Tangerine Cassette drops brand new single

Tulsa’s music scene might not be the first place you’d expect to find a brat pop revolution, but that’s exactly where Tangerine Cassette is rewriting the rules. The thrilling duo of Josh Roach and Natalie Cleveland have only been on the radar for a short time, but their impact is loud, bold and thoroughly exciting. With a sound as vivid as their name, Tangerine Cassette blends indie pop brightness with swaggering confidence, wrapping it all up in candy-coated chaos that’s entirely fun.

Since their debut less than a year ago with “Down,” a slick collaboration with Willyecho, the pair have been climbing fast. Their music’s innate catchiness and kaleidoscopic energy have already earned them placements with MTV, FOX, Hulu, Coke, McDonald’s and even NASA. Add a #1 Billboard/MediaBase co-write to the mix and it’s clear this isn’t some flash-in-the-pan bedroom pop project; Tangerine Cassette is playing for keeps and they’re doing it with energy and flair.

They opened 2025 with “EXclusive Club,” flexing their knack for punchy hooks and synth-drenched beats. Then came “I AM EVERYTHING,” a brat pop manifesto dripping in sass and self-love, rallying anyone who’s ever felt too loud, too much or too different to turn the volume all the way up. Their latest release comes with the brand new single titled “BBE (BIG BOOTY ENERGY),” building on that momentum and tiking it to a whole new level of strut-worthy empowerment.

Fizzing with synths and self-confidence, the song plays like a party invite you can’t decline. It’s brat pop at its most refined, a tongue-in-cheek anthem for mirror selfies and main character moments. “I got that BBE Big Booty Energy, the drinks are free, the bartender’s into me, I don’t disagree, I’m even into me” the lyrics snap with humour and hubris, delivering a chorus that dares you not to dance.

Built on tight snares and syrupy pop gloss, the track slides between impactful production and chaotic charm. That energy is no accident, in fact, one of the most intriguing moments in the track came entirely by accident, right after the lyric “This side down, don’t need to be fragile,” a camera crashed to the studio floor and instead of scrapping it, the duo kept the sound in, using it as a sonic pivot that sends the next section into pure pop bedlam.

Bringing an engrossing energy from start to finish and with an arrangement packed full of twists and turns wrapped in crisp sound design, “BBE (BIG BOOTY ENERGY)” sees Tangerine Cassette lay down another unmissable alternative pop anthem. With only a year under their belt, Tangerine Cassette is already operating with the kind of confidence and panache that most acts take years to find and we can’t wait to see what comes next on their epic musical journey.

Commenting on the single, Natalie shares, “The song started as a joke between Josh and I. We’re always talking about bass or low-end that sounds ‘thiccc,’ so we’d joke about needing that ‘big booty Judy’ in our tracks. It was just a funny way to describe a sound that’s bold and full of energy. The original lyric we built from was ‘I need that big booty Judy, cinematic like a movie,’ which we didn’t keep, but it gave us the foundation for BBE. It’s not really about having a literal big booty—it’s about the attitude. It’s the kind of confidence that you don’t have to apologise for. And if it claps back a little? Even better.”

Listen to BBE (BIG BOOTY ENERGY) below

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