Chords for Glaive Fell Off (A Digicore Documentary)

How did Glaive, a 17 year old kid from a small town in North Carolina, get [Gm] a music video with
Lyrico [F] Lemonade, perform at _ Lollapalooza, [Eb] and go on world tour with the kid Leroy,
all before he even graduated [Gm] high school?
_ _ Glaive _ [F] _ _
_ first [C] _ _ _ started making music during quarantine.
Like [Gm] many others in 2020, he had much more [F] free time than he was used [Bb] to.
As a big fan of DIY SoundCloud rap and [C] EDM music, like Six [G] Dogs, Juice WRLD, and Skrillex,
[F] he decided he wanted to [C] download FL Studio and try it for himself.
_ He dropped his first song [Gm] called Petrol Man in early 2020, _ [F] showcasing ignorant [Bb] vocal lines
glitched out to perfection, at only 14 it was [D] evident that this [Gm] kid had potential.
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_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ Soon after he would drop two more songs, Tarkov and Mannequin,
adding to his [F] impressive early discography. _
[C] He started to get noticed quickly in the scene,
as the songs would soon be heard by thousands of [Gm] people.
He began to network with [F] producers
and other artists in the [Eb] scene on the popular app Discord.
During quarantine, Discord was
hitting its absolute [Gm] peak, as a lot of our connection to the [F] outside world was cut off.
Discord servers [Eb] started to blow up in popularity, as they would become community [Fm] hubs for people
[Gm] of all interests.
Discord would also serve [F] to connect [C] musicians, making it easier than ever
to collaborate and network remotely.
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[Gb] _ the underground [Abm] hyperpop scene was [Bbm] developing,
[Db] Gla1ve would be welcomed into [Abm] the community with [Bbm] open arms.
It was in [Db] these servers that he would
meet his early collaborators, Black Winterwells, Curtains, [Ab] and of course, Eric [Bbm] DOA.
_ [Db] _ _ [Gb] Gla1ve and
Eric would actually first meet playing CSGO [Eb] with their mutual friends.
Eric even said [C] he thought
Gla1ve was annoying [Db] at first, but that didn't stop them [Gb] from becoming good [Bbm] friends and [Db] frequent
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_ The SoundCloud hyperpop scene [Bbm] was very close-knit and [Eb] community-driven.
One of the reasons the scene found so much [Db] success was the [Ab] sense of community reinforced
by public [Ab] Discord servers, live [Eb] events, and the overall friendly [Bb] environment of [Db] the scene.
[Eb] _ _ Because hyperpop [Bbm] was derived from the [Db] PC music [Eb] pioneered by trans artists [Bb] like Sophie,
the community became a safe space for LGBTQ [Ab] teens and general outcasts [Gb] alike. _ _
Many [Bb] artists in the
scene [Db] would embrace the weird kid [Gb] aesthetic, rejecting social [Ab] norms and the conformities of
standard pop music.
Gla1ve [Bbm] was no exception.
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Unafraid to go [Gb] against the grain, he continued
[Bbm] releasing DIY [Db] glitch pop music [Gb] with his friends.
As he [Bbm] would make drastic improvements with every
song, Gla1ve's numbers [Bbm] started to skyrocket.
[Ab] Soon he would [Gb] become one of the most popular
artists in the scene, [Db] which presented him with collaborations that would take him to the next
[Bbm] level. _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ Overcast was a [Eb] collective of videographers responsible for some of the biggest [G] music videos
in the underground.
_ They would start to [Eb] work with Gla1ve in the latter half of 2020 as they helped
him [Bb] build an image in the early stages of his career.
[Eb] They would drop two music videos together,
Pissed and Touche. _
Touche, the most notable [Bb] collaboration, featured catchy vocals over [F] slick
glitchy [Bb] production from underground legend [Eb] Breakance.
Speaking of Breakance, I made a video
on him last [Gm] week.
If you haven't seen it yet, go check it out.
_ [Gb] After building a cult following in
the underground, at only [Db] 15 years old, Gla1ve would [Gb] sign with Interscope Records.
[Db] _ Impressively, he had
only [Ebm] been making music for about three [Db] months at this point.
[Gb] But after the string of singles he
dropped on Soundcloud, they had [Ebm] seen more than enough to want to [Db] sign him.
_ In [B] November of 2020,
Gla1ve [Ebm] would drop his first official body of work, an EP called [Db] Cypress Grove.
This [Gb] EP was his most
refined work yet and would be an early [Ebm] indication of where his career was [Db] headed.
Layered vocals
over [Gb] glitchy indie guitar riffs, Cypress Grove [Db] was a staple in establishing him as an artist.
_ With the [Ebm] backing of Interscope Records, this EP would reach new heights, [Gb] opening the door for
major collaborators like Weethan and Cole Bennett in the near future.
_ Using [Ebm] this momentum, Gla1ve
would get an Airbnb with a team of [B] producers and Eric [Gb] DOA, who had also just signed to Interscope
[Ebm] Records.
