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NOW WHAT?
We have no fucking idea.
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WHAT IT IS: Led by breakout single “3 Nights,” Dominic Fike’s self-produced debut, Don’t Forget About Me, Demos, provides the first official entry point into his discography. Fresh out of the gates, he’s already hit 75m+ streams on Spotify (with 3.7m monthly listeners). He currently sits at the #1 spot on Shazam Australia for the second week in a row and is Top 5 on the singles chart there. Continuing to gain momentum, the Florida native was named one of SiriusXM’s Future Five for 2019 and Billie Eilish’s Five Favorite New Artists (NME), while earning additional shout-outs from the likes of DJ Khaled, Halsey, Shawn Mendes, Kendall Jenner, Alessia Cara and Khalid.
ALBUM: Don’t Forget About Me, Demos (EP)
RELEASE DATE: 10/16/18
SINGLE: “3 Nights”
LIVE: Recently wrapped two sold-out shows at N.Y.’s Baby’s All Right and L.A.’s The Echo; show at L.A.’s Hammer Museum this April
INTERNET: Tripled amount of followers since start of 2019; 75m Spotify streams, 3.7m monthly listeners; recently released two official music videos for “3 Nights” in one day (one shot by Brockhampton’s Kevin Abstract); has been included in top playlists like Apple Music’s Today’s Hits, A-List: Alternative and Spotify’s Today’s Top Hits (23m followers), Hot Rhythmic, Pop Rising, Mood Booster (3.2m), more; tripled amount of Instagram followers in three months
RADIO: Impacting Alternative now, already charting at #37
PRESS: Features in Fader (“Dominic Fike is ready to be very, very famous”), New Yorker (“The 23-Year-Old Who Embodies the Hazy Future of Pop Music”), Complex’s Pigeons & Planes (“Now or Never: The Chaotic Rise of Dominic Fike”), more
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