Two Women Who Made History, Composing a Grammy Winning Album Live on Social Media
Bear (20) and Barlow (23), are two young women who have independently carved out their own space in the musical theater world. Barlow was a founding creator on TikTok and has a flourishing singer-songwriter career with the chart topping success of her independently-released pop hit “Heartbreak Hotel.” Meanwhile, Bear has had a rich career as an award-winning composer and piano prodigy who first appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show at age six, has performed worldwide including at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, and has developed into a gifted film scorer, singer-songwriter, orchestrator and producer. Although individually accomplished, together the pair are breathing new life into musical theater with The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical’s merging of Broadway influences, contemporary scoring, and a pop through-line.
Quick Facts
- 15 original songs, all composed by Barlow and Bear
- Songs arranged, orchestrated and produced by Emily Bear
- Youngest ever nominees for Best Musical Theater Album
- Only women nominated in their category
- Self-released with no label
- 65 million likes on TikTok and 270 million views for #bridgertonmusical
- Recorded at a music studio with Abigail on lead vocals, brilliantly voicing multiple characters often within one song
- Emily is featured on piano, sings the Penelope Featherington song and background vocals
BARLOW & BEAR
Two Women Who Made History, Composing a Grammy® Winning Album Live on Social Media
Two Women Who Made History, Composing an Entire Album Live on Social Media
Bear (20) and Barlow (23), are two young women who have independently carved out their own space in the musical theater world. Barlow was a founding creator on TikTok and has a flourishing singer-songwriter career with the chart success of her independently-released pop hit “Heartbreak Hotel.” Meanwhile, Bear has had a rich career as an award winning composer and piano prodigy who first appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show at age six, and has performed around the world including Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. Although individually accomplished, together the pair are breathing new life into musical theater with The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical’s merging of Broadway influences, contemporary scoring and
a pop through-line.
Quick Facts
- 15 original songs, all composed by Barlow and Bear
- Songs arranged, orchestrated, and produced by Emily Bear
- Youngest ever nominees for Best Musical Theater Album
- Only women nominated in their category
- Self-released with no label
- 65 million likes on TikTok and 270 million views for #bridgertonmusical
- Recorded at a music studio with Abigail on lead vocals, brilliantly voicing multiple characters often within one song
- Emily is featured on piano, sings the Penelope Featherington song and background vocals
After the Netflix show’s high-society social season drama graced our screens, Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear set out to answer the simple question: What if Bridgerton was a musical? - writing, producing and recording 15 songs in 6 weeks, live on social media with lead vocals by Barlow and orchestrations and arrangements by Bear.
Now, with #BridgertonMusical hitting more than 200 million views and with 48 million likes between them, Barlow and Bear have released The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical, a concept album based on Bridgerton’s first season which hit #1 on iTunes U.S. Pop Albumns Chart within two hours of its release, and Top 10 worldwide.
Barlow and Bear’s creative process ushers in a new-founded feat: live streaming on TikTok and Instagram to transparently involve their audience in every step of creating this album. Demystifying the creative process with real-time live-streams documenting their composing, orchestrating and recording sessions, Barlow and Bear have broken the glass ceiling on how musicals become mainstream.
Two Women Who Made History,
Composing a Grammy® Winning Album
Live on Social Media
Bear (20) and Barlow (23), are two young women who have independently carved out
their own space in the musical theater world. Barlow was a founding creator on TikTok and
has a flourishing singer-songwriter career with the chart topping success of her independently-released pop hit “Heartbreak Hotel.” Meanwhile, Bear has had a rich career as an award-winning composer and piano prodigy who first appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show at age six,
has performed worldwide including at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, and has developed
into a gifted film scorer, singer-songwriter, orchestrator and producer. Although individually accomplished, together the pair are breathing new life into musical theater with
The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical’s merging of Broadway influences, contemporary scoring,
and a pop through-line.
Quick Facts
- 15 original songs, all composed by Barlow and Bear
- Songs arranged, orchestrated, and produced by Emily Bear
- Youngest ever nominees for Best Musical Theater Album
- Only women nominated in their category
- Self-released with no label
- 65 million likes on TikTok and 270 million views for #bridgertonmusical
- Recorded at a music studio with Abigail on lead vocals, brilliantly voicing multiple characters often within one song
- Emily is featured on piano, sings the Penelope Featherington song and background vocals
THE UNOFFICIAL
BRIDGERTON MUSICAL:
After the Netflix smash hit regency romance series graced our screens, Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear set out to answer the simple question:
What if Bridgerton was a musical?
They answered by composing and recording 15 songs in 6 weeks, live on social media in real-time, with lead vocals by Barlow and orchestration, production and additional vocals by Bear.
With #BridgertonMusical reaching more than
270 million views and with 60 million likes between them, Barlow and Bear released The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical, a concept album based on Bridgerton’s first season. The response has been spectacular, with the album hitting
#1 on iTunes U.S. Pop Albums within two hours of its release, and Top 10 worldwide.
