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Week 4 (2022): Sueco

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  Sueco Name:   William Schultz From : Los Angeles Genre : Pop-Punk, Rap Artist Influences : Green Day, My Chemical Romance, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, The Weeknd, A Day to Remember Monthly Spotify Listeners :  ~3,960,000 Top 3 Songs : 1.  fast 2. Paralyzed 3.  Loser If you are into pop-punk, check out the whole album "It Was Fun While It Lasted." I have been obsessed lately.  3 Fire Facts : 1.  When Schultz was in middle school, his mother passed away from cancer.  Initially, he turned to drugs and alcohol to deal with his emotions, but he eventually found music as an emotional outlet. Sueco has been sober since 2021.  2. American Idiot was the first album Schultz ever bought with his own money. 3. The name "Sueco" means "Swedish" in the Spanish language. Schultz, who is of Swedish descent, grew up in a heavily Hispanic neighborhood, where his friends all called him "Suececito" meaning "the little Swedish boy." The name stuck. Last ye...

Week 3 (2022): spill tab

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spill tab Name:   Claire Chicha From : Bangkok, Paris, New York, Los Angeles. Genre : Indie-Pop/Alternative/Electronic Artist Influences : Paramore, LCD Soundsystem, The 1975, Remi Wolf, Corbin, Thom Yorke Monthly Spotify Listeners :  ~760,000  Top 3 Songs : 1.  Cotton Candy 2.  PISTOLWHIP 3.  Velcro (feat. Gus Dapperton)  3 Fire Facts : 1.  After Chicha graduated from college, she landed a job as merchandise manager for fellow-Firefly artist, Gus Dapperton. A few years later, she opened for Dapperton on his U.S. tour. 2. Since Chicha spent a lot of time in France growing up, she is fluent in the French language. She has even released 3 tracks where she sings the whole song in French.   3. A big reality television fan, Chicha is convinced that being confined in close quarters with people on tour is similar to what reality tv stars go through. Comparing touring to her favorite show, Love Island , Chicha explained: "Touring is an inte...

Week 2 (2022): flor

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    flor Members:  Zach Grace (Lead Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard), McKinley Kitts (Guitar), Dylan Bauld (Bass), Kyle Hill (Drums) From : The band formed in Hood River, OR in 2014.  Genre : Dream pop, indie pop, alternative rock. Artist Influences : Grouplove, Young the Giant, Jimmy Eat World, Bleachers. Monthly Spotify Listeners:  ~780,000 Top 3 Songs : 1. hold on 2. back again 3. dancing around NOTE: flor just released a new album, "Future Shine," TODAY (May 6, 2022)! 3 Fire Facts: 1. In 2015, the band caught a big break by joining a rising pop star's tour. That artist was Halsey, who is, of course, headlining Firefly in 2022. In a 2022 Rolling Stone article, lead vocalist Zach Grace said, "We got crazy lucky with Halsey taking us on tour -- for a tour we probably weren't prepared for entirely." Grace went on to say, "It helped shape what we wanted. Because seeing the shows just packed with the energy, we knew this is what we were capable of, this is what ...