Two years after she became the first and only woman to debut at No. 1 on Billboard‘s Hot R&B/HipHop Songs as a producer this century — thanks to Nicki Minaj‘s Rick James-indebted “Super Freaky Girl” — Malibu Babie has found a new home.
On Thursday (Oct. 24), ONErpm announced that the artist/producer signed with the distribution and marketing company; “Baddie Bakery,” her new Flyana Boss-assisted single, is due Friday (Oct. 25).
“Malibu Babie’s producer accolades speak for themselves and it’s time for the world to recognize her as an artist,” said Alex Ziabko, denior director of A&R at ONErpm, in a statement. “Malibu reminds us all to have fun from time to time. I’m thrilled to welcome such a strong, creative, forward-thinking artist to ONErpm.”
“I’m so excited to be releasing music with the ONErpm team” added Malibu Babie. “Alex & the incredible team of women he’s brought on to support me — Jenna LoMonaco, Julia McLeod, & Casey Childers, immediately understood my artistic vision and unique path as a producer/artist. I’m thrilled to bring my music to life with an innovative team who takes my mission to trailblaze as seriously as I do!”
In addition to her forthcoming new single with Flyana Boss — the hip-hop duo behind the 2023 hit “You Wish” — Malibu Babie is also prepping a new mixtape for 2025. Beginning Oct. 31, she will join Qveen Herby‘s The Alchemist tour as a supporting act. The trek will commence at The Novo in Los Angeles, visit major cities such as Toronto and New York, and conclude at The Fillmore Miami Beach in Miami on Nov. 23.
Recently, Malibu Babie has landed placements with Katy Perry and Kim Petras (“Gorgeous”), as well as official remixes of tracks from Sia and Kylie Minogue (“Dance Alone”) and Shania Twain (“Giddy Up!”). She released her debut mixtape, Malibu SZN, Vol. 1, in November 2022.
Hailing from Olympia, Wash., Malibu Babie graduated from Vanderbilt University, where she made an eleventh-hour decision during her senior year to ditch her law school aspirations and go all in on music. After six years of toiling in the industry — including a stint as a studio intern for a company called ZMG in Nashville — she finally struck gold with “Super Freaky Girl.”
Minaj’s 2022 smash debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated Aug. 27, 2022, becoming Minaj’s first unaccompanied No. 1 hit on the chart. The “Super Freak”-sampling track also helped Minaj become the first solo female rapper to debut at No. 1 on the Hot 100 since Lauryn Hill did so with “Doo Wop (That Thing)” in 1998. The same week “Super Freaky Girl” reigned as America’s most-consumed song, Malibu Babie notched a second Hot 100 entry, this time with Megan Thee Stallion‘s “Her,” a house-inflected track from Megan’s Traumazine LP. That track, whose music video earned three nods at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards, peaked at No. 62 on the Hot 100.