Arielle Free

Arielle Free (born 29 March 1988) is a Scottish DJ and Broadcaster. She is known for presenting on BBC Radio 1 and ITV's Love Island podcast.

Arielle Free
Born
Stirling, Scotland
OccupationRadio presenter
EmployerBBC

Early life

Free was born on 29 March and is originally from Stirling but moved to Glasgow when she was ten years old. She considers herself to be a Glaswegian. Free began dancing when she was eight years old, and attended the Dance School of Scotland at Knightswood Secondary School.[1][2][3]

Career

Film and televsion

Free acted in the Beauxbatons scenes in the 2006 film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.[1]

Free presented the children's TV show Scrambled! on ITV.[3] While presenting the show on 3 October 2017, Free took part in a world record attempt for the most limbos achieved by a team of 25 people in three minutes. The team set a record of 142 limbos, verified by the Guinness World Records.[4]

Radio and podcasts

Free and Kem Cetinay co-presented the official Love Island podcast Love Island: The Morning After which ran since 2018.[5] After the suicide of Caroline Flack in 2020, the podcast and the TV show were pulled.[6]

On 6 September 2019, Free began presenting the weekend early breakfast show on BBC Radio 1, which included Friday, Saturday, and Sunday mornings.[7] In January 2021, she moved to the weekday early breakfast show from Monday to Thursday.[8] Arielle Free is also the voice of Radio 1's Dance stream and can be heard on the stage 35hours a week.

As a DJ Arielle can often be found playing on Club and Festival bills as well as touring her own club night 'Free Your Mind.' She also has a record label under the same name.

On 21 August 2021, Free and Lawrence Chaney, winner of RuPaul's Drag Race UK season 2, co-hosted a show on BBC Radio 1 in honour of the station's Drag Day.[9]

Music

In January 2022, Free released the single Soul Full that she produced with Bristol music duo Mortimer. The song features vocals by Joe Killington.[10][11]

References
  1. "Arielle Free". Music Musings & Such. 29 May 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  2. "BBC Radio One star Arielle Free says she is a weegie and Glasgow made her streetwise". Glasgow Times. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  3. Curtis, Liam. "Get to know Radio 1's Arielle Free". HITC. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  4. "Most limbos in three minutes (team of 25)". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  5. Taylor, Frances (26 May 2018). "Kem Cetinay to host new official Love Island podcast The Morning After". RadioTimes. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  6. Newman, Vicki (17 February 2020). "Love Island bosses pull Morning After podcast in wake of Caroline Flack's death". Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  7. "Arielle Free to present new Radio 1 weekend early breakfast". BBC News. 29 July 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  8. "Radio 1 announces new presenter line-up". BBC News. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  9. Lyons, Bev (12 August 2021). "Scots Drag Race UK winner Lawrence Chaney taking over Radio 1 for Drag Day". Daily Record. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  10. "ARIELLE FREE RELEASES DEBUT SINGLE 'SOUL FULL' WITH MORTIMER & JOE KILLINGTON". Magnetic Mag. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  11. "AARIELLE FREE RELEASES HER DEBUT SINGLE, 'SOUL FULL'". Mixmag. 16 January 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
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