In this [Db] house, they would work on the collab [Gb] tape titled Then I'll Be Happy, featuring
production from [Db] familiar faces in the scene like KimJ and Glacier.
[B] This EP felt like [Gb] an homage
to their internet [Ebm] community.
_ Popular [Db] future bass producer [Gb] Weethan would also executive produce this
album. _
This blend of hyperpop and [Db] future bass production was an [Gb] instant success.
_ After also
featuring on [Ebm] Weethan's new album, [Db] Midnight, Gla1ve and Eric [Gb] continued to push the new age sound to
the mainstream. _
[Ebm] All of this happened in [Db] 2020.
Without the option to [Ab] perform live or network
in person, this year would become [Gb] one of the most difficult years [Db] in recent history for [Gb] musicians.
_ However, [Db] with in-person schooling also on hold, these internet savvy teens were able to use [Ebm] it to
their advantage as they built entire music careers [B] online.
As COVID restrictions started to [Gb] dwindle in
2021, Gla1ve [Db] would be offered opportunities [Ebm] beyond his wildest imagination.
[Eb] _ But as in-person [Gb] schooling
started to resume, it would present him with an [Ebm] ultimatum.
As he began to balance [Db] his music career
and [Gb] being a sophomore in high school, he said it felt like he was living a [Db] double life.
Between
studying on weekdays and traveling [Gb] the country to shoot music videos and network on the [Ebm] weekends,
most kids in his situation would [Db] start to slow down and [Gb] focus on school.
However, Gla1ve [Ebm] realized
the opportunities he was presented [Db] with and decided to double [Gb] down on his music career. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Gb] To the outside looking in, Gla1ve was the [Db] face of a new sound in the underground.
[Gb] This would present him with incredible opportunities.
_ [Ebm] As he began to work on his
next [Db] EP, Old Dog [B] New Tricks, he would build up an impressive amount of producer credits [Ebm] and cosigns
leading up to its [Db] release.
Going from Discord sessions with his friends to [Ebm] in-person studio
sessions with Nick Mira, [Db] Travis Barker, and more, _ he was challenged once again to adapt his [Ebm] internet
success to real world [Db] _ situations.
[Gb] Proving himself once again with these [Db] tests, he got to know Cole
Bennett who would eventually ask him to do a music video [Ebm] for his next single.
_ Having his first
conversation [Gb] with the publication back in mid-2020, Cole and the Lyrical Lemonade team had been fans
of the hyperpop scene for [Ebm] a while now.
_ With the release of his new EP [Gb] coming soon, they decided
[Gb] that now would be the perfect [Ebm] time.
_ _ [Db] 1984, a collaboration [B] with Nick Mira from Internet Money,
was the debut [Ebm] single off his new EP.
_ [Db] On release, it was [B] paired with a music video directed by Cole
Bennett that [Ebm] featured on the Lyrical Lemonade YouTube [Db] channel, along with a [Gb] behind-the-scenes
video on his second channel.
_ This [Ebm] collaboration would introduce Gla1ve [Db] to millions of new people,
[Gb] debuting his oppressive indie sound to the [Db] mainstream.
However, this was just the start of
his mainstream debut.
[Ebm] Building upon the recent hype, Gla1ve was also put on the [Gb] lineup for Lyrical
Lemonade's Summer Smash, along artists like A$AP Rocky, Lil Tecca, and many more household names.
_ [Ebm] _ [Db] This would not only be his first festival, [Gb] but also Gla1ve's first ever time performing [Ebm] live.
_ _ _ [Gm] Alright, this is the point in the story where things are kind of [F] gonna start happening really
fast, so just stay with me.
In [Gm] September of 2021, Gla1ve and Eric would announce their Then I'll [F] Be
Happy Tour.
On November _ 21st, he would [Bb] perform at Corona [Eb] Capital 2021 [Gm] in Mexico City.
_ In January of
2022, his new EP Old Dog New [Bb] Tricks was released, [Gm] along with the announcement of his first American
Headline Tour. _
[G] _ On June [Bb] 10th, he was featured on a Machine Gun [Eb] Kelly song.
[Gm] June 18th, he [Bb] started
opening for the Kid LAROI's End of the World [F] Tour.
On July [Bb] 1st, he performed at [Gm] Lollapalooza
Stockholm in Sweden.
[Bb] July 28th, he performed [Gm] again at Lollapalooza, this time [Eb] in Chicago.
_ After finishing World Tour with LAROI, [F] he announced his first Headline World Tour,
with his first [Gm] album I Care So Much That I Don't Care At All slotted to release [Bb] in early 2023.
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Alright, [Bb] are you still there?
_ _ So that's the story of [G] Gla1ve, at least [Eb] for now.
At the age [Bb] of 17,
he still has yet to even graduate high [F] school, but that hasn't stopped him from having [Bb] one of the
most [Eb] impressive post-pandemic careers.
[Gm] _ In a span of just 3 [F] years, he went from recording a song for
the first time to [Bb] touring with one of the biggest artists [Gm] in pop music. _
And also, he looks like the
kid from Stranger Things, and that's kind of funny.
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