Momma Drama, brings a magnetic coolness. Known for roles in Decoding Annie Parker and Sharp Objects, Blu Jay infuses the band with her signature confident irreverence. Jack Xander steps into the light as the lyrical heart of the group with lo-fi sensibilities and vulnerable poetry. Eli, a visionary known for her work with Fox Creatives, creates the visual and emotional pulse of the collective. Eli’s storytelling prowess blends effortlessly with their music. Diletta “Dill” Busin, an Italian vocalist and model fresh from collaborations with Valentino and Charles Jeffrey Loverboy, lends the collective an intoxicating allure. Dill’s voice threads effortlessly through the track, her delivery coolly seductive, confidently straddling the worlds of high fashion and underground energy.
BABYGIRL is the sound of four distinct artists catching fire together, a brilliant collision of punk attitude and emotional honesty.
“We wanted the debut track to feel like a part-punk daydream,” Eli explains. “Bratty but emo, loud but emotionally unfiltered. t captures the raw chemistry between us and sets the tone for everything that’s coming next.”
Like the song, the video keeps things light and simple as we join the band on a delightful romp on the bed of a truck to various locations, meeting fun characters along the way. (PSA: make sure to check your tires!)
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10XTANTRUM spoke with Post-Punk.com about their backgrounds, their collaboration, and their visions for the project:
BABYGIRL” is a chaotic and confident debut — part punk tantrum, part glossy alt-pop dream. What emotional or creative space were you in when writing this track, and how did that energy shape the final version?
Honestly, we just have fun in the studio and go crazy. BABYGIRL came out of one of those sessions where we weren’t overthinking — just throwing sounds at the wall, screaming into mics, layering sparkly synths over distorted bass. We were feeling emo but cunty — like, heartbroken and hot. It’s bratty, it’s messy, it’s dramatic — but in a way that feels powerful. We wanted it to sound like a breakdown you can dance to. No rules, just pure chaos and vibes.
As a genre-defying collective that merges music, fashion, and performance art, how do you decide what role each discipline plays in a song like BABYGIRL? Does the visual concept come before the sound, or vice versa?
There are no rules or strict roles… everything happens all at once. The vision hits like a wave: the sound, the visuals, the mood – it all arrives together. We don’t separate music from fashion or performance, it’s all one language for us. Everyone in the collective brings something different, and as we create, people just naturally start adding their sauce. Sometimes the outfit sparks the track, sometimes a sound inspires the whole visual world. It’s chaotic, it’s intuitive, and that’s what keeps it feeling electric.
You’re all artists with distinct identities, from BLU JAY’s fashion edge and acting background, to JACK’s lo-fi emotional grit, to ELI’s storytelling and visual art, to DILL’s high-fashion, underground sensibility. What was the moment you realized these voices could — and should — collide into something new?
We’re all multidisciplinary artists, so it never felt like we had to force anything. It was more like, the moment we all got in a room, we just knew something different was happening. Everyone came in with their own world, but instead of clashing, it just clicked…it all adds up to something we couldn’t make on our own. We realized early on that our differences weren’t obstacles, they were the whole point. The collision is the magic.
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