Baby Ariel Releases New Song 'I Heart You'

Rising pop artist Baby Ariel is celebrating Valentine's Day early with today's release of her dreamy new song - "I Heart You" (Baby A Records) is available now via all digital music retailers and streaming services. Ariel has also unveiled the self-created and VHS-inspired lyric video in which Ariel co-stars alongside a very special love interest. Watch the lyric video, which acts as the first part of the song's official companion video, on Baby Ariel's official YouTube channel below!

"Life, careers, relationships - everything we do has ups and downs. This is a song about one of those roller coaster rides, and how I learned to love the rush," says Baby Ariel. "This release is truly my own creation. I produced, directed and edited the lyric video aka part-1 of the music video. This is my baby, and I can't wait to share it with all of you."

"I Heart You" marks the long awaited follow-up to Baby Ariel's latest single, "Gucci On My Body," which debuted last summer - listen HERE. "Gucci On My Body" was joined by a delightful animated lyric video - watch HERE. Soon after release, Billboard profiled Ariel writing, "The lip-glossed, infectiously joyous 'Gucci On My Body' has (Baby Ariel) primed for mainstream crossover." Named by Billboard as #1 on its 2018 "10 Rising Artists Under 21" list, the recording artist officially began making waves with her own original music in 2017 with her acclaimed debut single "Aww" - listen HERE. The track's vibrant companion video - co-starring such friends and high profile influencers like Patrick Starr, Arii, Zach Clayton, Daniel Skye and more - received over 2 million individual views within 24 hours of its premiere and has now logged a stunning 48 million views via YouTube alone. "Aww" - which formally introduced the musical.ly star's signature pop sound to the world - proved an instant hit with TIMEnaming it among its "Songs You Need To Listen To This Week" while declaring it to be "a light and frothy pop bop with of-the-moment minimalist production, a sweet message and an especially sharp musical break." Both Ariel and her debut single continued to garner praise from Billboard, DuJour, Pop Dust, Blackbook, Idolator, Tiger Beat, Hollywood Life and more. The promising young talent kicked off 2018 with her second official release, "Perf" - listen HERE. "Perf" was released alongside a bright and playful companion visual, directed by HustleCake (Khalid, Wiz Khalifa Feat. Juicy J) and streaming now on Baby Ariel's official YouTube channel where it has gone on to amass over 28 million individual views. Watch HERE and check out a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the "Perf" video exclusively on Billboard.

Baby Ariel can currently be seen - credited as Ariel Martin - starring in Nickelodeon's original TV movie, Bixler High Private Eye, following guest starring roles in Nickelodeon's Henry Danger and Disney's Bizardvark. She is also an Executive Producer and star of her own digital YouTube series, Baby Doll Records, streaming now exclusively via Brat. The new series sees Baby Ariel reprising her hugely popular turn as "Dru" in Brat's breakthrough series, Chicken Girls. In addition, Baby Ariel's first book, Dreaming Out Loud, arrived last October via Harper Collins. The book - which sees the rising star detailing her inspiring journey thus far through personal anecdotes, advice, never-before-seen photos, and more - proved Amazon's #1 New Release in its Teen & Young Adult - Popular Music section and currently stands as the category's #2 Best Seller.

The one and only "Queen of Gen Z," Baby Ariel - a.k.a. Florida-based 18-year-old Ariel Martin - is by any estimation a wide-reaching worldwide phenomenon. She first began garnering epic online attention in 2015 with a series of videos on musical.ly and by 2017 had quietly built a cumulative audience of now 40 million-plus followers across a range of social media platforms. In addition to her ever-growing popularity, Baby Ariel has been feted with a long list of honors and major media coverage. The winner of "Choice Muser" at two consecutive Teen Choice Awards, she has been profiled on CBS' 60 Minutes, CNN, and ABC's Good Morning America, garnered the Wall Street Journal's prestigious "Innovator Honor," starred on the cover of Billboard, and was named to both TIME's "25 Most Influential People on the Internet" and FORBES's "Top Influencers 2017: Entertainment" listings. What's more, Baby Ariel has earned a seeming endless string of award nominations, spanning the iHeartRadio Music Awards, People's Choice Awards, Streamy Awards, Shorty Awards, and most recently, Telemundo's Premios Tu Mundo Awards. After co-headlining YouTube's 2016 DigiTour, Ariel has only expanded her influence with the launch of her Arielmoji sticker app, as well as her ever-evolving merchandise line available to supporters and fans. More importantly, she has taken every opportunity to use her popularity to uplift and inspire. Her anti-bullying #ArielMovement was recently recognized by PEOPLE for her positive impact on #hackharrassment to end trolling and Internet negativity.

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