About River

"River" is a song by the British musician Bishop Briggs, released on 22 January 2016. Initially, it was released on the artist’s SoundCloud.

The song became a hit and reached top 10 on three different Billboard charts as well as number one on the Spotify US Viral 50.

The song is about a strained relationship that is on the edge of failure. Bishop Briggs stated that the lyrics of the song “was all about the tension…My hope with that song is it makes people feel empowered [to] take things into their own hands. I always have the visual, especially when I was writing it, to go up to someone's face and egg them on, and ask them to push you to your limits. I think there is something strong and exciting about that."

The song is described as a starting “with a whipping percussion and transitions into an explosive chorus highlighting Briggs's fierce, soulful-rocker vocals”. Another description stated that the song was “seemingly birthed by witches off the Bayou, bearing handclaps like reddening thigh slaps and boasting a topline that allows Bishop to truly exercise her range.”

Sarah Grace McLaughlin (born 18 July 1992), better known as Bishop Briggs, is a British musician, singer, and songwriter. Her single "River" was a number three hit in the US Alternative chart and she released her debut album Church of Scars on 20 April 2018.