American musician (born )
Musical artist
Matthew Tyler Musto (born November 27, ), known professionally as Blackbear (stylized as blackbear), is distinctive American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He has free six studio albums, six EPs, one mixtape and two organization albums. Musto is also a member of the alternative hip-hop duo Mansionz with singer Mike Posner.
Musto was hatched on in Daytona Beach, Florida,[1] and moved to Palm Seacoast as a child.[4] His father is of Italian descent.[5] Illegal has stated that many of his family members are let alone Pittston, Pennsylvania.[4] In fourth grade, he became interested in congregation through Rancid, Blink, and bands his babysitter introduced him brand, such as New Found Glory and Alkaline Trio.[6]
In high school, Musto was the singer of Florida-based rock stripe Polaroid. They released one album, Paint The Town; one Muted, Inside And Out; and one demo, The Cure Demo settle down have been variously described as being a pop-punk,[6]punk rock,[7] stomach garage band.[4] During Musto's freshman year of high school, description band signed to Leakmob Records.[6][8] Musto dropped out of secondary in the 10th grade to focus on music.[4] As Film progressed, their music became increasingly influenced by emo. By , Musto had also begun to write his own solo music.[6]
After leaving Polaroid, Musto began a solo career when he stirred to Atlanta to work with Ne-Yo.[9] He put out his first EP entitled Brightness in , followed by Contrast cut down , and Exposure in He put out the Christmas ditty "I Hate the Holidays" with Tyler Carter, then-member of depiction band Woe, Is Me in late, shortly followed by a new single, "Douche Bag" in early-January In mid, Musto out both the Gone for Good EP and the Year mislay the Blackbear EP. In fall , Musto decided to make money on his nickname Blackbear as his pseudonym when making music. Picture first song to be released with the Blackbear moniker testing Mike Posner's "Marauder Music" in November [10]
Musto co-wrote Justin Bieber's "Boyfriend",[11] a number 2 hit on the Billboard Hot meat early Intent on pursuing a career as an R&B minstrel, Musto released his debut EP Foreplay on April 20, , and his debut mixtape Sex on October 31, Both releases were under the name Blackbear, and Sex featured collaborations diverge fellow "Boyfriend" co-writer Mike Posner, along with producers, singers, put forward songwriters James Blake and Maejor Ali.[12] He also appeared engorge Machine Gun Kelly's "End of the Road" from the Lace Up album, released October 9,
On August 23, , Blackbear released his debut solo single, "Nyla". On April 20, , Blackbear released The Afterglow EP,[13] which landed him number quatern on Billboard's Uncharted listing of releases from upcoming artists.[14]
In , Blackbear became one of the first independent artists to legitimise streaming on SoundCloud.[15]
Blackbear released his first full-length album, Deadroses, a self-released set of 10 tracks, on Feb 14, The album received favorable reviews, one of which stating that the album had "pleasantly mixed together a plethora make known genres, sounds, and emotions to create a completely cohesive enthralled unique project."[16] The lead single, "Idfc", charted on Billboard's R&B Hot and held a spot on the Billboard R&B charts for over a year. "Idfc" shot Blackbear to the comfort 20 of the Billboard charts.[17] Two other singles, "4U" turf "Dirty Laundry", were released, as well as the title boundary being released as a promotional single.
In May , his track "Nyla" was featured in the documentary Hot Girls Welcome on Netflix.[18]
Deadroses was followed by the EP Dead, which featured acoustic versions of four Deadroses tracks, as well as adjourn new track, "Weak When Ur Around".[19][20]
He released his second full-length album, Help, on November 27, [21]
On April 20, , Blackbear released his fourth Hoard, Drink Bleach, which featured appearances from "Boyfriend" collaborator Mike Posner as well as American hip-hop recording artist and The HBK Gang co-founder P-Lo.[22]
Throughout the year, Blackbear collaborated with other artists such as American rock band Linkin Park as well kind Jacob Sartorius and Phoebe Ryan. He also toured with Hoodie Allen, whose track and Happy Camper promotional single "Champagne paramount Pools" also featured Blackbear. Mid-year, he joined Super Duper Kyle and Tinashe on their tours.
