Bella Figura Music announce agreement with Human League co-writer Adrian Wright

19 March 2024 - Press release

Bella Figura Music, the independent publisher and record company founded by Alexi Cory-Smith and Neelesh Prabhu in 2022, has announced a new agreement with multi-award-winning artist/writer Adrian Wright.

Adrian was a founding member of pioneering Sheffield based synth-pop legends The Human League. He designed their LP and singles sleeves, multi-visual stage shows and co-wrote many of the songs on the band’s albums including the genre-defining ‘Dare’ as well as the classic ‘Don’t You Want Me’ which sold over 1.5 million copies in the UK, became a Christmas No.1 and topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic.

This agreement sees the acquisition of Adrian’s writer’s share, with his current music publisher continuing to work with Bella Figura’s sync and creative team to maximise the creative and commercial opportunities of his catalogue.

Alexi Cory-Smith Co-Founder & CEO of Bella Figura Music said, “although our ambition is to acquire catalogues we can control and manage, given we are a full-service publisher and record label, there will always be exceptions, particularly when the music is so culturally significant; Adrian and The Human League definitely fall into that category. So, with that in mind we took a view, turned the deal around quickly and had the whole thing signed agreed and sealed within a couple of months.”

Adrian Wright said: “I am very happy that my songs have found a good home at Bella Figura, they are one of The Things That Dreams Are Made Of (that I might have forgotten to mention in the ‘Dare’ song)".