For Immediate Release
BIF NAKED TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM “THE PROMISE” MAY 5
(HRM Records/Fontana North/Universal Music Canada)
Free download of “Fuck You 2″ available at www.bifnaked.com

Well, what did you expect?” says a bemused Bif Naked, when asked about her new album, “The Promise”. “Of course I made a record! I had planned to release a record in 2009 and it is not in my being to let ANYTHING stop me.

In January 2008, Bif made an announcement that shocked fans and media alike….she was diagnosed with breast cancer and began the fight of her life. Partly because it is in her nature, and partly because it helped keep her focused on the future, Bif began to write and record The Promise – her sixth studio album — while undergoing 13 months of chemotherapy and radiation therapy.

“I was determined to make this new record if it was the last thing I did” says Bif, who is now strong, healthy and inspired. “I wrote songs from my bed. When it was time to record, the studio was moved so it was a block up the street from my condo…all I had to do was to force myself to walk up the hill, with my bald head and in my pyjamas — like Quasimodo. The headphones would constantly slip off my shiny head! Some days were good and some days were horrific. Sometimes I couldn’t do a thing, other days I could only sing for an hour, and then crawl home to my bed. We took it day by day.”

“The Promise”, produced and mixed by Jason Darr (and with Sick, Bluejay & You’ll Never Know mixed by Mike Fraser), is the product of turmoil, perseverance, and joy walking hand in hand, which fuelled her to write and record an album that is raw, real, relentless, and 100% Bif Naked. These new songs will give her loyal fans the classic Bif they desire, while attracting a whole new legion of followers. As Bif explains it, “The Promise” is the perfect title for this record. “A promise is made. A promise is kept. It’s one’s word. I made a promise to myself and to my fans. This record is for us.”

Bif Naked fans and those new to the fold will all be incredibly drawn to the passion and sheer force of the CD’s first powerful single, “Sick”. “You make me sick” is a universal expression. “Everyone has something in their lives that makes them angry, sick, or fed-up. Of course chemo made me sick”, says Bif, “but there are a lot of other things going on in this World, like the damage to the environment, hunger and homelessness (especially children), unethical treatment of animals, the refusal of certain governments to provide their citizens with basic Human Rights, and so much more. Most of us feel this way about something, and I hope everyone can relate to the song.”

The first viral single off The Promise, “Fuck You 2” has been released online early as a free download – “Fuck You 2” is a song, according to Bif “about reacting to heartbreak. Sometimes you get to that point when you mourn a relationship where you are angry enough just to tell that other person to simply fuck off.” A video for “Fuck You 2” will be released online in the next few weeks, but for now Bif is urging her fans to join in on the fun, by participating in a contest that gives them a chance to appear in the video. The free download and contest are featured at www.bifnaked.com.

As you would imagine, there are a number of layers to Bif’s new CD, but when asked to think of a common theme, she explains that “this record had a lot of elements referenced, most especially the element of fire, which is weird for me, because it wasn’t intentional. I think that it creates a common theme in a lot of the songs; I think there is a lot rage expressed in this record, but there is also a lot of love.”

Bif’s last cd Superbeautifulmonster was released internationally in 2006; Naked toured after its release for 2 years straight, and her legendary live shows are the result of honing her skills over thousands of tour dates throughout North America, Europe and the United Kingdom. A truly diverse artist, Bif has brought her live show to hundreds of thousands of captivated fans on tours worldwide.

Her previous albums including the self-titled Bif Naked, I Bificus (which was certified Platinum at the beginning of 2009), and Purge, are all noted for their introspective, powerful, and infectious hits that have garnered rave reviews around the world. Her hit single “Spaceman” from I Bificus, made Canadian history with a #1 position on National Charts and #2 position on Billboard’s International Charts making it the highest spun independent song in the history of Canada. Purge was nominated for Rock Album of the Year at the 2001 Juno Awards.

From her remarkable beginnings in an orphanage in India to her battle against breast cancer, Bif Naked has consistently defied the odds, and continues to do so. While recording this record has been an empowering and powerful experience for her, Bif admits that she is most excited to hit the road with these new songs. “I’m going back to tour because it is what I love to do. Performing is my passion. I owe it to myself and to my fans to keep evolving and to keep challenging myself and I just can’t wait to rock.”