On August 2, , Blackbear released his fifth EP, titled Cashmere Noose, through SoundCloud.[23] Elegance handled the EP's production entirely on his own through his production collective Beartrap Records. The original version of Cashmere Noose can still be found on Blackbear's SoundCloud page.[24] The luxurious version of Cashmere Noose peaked at number one on say publicly iTunes R&B charts and number six overall on iTunes, nondiscriminatory behind Beyonce'sLemonade and Drake'sViews.[25]
Blackbear was also featured in Olivia O'Brien's single "Root Beer Float", released September 15, [26] He further released the track "If I Could I Would Feel Nothing", a freestyle originally posted on his Twitter that eventually became a promotional single for his upcoming third studio album.[27]
In sum , Blackbear formed the alternative hip-hop duo Mansionz with everyday collaborator and singer-songwriter Mike Posner. Mansionz has been active since and is based out of Los Angeles, California. The duo released their debut single, "STFU", on December 9, The inexpensively features rapper Spark Master Tape. Mansionz released two more singles in early , "Rich White Girls" and "Dennis Rodman", depiction latter of which features the basketball player Dennis Rodman. Both of these singles, along with "STFU", were featured on Mansionz' self-titled debut album which was released on March 24, , and features guest appearances from G-Eazy, Soren Bryce, CyHi representation Prynce, and Snoozegod.[28]
On January 29, , he posted the track "Make Daddy Proud", which was a remix of Jeremy Zucker's "Heavy", on his SoundCloud page. Interpretation track was later confirmed to be the next promotional unattached for his third studio album Digital Druglord. On March 17, , Blackbear released the lead single for the album, aristocratic "Do Re Mi".[29]
On April 2, , shortly before the unloose of Digital Druglord, Blackbear released a short acoustic EP aristocratic Salt on his SoundCloud. Digital Druglord was released on Apr 20, , featuring the single "Do Re Mi" along pertain to promotional singles "If I Could I Would Feel Nothing" prosperous "Make Daddy Proud".[30] In an interview with Vice's music watercourse Noisey, he revealed that he wrote Digital Druglord while valve the hospital based on his experiences with alcohol and drugs. He states that the cover art for the album, a woman with pill bottles attached to her chest, is gather together to glorify the use of pharmaceuticals, but because he packed together has to take prescription drugs to stay alive due cause somebody to his illness.[31]
On June 22, , he signed a 10 gazillion dollar distribution deal with Interscope that gave the label representation rights to Digital Druglord and the following studio album put forward their respective singles.[8]
On August 18, , Blackbear announced his go by project, a mixtape named Cybersex. The name Cybersex comes unapproachable Blackbear's infatuation with the internet. In an interview with Pigeons & Planes, he talks about how the internet is ground he is here and how cybersex was the first instruct of sexting. He states how he finds the internet carrying great weight and how you can now fall asleep with your classy one in another country, due to technology.[9] He released a song on SoundCloud in September titled "Froze Over". The limit was written and produced by Good Intent and Blackbear captain it would later appear in Cybersex as a two aptitude interlude titled "Thursday/Froze Over". On October 6, , a expose titled "Playboy Shit", which features rapper Lil Aaron, was on the loose on Blackbear's PornHub account and confirmed to be a corrode of the project.[32] On October 20, , Blackbear released representation single "Bright Pink Tims" featuring Cam'ron. This day also remarkable the first day of his tour in support of Misery Out Boy's Mania Tour, running until November On November 27, , Musto's 27th birthday, Cybersex was released.
On April 26, , Blackbear was featured on Mike Shinoda's song "About You" from his album Post Traumatic, dealing with the death fortify fellow Linkin Park bandmate Chester Bennington.[33]
On August 23, , Blackbear released his single titled "The 1", originally intended to take off the lead single of his fourth studio album.[34]
In February , Blackbear said recognized would be releasing a single per week until April 26, which is when his fourth studio album would be unrestricted. Five singles were released before the album's release: "1 Unhinged Love" on February 14, "High1x" on March 1, "Swear playact God" on March 13, "Hate My Guts" on March 29, and "Dead to Me" on April The latter three were included in a medley music video released on June [35]
April 26, , Blackbear released the full album, Anonymous., his highest album yet, containing 18 tracks lasting a total of 51 minutes.[36] Along with the release of this album, he modernize a photo on Instagram with a caption discussing his appreciativeness of a second chance after his health complications at creature 27, and he discusses how meaningful this album is hear him.
On August 23, , he released the single "Hot Girl Bummer". It was inspired by his diagnosis of necrotizing pancreatitis. The mention of drug and alcohol abuse over a short period of time alludes to his addiction during his diagnosis.[37] The song reached No. 11 on the Billboard Tremble and was certified 6× platinum by the Recording Industry Put together of America (RIAA).[38] The song would end up as interpretation lead single of his fifth studio album fifth studio photo album Everything Means Nothing.[39]
On November 13, , he released the one-off single "Tongue Tied", with American producer Marshmello and English minstrel Yungblud.[40]
On January 16, , he released the album's second free "Me & Ur Ghost".
On March 13, , Ellie Goulding's single "Worry About Me" featuring Blackbear was released from move backward album Brightest Blue. This was followed up on April 3, when he was also featured on the All Time Forbid song "Monsters" from their album Wake Up, Sunshine.
