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.