Highest Blessings and love energy to all of you! I am so truly happy to give you the song, “Fuck You 2″. I’m thrilled beyond words, and was planning to give you a special suprise-just from me to you-in advance of the record.
Yay! And, guess what???? THAT’S NOT ALL!!!
Starting today, I want to invite you to participate in our VIDEO CONTEST!!!!!!! This is an opportunity for you to submit YOUR OWN LIPSYNCING rendition of my song, for a chance to appear in my video for the song, “Fuck You 2″!!! Teehee!
Basically, everyone should sing into their webcam (like I did) and, then, a whole BUNCH of us will be in the video! :)
Click HERE to learn more about the contest.
I hope all have a great week and feel empowered and take delight in
everything you experience.
As ever, I am sending you total positivity! You all RULE so hard! Om nama shivaya. Om hare hare om.
Love,
Biffy
Xo
(P.s. I was asked whether or not I watched the “oscars” and, frankly, I don’t watch television. However…I did see some highlights that happened to be on (at the gym) and it looked like everyone dressed like fairy princesses like the Grade five school play. :)
I DID see Slumdog Millionaire, twice, however. I have been almost everyplace they filmed, so it was a particularly touching movie for me. Made me homesick for India. :)

Namaste and Salaam and Blessings to everyone of you! Happy Friday-everybody’s-workin’-for-tha-weekend! I hope this finds you content and open. Om Sai Ram.
As you can see, my “Suggested Reading” short-list, is displayed, here, on the homepage. Believe me when I tell you: it is SHORT! :)
I do NOT consider my ever-growing book collection to be “an attachment” . Perhaps this is denial. Hahaha! Nonetheless, books are part of my lifeforce. Books shaped me.

When we started out in bands, in the serendipity of Winnipeg skatepunk scenes, no body even HAD a cellphone. No laptops. I still remember those early tours of sending postcards to sweethearts and callin’ my dad from a payphone, in The Mission district of San Fransisco, telling him about the guy who got shot outside the peepshow joint that was beside the punkrawk club where we played the night before. (Yeah, yeah….I gotta MILLION stories. Maybe even more.)

There weren’t even FAX machines on my first European tour. Even if there were, we were more concerned about the fights between hardcore skins and ARA skins in the pit at the Vienna show, than have use for finding a fax machine. Ya feel me? It was more about finding somethin ta eat before the drive.
So poor we didn’t have a casette player in the van-with-no-door, and no walkmans. We read. Read books. LOTS of em, in the quiet hours of long drives.
Those were some of the best times of my entire life.

I never cared much for “fiction novels”. I was ravenous for textbooks (probably due to my promise to my acedemic parents that I would, eventually, resume my University education, abandoned to the cawll of Tour)
Eventually, I was fortunate enough to have a place to live where I could keep my growing collection. Then, over all these years, they moved from place-to-place with me (often being the heaviest boxesandboxesandboxes to move…….furniture is still “lost” on me…though I have a fifteen-person diningroom table…I still don’t own a bed. Never will.)
I go through phases with my reading: medical textbooks, behavioural psychology, writing the MCATs, language texts- everything from Mandarin to Farsi to Swahili to Russian, Irving Layton poetry books, collections of anything by Arundhati Roy (who DID actually write one of the only novels I’ve ever read: “The God of Small Things”) . The only OTHER novel I’ve ever read is on my “suggested Reading” list: “Survival in Auschwitz” by Primo Levi.
As my interest in nutricuticals bgan to evolve with my vegan devotion, I had to get and devote an entire bookcase to vegan nutricion and juicing and vintage, second-hand Hindustani cookbooks (some aren’t even in English!!).
I LOVE reading and want to share, with you, some of my favorite books. That’s why I’ve added the reading list to the website. I truly hope you find some of these books interesting, and maybe even explore them. Our minds are so spongy (phisiological pun, aside) and so able to learn and evolve, its good for us to continue to learn. Often, we develop new theories or modify old ways of thinking. And that’s good for us, and for everyone with whom we come into contact.
The picture is of a watercolor I made, inspired by my passion for books. Literature IS fire. Words are fire.
Fan your flames, Baby! :)
And have a goood weekend filled with positivity and contemplation and fun!
Take care of your body and your MIND.
An open mind is integral to an open heart. Om hare om. Word to Big Bird.
Blessings and Love to you all,
Biffy
Xo

