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)
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por BMG Rights Management (US) LLC em 18 de mai. de 2020
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BAD SON
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Guin Records LLC em 23 de jun. de 2023
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Pity Party
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por BMG Rights Management (US) LLC em 9 de out. de 2020
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Stunnin' (feat. Harm Franklin)
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por BMG Rights Management (US) LLC em 18 de mai. de 2020
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Doodoodoo
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por BMG Rights Management (US) LLC em 20 de jan. de 2021
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MANIC MAN
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Guin Records LLC em 22 de mar. de 2022
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DEATH KEEPS CALLING MY NAME (feat. Shrimp)
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Guin Records LLC em 28 de abr. de 2023
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Freckles
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por BMG Rights Management (US) LLC em 1 de set. de 2020
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RIOT (feat. chlothegod)
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Guin Records LLC em 26 de out. de 2022
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HIMBO/GOD'S LONELY MAN
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Guin Records LLC em 3 de mar. de 2023
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fuck, i luv my friends (reimagined)
Pop - Lançado por Interscope Records em 18 de dez. de 2020
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fuck, i luv my friends (reimagined)
Pop - Lançado por Interscope Records em 18 de dez. de 2020
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STAR KILLER
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Curtis Waters LLC in partnership with Don't Be Greedy em 24 de ago. de 2022
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PLASTIC WORLD
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por BMG Rights Management (US) LLC em 11 de jun. de 2021
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The feelings tend to stay the same
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por BMG Rights Management (US) LLC em 31 de jul. de 2020
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System
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por BMG Rights Management (US) LLC em 23 de jun. de 2020
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Conceited
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por BMG Rights Management (US) LLC em 26 de fev. de 2021
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BAD SON (Deluxe)
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Guin Records LLC em 23 de jun. de 2023
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MERCURY
Connie, Curtis Waters, Godly the Ruler
Electronic - Lançado por Pack Records em 9 de nov. de 2022
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fuck, i luv my friends (reimagined)
Pop - Lançado por Interscope Records em 18 de dez. de 2020
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fuck, i luv my friends (reimagined)
Pop - Lançado por Interscope Records em 18 de dez. de 2020
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