Shaefri is an Irish-Egyptian, London-based artist. Her sophomore EP, ‘Girl’ received immense support from BBC Introducing, Spotify (NMF UK, New Pop UK, Fresh Finds: Pop, A Breath of Fresh Eire & more), Apple Music (NMD) UK, Irish and US press (Sunday Times Culture, Clash, The Line of Best Fit, DIY, Earmilk, Billboard, Hot Press & more) and Irish Radio stations (RTE 2FM, Cork 96FM, RTE 1FM, Newstalk (Hot Press new music segment), Dublin City FM, WRLFM & more).
Following the success of her ‘Girl EP’ she signed with Warners’ boutique publisher, ‘W Songs’ and has secured syncs on shows across ITV (inc. Love Island), Channel 4, Amazon Prime, Netflix and ABC, amongst others, and worked with brands such as Sephora and Estrid. She was selected to perform at Ireland Music Weeks’ three day festival as one of their 50 emerging artists, alongside CMAT.
Shaefri’s music has been streamed over three million times and she is an accomplished songwriter, continuing to write for acts across the Because Music & Ed Banger rosters, has featured on ‘Hundred’ by ‘Fabich’, ‘Aware’ by FADES and co-wrote the soundtracks for Sundance-nominated ‘Binti’ and 6x IFTA-nominated ‘Who We Love’.
Shaefri is a skilled live performer, having played shows across the UK, at venues such as The Roundhouse, The Sebright Arms, Bush Hall, The Social, The Old Blue Last, The Troubadour, Notting Hill Arts Club, Hoxton Bar & Kitchen, The Bedford and completed tours in Ireland, at venues such as Whelans’ in Dublin and Monroe’s in Galway.
Shaefri is currently working on new, self-produced material for release in mid 2024, having recently released her critically acclaimed singles, ‘Joanne’ (prod. by Craigie Dodds) and ‘Warm Water’, co-written with Scott Verill (Good Neighbours).