Although individually accomplished, together the pair are breathing new life into musical theater with The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical’s merging of Broadway influences, contemporary scoring and a pop through-line. Barlow and Bear’s creative process ushers in a new-founded feat:
live streaming on TikTok and Instagram to transparently involve their audience in every step of making the album.
A passion project that became an unexpected viral sensation. Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear courageously shared their entire composing process - from the magic moments, to writers block, and everything in between. The pair found a positive corner of social media and created a warm and involved community during the darkest days of Covid, that in turn, was inspired by their music. During a time when the world and all theater was shut down, their music inspired a creative outlet for artists of all types including painters, choreographers, designers, and musicians. Thousands of people shared videos online
duetting and making covers of their songs,
from Broadway and West End Stars to people who had never sung before.
Demystifying the creative process with real-time live-streams documenting their composing, orchestrating and recording sessions, Barlow and Bear have broken the glass ceiling on how musicals become mainstream.
THE UNOFFICIAL BRIDGERTON MUSICAL:
After the Netflix smash hit regency romance series graced our screens, Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear set out to answer the simple question:
What if Bridgerton was a musical?
They answered by composing and recording 15 songs in 6 weeks, live on social media in real-time, with lead vocals by Barlow and orchestration, production and additional vocals by Bear.
With #BridgertonMusical reaching more than
260 million views and with 48 million likes between them, Barlow and Bear released The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical, a concept album based on Bridgerton’s first season. The response has been spectacular, with the album hitting
#1 on iTunes U.S. Pop Albums within two hours of its release, and Top 10 worldwide.
Although individually accomplished, together the pair are breathing new life into musical theater with The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical’s merging of Broadway influences, contemporary scoring and a pop through-line. Barlow and Bear’s creative process ushers in a new-founded feat:
live streaming on TikTok and Instagram to transparently involve their audience in every step of making the album.
A passion project that became an unexpected viral sensation. Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear courageously shared their entire composing process - from the magic moments, to writers block, and everything in between. The pair found a positive corner of social media and created a warm and involved community during the darkest days of Covid, that in turn, was inspired by their music. During a time when the world and all theater was shut down, their music inspired a creative outlet for artists of all types including painters, choreographers, designers, and musicians. Thousands of people shared videos online
duetting and making covers of their songs,
from Broadway and West End Stars to people who had never sung before.
Demystifying the creative process with real-time live-streams documenting their composing, orchestrating and recording sessions, Barlow and Bear have broken the glass ceiling on how musicals become mainstream.
STORY OF THE UNOFFICIAL BRIDGERTON MUSICAL
After the Netflix smash hit regency romance series graced our screens, Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear set out to answer the simple question: What if Bridgerton was a musical? They answered by composing and recording 15 songs in 6 weeks, live on social media in real-time, with lead vocals by Barlow and orchestration, production and additional vocals by Bear.
With #BridgertonMusical reaching more than 270 million views and with 65 million likes between them, Barlow and Bear released The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical, a concept album based on Bridgerton’s first season. The response has been spectacular, with the album hitting #1 on iTunes U.S. Pop Albums within two hours of its release, and Top 10 worldwide.
Although individually accomplished, together the pair are breathing new life into musical theater with The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical’s merging of Broadway influences, contemporary scoring and a pop through-line. Barlow and Bear’s creative process ushers in a new-founded feat: live streaming on TikTok and Instagram to transparently involve their audience in every step of making this album.
A passion project that became an unexpected viral sensation. Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear courageously shared their entire composing process - from the magic moments, to writers block, and everything in between. The pair found a positive corner of social media and created a warm and involved community during the darkest days of Covid, that in turn, was inspired by their music. During a time when the world and all theater was shut down, their music inspired a creative outlet for artists of all types including painters, choreographers, designers and musicians. Thousands of people shared videos online duetting or making covers of their songs - from Broadway and West End Stars to people who had never sung before.
Demystifying the creative process with real-time live-streams documenting their composing, orchestrating and recording sessions, Barlow and Bear have broken the glass ceiling on how musicals become mainstream.
EMILY BEAR
A Grammy® Award winning composer and chart-topping recording artist since her professional debut at age five, Emily Bear has achieved groundbreaking success as a pianist, composer, producer and singer-songwriter in jazz, classical, pop and musical theater.
Now 20 years old, Bear has more than 50 million views on YouTube, a documentary on her life received an EMMY Award and she has performed her original compositions at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Hollywood Bowl, and Montreux Jazz Festival. W Magazine’s It Girl of the Year, Bear has performed for the Dali Lama, played a solo concert at the White House, headlined stadium tours, featured 7 times on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, been named to the Forbes Magazine 30 Under 30 list, and honored by the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Bear and her writing partner Abigail Barlow, composed the viral Bridgerton Musical inspired by the hit Netflix Show. Composing 15 songs in 6 weeks, live on social media, resulting in 60 million likes on TikTok and 250 million views for #bridgertonmusical. Bear orchestrated and produced the album which shot to #1 on the U.S. itunes pop charts with in 1.5 hours of its release, top 5 albums worldwide and is nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.