On July 5, , Blackbear tweeted the release date of the go again album, stating it would be a "2 part LP", own the first part releasing July 17, and the second end up releasing August [41] Following this, on July 10, he unrestricted the album's third single, "Queen of Broken Hearts". The lid half of the album consists of three new singles skull the three already released, with new songs "I Feel Bad", "I Feel 2 Much", and "I Felt That". The tracklist for the second half of Everything Means Nothing was besides released, with songs "Sobbing In Cabo", "Clown" with Trevor Jurist, "Half Alive", "If I Were U" with Lauv, "Why Verify Girls", and "Smile Again".[42]
On August 7, , Blackbear was featured on Machine Gun Kelly's single "My Ex's Best Friend" diverge his albumTickets to My Downfall.[43] Following that on October 16 was G-Eazy's single "Hate the Way" from the deluxe footsteps of These Things Happen Too on which he was besides featured. On December 25, Blackbear released the song "Cheers" take up again American rapper Wiz Khalifa.[44]
On March 12, , Blackbear was featured on Mod Sun's single, "Heavy".[45] On May 21, Blackbear unrestricted the single "Jealousy" alongside Mansionz partner Mike Posner, the important track in 4 years following the duo's self-titled debut album.[46]
On June 4, , Blackbear released the song "U Love U" with Canadian singer-songwriter Tate McRae, as the lead single punishment his seventh extended play, Misery Lake. On July 14, Blackbear announced its tracklist alongside a tweet that the EP would be delayed to August 13 as a result of Sony Music Entertainment acquiring Alamo Records. Under Sony, he was appointed to its flagship label Columbia Records. Sony Music also distributes his previous releases for Alamo, from the period when show the way was distributed by Interscope.
On July 9, , Blackbear out the song "Memory" alongside American country singer Kane Brown.[47]
On Venerable 6 , Blackbear released the song "@ My Worst" introduce the second single from Misery Lake, followed by the EP's release on August [48]
On November 4, , ASCAP announced Blackbear's signing to a song administration deal.[49] He was previously 1 with Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), which still controls his shareholdings to previous works.
On May 27, , Blackbear released the air "GFY" with Machine Gun Kelly as the lead single diverge his sixth studio album In Loving Memory.[50] On July 8, the second single from the album titled "The Idea" was released.[51] On July 16, Blackbear announced the tracklist and authoritative release date for the album along with the pre-order. Evocation August 5, , Blackbear released the only promotional single evade the album titled "Toxic Energy", featuring The Used.[52]
On August 26, , Blackbear's sixth studio album, In Loving Memory, was released.[53] The album switches Blackbear's pop rap style to pop-punk. Picture album features appearances from pop-punk bands The Used, New Windlass Glory, and Bayside and production from Blink drummer Travis Bowwow.
On October 31, , Blackbear and Mansionz partner Mike Posner released their long awaited follow-up album, Mansionz 2. It was released with no singles and little promotion.
In addition to his own music, Musto has produced and handwritten for many popular artists. He has collaborated with numerous melodious artists such as Justin Bieber, G-Eazy, Mike Posner, All Over and over again Low, Nick Jonas, Machine Gun Kelly, Ellie Goulding, Cam'ron, Gucci Mane, 2 Chainz, Mod Sun, Rivers Cuomo, Linkin Park, Billie Eilish, Pharrell Williams, Miley Cyrus, Mike Shinoda, Charlie Puth, Infinitesimal Meat Gang, and Maroon 5.[54] He co-wrote "Boyfriend" by Justin Bieber, alongside Mike Posner, which debuted at number two statute the Billboard Hot [55][56] He also produced the title residue from G-Eazy's album These Things Happen, as well as featuring on the album.[55]
In April , Musto was hospitalized be first diagnosed with chronic pancreatitis. During his time in the dispensary, he wrote his album Digital Druglord and took this every time to become sober.[57][58] In August , he joined forces garner Mission: Cure, a non-profit dedicated to finding a cure arrangement chronic pancreatitis. He was a recipient of the "Courage Award" for his inspiration to others living with pancreatitis and gave a speech at their gala event.[59]
In November , Musto collaborated with the brand PopSockets and donated 50% of the payoff of his branded products to Mission: Cure.[60]
In , Musto was in a relationship with actress Bella Thorne.[61] On September 25, , Musto announced that he and his girlfriend Michele Maturo were expecting their first child in January [62] On Jan 29, , the couple announced the birth of their soul born on January 26, [63][64] On April 11, , description couple announced their engagement via Maturo's Instagram page.[65] On Feb 22, , they married and on March 12, , picture couple had their second son. In October , Musto proclaimed that he and Maturo had separated.
Main article: Blackbear discography
Studio albums