d4vd

d4vd, born David Burke, emerged as a visionary artist only one year after he began writing and recording
heart-piercing tracks alone in his sister's closet in Houston, Texas. d4vd developed his eclectic taste in rap
and indie music from internet wormholes and fan-made Fortnite videos on YouTube, which he also started
creating as a homeschooled teenager. As an avid player who has amassed over fifty thousand subscribers
on his gaming channel, he noticed that the songs in his game montages were getting copyright strikes,
and his mother suggested that he write original music as a solution. This motivated d4vd to start recording
his own tracks after discovering an easy-to-use music-making app called BandLab. He’s released a
smattering of singles touching everything from indie-alternative to pop to R&B, and the 18-year-old
scored a breakout hit in the summer of 2022 with the now RIAA Multi-Platinum certified melancholic indie
rock song “Romantic Homicide.” Recorded entirely on an iPhone, the track reached No. 34 on the
Billboard Hot 100 chart and led to d4vd signing to Darkroom/Interscope before graduating high school.
His slow-building beachy ballad, “Here With Me” followed, breaking into the Billboard Hot 100 in January
2023 and now RIAA Platinum Certified. d4vd’s debut EP Petals To Thorns established him as a genre-
defying newcomer and one of the best new emerging acts, corroborated by his recent Billboard 21 Under
21 and Variety Young Hollywood honors. His intuitive command of lyricism stems from his years of
scribbling raps and poems in his journal since childhood and his versatile interests shine in his music,
drawing primarily from manga and anime. Following on the heels of his spring headline ‘The Root of it All’
debut tour, which sold out immediately upon going on sale, and a successful run of sold-out European
tour dates, d4vd brought his ‘Petals To Thorns’ tour to larger stages in the US than ever before. Amid his
European run, d4vd put on a show-stopping performance at the Valentino Men’s SS24 Fashion Week show
in Milan. He recently followed up his debut EP with The Lost Petals EP – a collection of five songs that fit
into the world of Petals To Thorns and serve as a continuation of that project before d4vd moves into his
next phase of music. d4vd recently joined R&B powerhouse SZA on the second leg of her North American
S.O.S. tour.