![]() ![]() So that’s why my voice sounds so deep on that song, but it was complicated.” I made my first song using stock presets and then I hated my voice so much that I pitched it down. “My process is I either make an instrumental or hear an instrumental, and then everything just off the top of my head and lay it down right there. But it’s his approach to how he makes music within this Potter-esque lair that seems, weirdly, even more fantastical. So I create these characters and build little stories around them, giving them entire lives, and then writing about those lives” – namely the blindfolded Itami (Japanese for pain) who you’ll see at the centre of all his music videos. It’s within this very closet that he creates his own alt-Narnia, overflowing with characters inspired by Japanese manga and anime – “I hate writing about myself. d4vd’s “very Hip-Hop and Rap approach to Indie music” takes bedroom Pop one step further – conjuring it up in the depths of his six-year-old sister’s closet: “That’s my entire studio.” It’s where he wrote, recorded, and produced his debut EP, “Petals to Thorns”, comprising nine tracks, with only his iPhone, wired headphones, and the app: BandLab, a tool for creating and sharing music. What, with his explosively energetic performances, and the fact that he’s stood, steadfast, right in the eye of storm d4vd the blushing tornado of coming up so fast that you’re still figuring out who, and what, making music as d4vd really means.īut let’s take it back to the beginning. He wears a gauging open-heart on his sleeve, and a serene calmness whips around him that leaves you feeling equally zen. ![]() We’re on the phone, so I can’t see him, but there’s no doubt he’s in a signature d4vd get-up – which means baggy everything. He’s on his sold-out US and European tour, and today, he lounges in his tour bus, ahead of his show tomorrow in San Francisco. “But I usually wake up mad late.” Something, I’m sure, he’s not had the luxury to do over the past couple of months. I’ve woken him up early, but he’s not pissed about it. But come to think of it, there’s nothing else ‘usual’ about d4vd’s story anyway. Surprising, considering the 18-year-old artist – born David Burke – is already signed to Darkroom/ Interscope Records (home to Billie Eilish, Holly Humberstone, John Summit and more) and his debut EP “Petals to Thorns” has amassed hundreds of millions of streams. “I was an audience member at the same time that I was performing, so I felt like I was watching myself in third person. ![]() So, when he played at the White Oak Music Hall in his hometown of Houston, Texas, he was in an unusual position. But unlike most of us who lost our gig-virginity as a tween watching a band we’re increasingly embarrassed by – naturally, with a covert WKD in hand – d4vd lost his at the helm of a mic at his very own show. The Gucci Good Game collection will be available on and in select Gucci stores globally.Until February this year, d4vd had never been to a concert before. They also launched a limited-edition bundle with Xbox. The label has built initiatives over the past several years in a select number of games, as well as on immersive gaming platforms, including Roblox, The Sandbox, Zepeto, Hot Wheels Unleashed, Pokémon Go, Animal Crossing, Tennis Clash and The Sims. Gucci Good Game became a motto for the brand’s ventures into the world of gaming in 2019. The concept is based on the idea of bringing the audience in through a portal so they can enter another dimension filled with elements of club and rave culture blended with nature to create scenarios echoing spiritual wanderings. The campaign was created in partnership with “King Kong Magazine” and shot by photographer Piczo, who has snapped campaigns for Wooyoungmi, Gap and 3.1 Phillip Lim. ![]() The collection also features a new variation of the Gucci Basket sneaker in a black version with glow-in-the-dark details. The slides in the collection come in both black and white with an iridescent strap. Stone Island, Frieze Ink Two-year Global Partnership ![]()
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