Curtis Waters
A purveyor of woozy indie electronic productions as well as angsty indie rock and alternative rap songs, Curtis Waters is a self-recordist whose influences span Frank Ocean and Joy Division. After a series of solo tracks and mercurial one-off collaborations, he presented his full-length debut, Prom Night 2018, in 2019. Waters' breakthrough came in 2020 with the pulsing social media smash "Stunnin'" featuring Harm Franklin, which was included on the next year's Pity Party. Known for writing about mental health issues as well as for his stylistic capriciousness, his third album, 2023's BAD SON favored the dingier timbres of punk, alt-rock, and industrial rap.
Born in Nepal and spending parts of his childhood in India, Germany, Nepal, and Canada, Abhinav Bastakoti settled down in Cary, North Carolina, with his family when he was 17. His early, collaborative home recordings under the stage alias Curtis Waters (2016's "WastingTime/Roaches" featuring Tapper, the next year's "Hot Boy Anthem" with rapper Harm Franklin) checked all the cloud rap boxes with their simple beats, dreamy lo-fi sounds, and quirky detailing. In the meantime, he produced tracks for Franklin and like-minded artists including Fuji Frank.
Finding a modest but reliable streaming audience with his songs, Waters issued the 12-track Prom Night 2018 in May 2019. Its guests included Chio, Mileena, and, again, Harm Franklin. Waters continued to share original songs and production work for others on a near-monthly basis until he went viral with May 2020's boastful "Stunnin'," which found traction as a social media video. Also featuring Franklin, it collected tens of millions of plays within weeks. Waters followed it up with the more aggressive, anti-establishment "System," which appeared on the full-length Pity Party later that year. The single's darker post-punk core was an outlier on the album, which leaned more heavily into alt-rap, giddy electronic pop, and emo-pop, but re-emerged on songs including the single "MANIC MAN" from his next full-length. Arriving on Guin Records in June 2023, BAD SON delved into his personal coming-of-age experiences with a darker, harsher sound palette.
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Stunnin' (feat. Harm Franklin)
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez BMG Rights Management (US) LLC le 18 mai 2020
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Pity Party
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez BMG Rights Management (US) LLC le 9 oct. 2020
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Stunnin' (feat. Harm Franklin)
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez BMG Rights Management (US) LLC le 18 mai 2020
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Doodoodoo
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez BMG Rights Management (US) LLC le 20 janv. 2021
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DEATH KEEPS CALLING MY NAME (feat. Shrimp)
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez Guin Records LLC le 28 avr. 2023
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Freckles
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez BMG Rights Management (US) LLC le 1 sept. 2020
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RIOT (feat. chlothegod)
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez Guin Records LLC le 26 oct. 2022
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HIMBO/GOD'S LONELY MAN
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez Guin Records LLC le 3 mars 2023
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fuck, i luv my friends (reimagined)
Pop - Paru chez Interscope Records le 18 déc. 2020
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fuck, i luv my friends (reimagined)
Pop - Paru chez Interscope Records le 18 déc. 2020
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STAR KILLER
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez Curtis Waters LLC in partnership with Don't Be Greedy le 24 août 2022
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PLASTIC WORLD
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez BMG Rights Management (US) LLC le 11 juin 2021
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The feelings tend to stay the same
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez BMG Rights Management (US) LLC le 31 juil. 2020
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System
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez BMG Rights Management (US) LLC le 23 juin 2020
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Conceited
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez BMG Rights Management (US) LLC le 26 févr. 2021
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BAD SON (Deluxe)
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez Guin Records LLC le 23 juin 2023
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MERCURY
Connie, Curtis Waters, Godly the Ruler
Électronique - Paru chez Pack Records le 9 nov. 2022
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fuck, i luv my friends (reimagined)
Pop - Paru chez Interscope Records le 18 déc. 2020
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fuck, i luv my friends (reimagined)
Pop - Paru chez Interscope Records le 18 déc. 2020
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