“I think TikTok’s a blessing and a curse,” says d4vd. In fact, it was only a year or so before that Justin Lubliner, the CEO, had contacted me to tell me that d4vd was going to be the next Eillish.ĭ4vd laughs shyly at the idea, “I don’t even know how I feel about that, I’m just tryna make music,” he laughs. Written by U2 ( Bono (as Paul Hewson), The Edge (as Dave Evans), Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. In a way, he mimics the rise of the likes of Spooky Black (now known as Corbin).īut it was his track “Romantic Homicide”, recorded entirely from his iPhone, that really broke him into the mainstream charts, while also leading him to a record deal with Darkroom Records, the same company that signed Billie Eillish. The first single, Good Girl, displays maturity and versatility. But it also comes down to his dark-tinged, visceral and underground soundtracks that saw fans from the dark corners of the internet push him into cult-like fame. Carrie Underwood keeps her winning streak going with her fourth album, Blown Away.
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The series is filmed in Canada and is produced by Marblemedia.
In part, it’s likely that this deliberate strategy lays weight towards his spectacular virality on platforms like Soundcloud. Blown Away is a Canadian reality glassblowing competition television series that premiered on the Canadian channel Makeful before a subsequent release on the streaming platform Netflix.The 10-episode first season was released on July 12, 2019. “My music wasn’t copyrighted so everybody was able to use it and make montages.”
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“I don’t think there was anybody using their own songs in montages for the sole purpose of being royalty free at all,” he says. From going from Fortnite montages, to promoting on TikTok and Soundcloud, to now being at Mary’s Underground performing. “It was always in the back of my head that if I’m not doing as a career when I was making Fortnite montages, at least I can get better as I do it and work towards it in the background as a hobby,” he tells me.
In late 2021, he released his first track, “Run Away.” In that moment, he decided to try making his own. He’d slip those songs behind his montages until he was struck with various copyright infringements. He started with jazz, then indie and then got into the darker stuff. Of course, he was the first.ĭuring the process d4vd, who throughout his homeschooled, Christian-based upbringing, was secluded to gospel-oriented genres, began journeying through a wormhole of popular music. He’d make short montages of his gameplay with the aim to reach 1000 subscribers on Youtube before any of his friends. His aim, back then, was to become a well known streamer in the realms of gaming. And because of that, it’s been a short road to stardom.Īs d4vd settles beside me, calm and confident, legs spread and leaning forward slightly, he explains that three years ago he was just some kid making Fortnite videos.
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