Powfu
Canadian rapper/songwriter/producer Powfu went viral with a style of melancholic, lo-fi songcraft that was sad, nostalgic, and sweet in equal parts. His song "Death Bed (Coffee for Your Head)" sampled British singer Beabadoobee's lo-fi acoustic tune "Coffee" and met with unexpectedly massive success, being streamed hundreds of millions of times and reaching number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100. Its parent EP, Poems of the Past, bolstered by an appearance from blink-182, topped the publication's Heatseekers chart. He continued releasing additional EPs and albums like 2022's Surrounded by Hounds and Serpents.
Powfu was born Isaiah Faber in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1999. He began sharing his songs online as early as 2018, tending toward lo-fi hip-hop beats and sad, piano-driven instrumentals as the backdrop for his singing and rapping about relationships, breakups, emotional struggles, and bittersweet memories. These tracks were often released as singles, and sometimes Powfu collected several songs at once in a series of EPs titled Some Boring, Love Stories. It was his song "Death Bed (Coffee for Your Head)," released in January 2020, that pushed his rising fame into full bloom, with its video streamed millions of times in a matter of months. The song grew exponentially when it was released as a commercial single with an upgraded video, and Powfu signed on with Columbia Records. "Death Bed" led off Poems of the Past, his first EP for Columbia, which also included a remix of the song featuring blink-182. He rounded out his banner year with a smattering of additional singles including "When the Hospital Was My Home" featuring Rxseboy, which appeared on Some Boring Love Stories, Pt. 5.
The EPs Drinking Under the Streetlights and Tell Me Your Feelings and I Won't Tell You Mine appeared in 2021. Surrounded by Hounds and Serpents followed in 2022.
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wallflower
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Columbia am 26.05.2023
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eleanor & bellami
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Powfu Productions am 15.12.2023
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sleeping on the floor
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Columbia am 04.03.2022
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Some Boring, Love Stories
Hip-Hop/Rap - Erschienen bei Independent am 12.12.2018
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life in a locker
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Columbia am 03.02.2023
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milk in the morning (feat. Skinny Atlas)
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Powfu Productions am 01.03.2024
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washing off the blood
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Columbia am 19.08.2022
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crow's nest
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Columbia am 24.03.2023
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I Could Never Be Loved
Hip-Hop/Rap - Erschienen bei Pow Records am 18.06.2018
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the fleeting life of a fool
Pop - Erschienen bei Powfu Productions am 03.05.2024
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Days We Had
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Independent am 03.07.2018
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Sorry I Never Apologized
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Independent am 14.09.2018
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no balls
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Powfu Productions am 08.09.2023
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Some Boring, Love Stories, Pt. 3
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Independent am 10.04.2019
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You Melt Away the Snow
Pop - Erschienen bei Teqkoi am 07.12.2018
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Her Ocean Eyes
Hip-Hop/Rap - Erschienen bei Independent am 10.03.2019
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Some Boring, Love Stories, Pt. 2
Hip-Hop/Rap - Erschienen bei Independent am 16.02.2019
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Douchebags
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Independent am 09.09.2018
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Feel It All
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei 867882 Records DK am 18.05.2018
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Troubles of Today
Hip-Hop/Rap - Erschienen bei 1850546 Records DK am 13.01.2023
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