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Boy Destroy
Born (1994-10-23) October 23, 1994 (age 30)
OriginSweden
Genresindiepop, Trap
LabelsDew Process (AU, NZ), Loyalty Obsession

Boy Destroy (born 23 October 1994), is a Swedish artist and songwriter based in Gothenburg, Sweden. His legal name is Leo Pär Jonsson Skyvell. [1]

After releasing a number of singles, the EP Warpaint EP was released on 15 April 2021. An interview about the EP was made for the Swedish public service network SVT by Linn Koch-Emmery for the programme PSL.[2]

Jack Saunders also picked the song "You Don't Want Me When I'm Sober" as "Tune of the week" for his radioshow "The Future Artist Show" on BBC Radio 1 in the UK.[3]

His music has been described as a mix between punk, trap and pop and takes influence from artists such as Joji, Jeff Buckley and My Chemical Romance.[4] The song "You Don't Want Me When I'm Sober" was added on rotation to Swedish public service radio Sveriges Radio P3. [5]

In Februari 2021 Jack Saunders on BBC Radio 1 named Boy Destroy's debut single ”Warpaint” his ”Tune of the week” on the Future Artist show. [1]

Career

During the summer of 2020 Boy Destroy released a number of videos on youtube that together created what became known as an unofficial Visual EP hinting of the upcoming releases.[6]

On 30 September 2020 Boy Destroy officially debuted with the single "Warpaint".[7]

Discography

Singles

  • "Warpaint" (Loyalty Obsession, Dew Process) [2020]
  • "As Time Goes By" (Loyalty Obsession, Dew Process) [2020]
  • "You Don't Want Me When I'm Sober" (Loyalty Obsession, Dew Process) [2021]
  • "Beautiful Crimes" (Loyalty Obsession, Dew Process) [2021]

EPs

References

  1. ^ "Boy Destroy - MusicBrainz". musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
  2. ^ Sweden, Sveriges Television AB, Stockholm, PSL – Det höll på att sluta illa Boy Destroy (in Swedish), retrieved 2021-05-07{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "BBC Radio 1". www.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2021-02-08. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
  4. ^ "Boy Destroy | Dew Process". dew-process.com. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
  5. ^ "Radionytt » Veckans adderingar". Radionytt (in Swedish). 2021-03-03. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
  6. ^ "BOY DESTROY - EP VISUAL SNIPPETS MIXTAPE - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
  7. ^ Warpaint, retrieved 2021-05-07