Her mentor, Quincy Jones says, “I am at once astounded and inspired by the enormous talent that Emily embodies. She is the complete 360-degree package, and there are no limits to the musical heights she can reach. Not only is she a concert level classical pianist, a Billboard topping jazz pianist, acclaimed jazz and classical composer, expert film scorer, and superbly talented pop singer/songwriter, she is one of the kindest humans I know. Emily has a unique ability to seamlessly transition from classical to jazz, from bebop to bossa nova, from blues to classical, to popular music; her potential is truly endless.
Film and media clients include Disney, DreamWorks, Google, Warner Bros., Hulu, and Universal. Bear is a founding board member of the Grammy Recording Academy Leadership Council Songwriters & Composers Wing along with Carole King, Diane Warren, and Hans Zimmer.
ABIGAIL BARLOW
Abigail Barlow is a 23-year-old Grammy® Award winning singer-songwriter and TikTok star known best for her independent pop hit “Heartbreak Hotel,” which peaked at #2 on iTunes and currently has more than 6.5 million streams.
Recently honored by The Songwriters Hall of Fame, Abagail and her writing partner Emily Bear, are the masterminds behind the viral Bridgerton Musical which has exploded on TikTok. Recently named to Forbes prestigious 30 under 30 list, her artful lyricism and unique melodies have garnered international acclaim.
As a young teenager, Abigail’s love of performing live was refined when she found a worldwide audience online with performance platforms YouNow and Musically. A 2017 Shorty Award nominee, she was a founding creator on TikTok — writing and performing her original music in real time for a growing fanbase.
Now at well over 2.4 million followers on the platform, Abigail has been able to connect and collaborate with many established artists. Namely Megan Trainor, who, after discovering Abigail on the app, co-wrote & produced a track on Abigail’s self-titled debut EP in 2020 titled “Phantom Feelings.”
The sky seems to be the limit for Abigail as she continues to independently release music of her own while also creating new compositions with her writing partner, Emily Bear.
EMILY BEAR
A Grammy® Award, award winning composer and chart topping recording artist since her professional debut at age five, Emily Bear has achieved groundbreaking success as a pianist, composer, producer and singer-songwriter in jazz, classical, pop and musical theater.
Now 20 years old, Bear has more than 50 million views on YouTube, a documentary on her life received an EMMY Award and she has performed her original compositions at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Hollywood Bowl, and Montreux Jazz Festival. W Magazine’s It Girl of the Year, Bear has performed for the Dali Lama, played a solo concert at the White House, headlined stadium tours, featured 7 times on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, been named to the Forbes Magazine 30 Under 30 list, and honored by the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Bear and her writing partner Abigail Barlow, composed the viral Bridgerton Musical inspired by the hit Netflix Show. Composing 15 songs in 6 weeks, live on social media, resulting in 60 million likes on TikTok and 250 million views for #bridgertonmusical. Bear orchestrated and produced the album which shot to #1 on the U.S. itunes pop charts with in
1.5 hours of its release, top 5 albums worldwide
and is nominated for a Grammy Award for
Best Musical Theater Album.
Her mentor, Quincy Jones says, “I am at once astounded and inspired by the enormous talent that Emily embodies. She is the complete 360-degree package, and there are no limits to the musical heights she can reach. Not only is she a concert level classical pianist, a Billboard topping jazz pianist, acclaimed jazz and classical composer, expert film scorer, and superbly talented pop singer/songwriter, she is one of the kindest humans I know. Emily
has a unique ability to seamlessly transition from classical to jazz, from bebop to bossa nova,
from blues to classical, to popular music;
her potential is truly endless.
Film and media clients include Disney,
DreamWorks, Google, Warner Bros., Hulu, and Universal. Bear is a founding board member of
the Grammy Recording Academy Leadership
Council Songwriters & Composers Wing along with Carole King, Diane Warren, and Hans Zimmer.
ABIGAIL BARLOW
Abigail Barlow is a 23-year-old Grammy® Award winning singer-songwriter and TikTok star known best for her independent pop hit “Heartbreak Hotel,” which peaked at #2 on iTunes and currently has more than 6.5 million streams.
Recently honored by The Songwriters Hall of Fame, Abagail and her writing partner Emily Bear, are the masterminds behind the viral Bridgerton Musical which has exploded on TikTok. Recently named to Forbes prestigious 30 under 30 list, her artful lyricism and unique melodies have garnered
international acclaim.
As a young teenager, Abigail’s love of performing live was refined when she found a worldwide audience online with performance platforms YouNow and Musically. A 2017 Shorty Award nominee, she was a founding creator on TikTok — writing and performing her original music in real time for a growing fanbase.
Now at well over 2.4 million followers on the platform, Abigail has been able to connect and collaborate with many established artists. Namely Megan Trainor, who, after discovering Abigail on the app, co-wrote & produced a track on Abigail’s self-titled debut EP in 2020 titled “Phantom Feelings.”
The sky seems to be the limit for Abigail as she continues to independently release music of her own while also creating new compositions with her writing partner, Emily Bear.