Salaam, Sussreekall, Namaste and yeahhhhhboyeeeeeeee to each and everyone of you Beautiful Souls. Welcome to a brand new week. May you enjoy continuing and constant bemusement and openheartedness. (A little Lamb of God, thrown in, for good measure, non?)
I most certainly hope everyone has recovered from the obligatory chocolate consumtion (though…as we may have noticed from “Banana Man” who left our eyes a most unpleasant comment regarding his, clearly enjoyable, personal life…..umm….too much info???)
I worked all weekend, in preparation for next week’s ALBUM PHOTO SHOOT (not anything I can really talk about, yet…….as I’m so increddibly weirded-out by the enormity of the potential with visual imagery……plus I’m nervous cuz I’m still a grrl-livin-in-the-Western-Hemisphere…) And we were fotrunate enough to be involved in the editing process with the VIDEO we shot, two Thursdays ago. Man! I am so excited about all this!!!
Thrilled immeasurably. *gush*
I’m on the edge of my seat!
Since my fingernails finally grew back (remmeber they melted away from taxotere) I may get so excited-i will start to bite them!!!! Hahhaa!
(Better limit my coffee experiments…..going better, thanks to everyone’s helpful suggestions……oh, and, I know…..”Coffee is NOT a raw food”)
Neither’s fuckin’ gum!!! (BAD girl! Sorry..I’m TRYing!)
Before I bid you via con dias, I want to mention that I DO, in fact, already have the soon-famous “banana case” (pictured above, amid my bounty of nummy nanners) and its curve doesn’t often work with the natural curve of each, individual piece of fruit. Bummer. But its SUCH a good idea if one travels with a banana ever. And I’m sure it may be a versatile accoutrement, with a myriad of different uses.
But we won’t go there. :)

My cherished friends, thank you for your energy. As ever, I send you endless positive mental attitude and wishes for a very blessed week. You are each a Treasure. Remember that.
Go forth, fight the good fight, and stay on yer path. Life’s cool.
Word.
Om nama shivaya. Hare Rama. Hare Krishna. Yo!
Love, Biffy
Xo

Namaste, Salaam, and Lovepower to all you Beautiful Sentient Beings on this FRIDAY THE 13TH!!! Hahaha! What does this really mean? Neverever having been a fan of “horror” films, or “scary” thingys- the whole superstition thang is a wee lost upon me. But, of course, I respect it. (Just in case!)
And, tomorrow, everyone is supposed to gorge themselves on “effort” in all-matters-loveydovey”, with Valentine’s. Shouldn’t EVERYday be that loveydovey?? :). Yup. Its all about mindfully being deliberately lovey everyday. Fuck yeah! (Whoops! Swearingnaughtygrrl!)
Soooo….I wanted to thank you all for your good wishes for my BIG injection this week (my little daily injections are like no big whoop anymore, hey?) And I am happy to announce my wee whore-moan pellet has a lovely home in my belly, one-inch below-and-one-inch to the right of my bellybutton. Where the unsightly bruise lives. Hahahahaha! And I only thought about it that day and my anxious feelings subsided the very minute it was over.
Aint that just like life? The “anticipation” always makes things worse. Our “attachment” to our fears. Sheesh! The effort to remain “unattached” to trivialities and anxieties is something that requires life-long practice. I am ever the student.
My attachment to gum. (Oh, yeah..I SOOOO fell off the wagon!!! Hahahahha! Monday morning, like a tweaker, I chewed Dentine Blast Cinnamon- about twelve pieces in my mouth at once-till I had red gob staining my lips like lipgloss, en route to that doctor. Duh!)
My attachment to “The Perfect Cup of Coffee” (this attachment is increasingly irritating for me, because it is inconvenient to trouble-shoot the whole “hempmilk-vs-ricemilk” quandry. Ummmm……there are more important problems in the world, non?? Haha! Duh!)
My attachment to bananas. (Ummmmm…..could it be a “shape” thing? Or some subliminal quest?? Hahaha! Duh! Truth is….as it is a “sub-acid” fruit, like dates, it is likely there is a physiological thing going on…like a bloood-sugar spike-upon-eating????)
Yes, attachments are everywhere for everyone of us. When I was a little more “agro”, mentally, I used to view attachments (especially within myself) as complete weakness! I was extremely intolerant of my own ebb-and-flow, mentally. Now, I hope anyway, I am more patient and accepting. :)
With everything.
Even Nicklas, who we see here, at home. He is the most indulged babydog and I am attached to spoiling him!!!! Fucking rights! (Naughtyswearingwhoopsie!)
Everyday he is my Valentine.
An attachment I shant give up. Om nama shivaya.

Eat chocolate because you’re supposed to (but mostly because its nummy! And remember: dark chocolate IS vegan! Yay!) And let the fear of superstition fall away…..there is no “bad luck”. :)
Be your own Valentine EVERYDAY and feel loved and whole and happy!
Om hare om.
Love,
Biffy
Xo