Gustav Åhr (born November 1, 1996), better known by his stage name Lil Peep, is an American singer and rapper from Long Beach, New York. His songs "White Wine", "Benz Truck" and "The Way I See Things" have each gained over four million views on YouTube.
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Early life
Åhr was raised in the city of Long Beach. His mother is of Irish and German descent and his father is of Swedish and also German descent. After dropping out of Long Beach High School, he began taking online computer courses and earned his diploma. He soon began making music and posting it on YouTube and SoundCloud.
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Career
Beginnings (2015-2017)
In 2015, Åhr released his first mixtape, Lil Peep Part One to limited success, generating 4,000 plays in its first week. The same year he released his first extended play Feelz and another mixtape, Live Forever.
In 2016, Åhr released his two breakthrough mixtapes: Crybaby in June and Hellboy in September.
In May 2017, the band Mineral accused Åhr of plagiarism after his song "Hollywood Dreaming" contained an unlicensed and uncredited sample of the song "LoveLetterTypewriter" off of Mineral's 1998 album EndSerenading. Åhr said that he was only trying to "show some love" with the sample.
Come Over When You're Sober (2017-present)
On June 2, 2017, Åhr announced his debut album, Come Over When You're Sober via Instagram. The album was given the release date of August 11, 2017.
Åhr announced a Come Over When You're Sober tour to promote his debut album, Come Over When You're Sober. The tour began on 2 August 2017 and ends on 17 November 2017.
Music videos
On June 8, 2017 Lil Peep uploaded his music video for the song "Benz Truck", shot and directed by Mezzy, Wiggy and Joseph Breese, with VFX from Sus Boy. Shortly after, in August 18, 2017 he uploaded a music video for the song "Awful Things" Featured on his album "Come Over When You're Sober Pt1" Prior to this, Lil Peep had recorded nine videos independently for "Backseat", "Girls", "White Wine", "Gym Class", "Beamerboy", "Drugz", "Live Forever", "California World", "Your Eyes" & "White Tee". On July 27, 2017 Lil Peep uploaded his music video for the song "The Brightside", which also serves as the second single from his debut album 'Come Over When You're Sober (Part I)'.
Musical style
Lil Peep is described as a "Soundcloud rapper" and his musical style as being lo-fi rap and emo-trap. NYT has defined Åhr as lo-fi rap's "Kurt Cobain" and said his music is gloomy and diabolically melodic. Åhr's music generally draws on both southern US rap and the angsty introspection of the rock subgenre post-hardcore.
Åhr's music contains lyrical themes regarding topics such as suicide, past relationships, drug use, and witchcraft. He has been described as "the future of emo" by Steven J. Horowitz of online magazine Pitchfork. His musical influences include Gucci Mane, Riff Raff, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Crystal Castles, Seshollowaterboyz, Rozz Dyliams, My Chemical Romance and Panic! at the Disco. His songs have sampled such artists as Brand New, Radiohead, Underoath, Avenged Sevenfold, Slayer, The Postal Service, Oasis, and The Microphones.
Personal life
As of 2017, Åhr resides in London, and is a member of the collective Gothboiclique and is formerly a member of Schemaposse.
Åhr plays the trombone and tuba.
Åhr is known for habitual substance abuse, particularly his addictions to cocaine, molly, heroin, and xanax; a theme he regularly references in his lyrics and posts on social media. In one Instagram post, Åhr proclaimed himself as a "productive junkie" and said "don't do drugs." He is also vocal in his music and in interviews about his close relationship with his mother, Liza, who is a first grade teacher in Long Island.
Åhr came out as bisexual in August 2017 on the social media platform, Twitter.
Discography
Albums
- Come Over When You're Sober (Part I) (2017)
- Come Over When You're Sober (Part II) (TBD)
Mixtapes
- Lil Peep Part One (2015)
- Live Forever (2015)
- Crybaby (2016)
- Hellboy (2016)
Extended plays
- Feelz (2015)
- Vertigo (2016)
- California Girls (with Nedarb Nagrom) (2016)
- Teen Romance (2016)
- Castles (with Lil Tracy) (2016)
- Castles II (with Lil Tracy) (2017)
References
Further reading
- "Emo rapper Lil Peep embodies sadboi aesthetic in new album". Rocky Mountain Collegian. September 7, 2017. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
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