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
Alternative & Indie - Released by Columbia on 26/05/2023
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eleanor & bellami
Alternative & Indie - Released by Powfu Productions on 15/12/2023
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sleeping on the floor
Alternative & Indie - Released by Columbia on 4/03/2022
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Some Boring, Love Stories
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Independent on 12/12/2018
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life in a locker
Alternative & Indie - Released by Columbia on 3/02/2023
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milk in the morning (feat. Skinny Atlas)
Alternative & Indie - Released by Powfu Productions on 1/03/2024
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washing off the blood
Alternative & Indie - Released by Columbia on 19/08/2022
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crow's nest
Alternative & Indie - Released by Columbia on 24/03/2023
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I Could Never Be Loved
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Pow Records on 18/06/2018
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the fleeting life of a fool
Pop - Released by Powfu Productions on 3/05/2024
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Days We Had
Alternative & Indie - Released by Independent on 3/07/2018
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Sorry I Never Apologized
Alternative & Indie - Released by Independent on 14/09/2018
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Feel It All
Alternative & Indie - Released by 867882 Records DK on 18/05/2018
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no balls
Alternative & Indie - Released by Powfu Productions on 8/09/2023
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Some Boring, Love Stories, Pt. 3
Alternative & Indie - Released by Independent on 10/04/2019
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Her Ocean Eyes
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Independent on 10/03/2019
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Some Boring, Love Stories, Pt. 2
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Independent on 16/02/2019
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Douchebags
Alternative & Indie - Released by Independent on 9/09/2018
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Troubles of Today
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by 1850546 Records DK on 13/01/2023
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