“The way I play guitar, every time I play with a session musician, they’re like, ‘What are you doing? What chords are you playing?’”: Beabadoobee discusses her unorthodox guitar style and how it helped her to gel with Rick Rubin

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Best of 2024: She might be a poster child for the next generation of guitar players, but Beabadoobee (Beatrice Laus) has admitted that her unconventional style can sometimes confuse those who come from a more ‘traditional’ background.

“The way I play guitar, every time I play with a session musician, they’re like, ‘What the fuck are you doing? What chords are you playing?’” she tells Mix Online. “They’re always like, ‘It sounds pretty, but that chord does not even exist!’ I don’t really follow any rules.”