25-year-old Abigail Barlow is a Grammy winning singer, songwriter, and composer best known for her glittery, addictive pop songs and musical series "What if Bridgerton Was A Musical?" After breaking the internet with her Bridgerton TikTok series, Abigail and her writing partner Emily Bear wrote, produced, and engineered "The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical" concept album, winning the 2022 GRAMMY Award for Best Musical Theater Album. In doing so, they became the youngest composing team to ever win in this category, and made history by being the only women among their fellow nominees. Abigail and Emily make history again this fall as the youngest and first female composing team to write original songs for a Walt Disney Animation Studios theatrical feature with Disney’s MOANA 2, opening in theaters Nov 27 and featuring the return of Auli’i Cravalho and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson performing new songs. The teaser for MOANA 2 shattered the view record for a Disney Animation trailer with over 178 million views in 24 hours.
As a teenager, Abigail’s voice found a worldwide audience on the internet live-streaming platform YouNow. She became a 2016 YoungArts Finalist and founding Tiktok creator, where she fostered her love of writing and performing her original music in real time for a growing fan base. Now, with over 2.4 million TikTok followers, a Forbes 30 Under 30 nod, and 75m+ independent streams, Abigail continues to release solo music and perform her pop music, building a fanbase with her sticky pop bangers and heart wrenching ballads alike. Abigail’s strength as a songwriter also leads her to write with and for other artists, and she asserts her influence in the music industry by making a commitment to work with female writers and/or producers regularly, as well as to offer a writers fee for all her solo releases, becoming the first artist to take such a stand advocating for her songwriting peers and colleagues.
Abigail performed her debut live shows in LA and New York last winter and continues to perform regularly with both her pop show and her musical theater work with Emily Bear. Abigail will also contribute music to the Phineas and Ferb reboot coming soon to Disney+, and is always hard at work developing properties from both existing IP and from her own imagination. As part of Barlow & Bear, she is at work on numerous other projects for film, TV, and stage.
Abigail displays a well rounded portfolio, with her passions for female empowerment, fitness, women in audio, and musical theater leading to brand collaborations with Bose, Shake Shack, Dolby, Petsmart, and Taco Bell (2024 Clio Award). She maintains a vibrant and influential presence in the Broadway, songwriter/producer, and influencer communities, positioning her in a unique crossover space unlike any other entertainer today.