Kevin Abstract
| Kevin Abstract | |
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| Birth name | Ian Simpson |
| Born |
July 16, 1996 (age 21) The Woodlands, Texas, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2009–present |
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| Website |
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Ian Simpson (born July 16, 1996), better known by his stage name Kevin Abstract, is an American musician based in Los Angeles, California. Abstract released his debut album, MTV1987, in 2014, and received attention from a number of major music blogs and magazine publications, and his second album, American Boyfriend, was released in November 2016.
At the beginning of 2014, Kevin Abstract began working on his debut album with his in-house record producer, Romil. On April 1, 2014 he released the record's first single, entitled "Save". The second single from the album, "Drugs" was released on May 6, 2014, with the music video following around a month later. The album was released on July 15, 2014 and was met with positive praise from a number of music blogs, such as Billboard,Complex,SpinPigeons & Planes, and 2DopeBoyz.
After the release of MTV1987, Abstract began working on the music video for the song "Hell/Heroina". His vision for the video was huge so he put up a Kickstarter page for it and his fans donated over $3,000 for the video to be made. The crowdfunded project was directed by Tyler Mitchell and finally released on November 4, 2014. Abstract also did a 24-hour live stream on November 1, leading up to the video release, where viewers watched both himself and his computer screen as the audience listened to him talk, observed him interact with him on Twitter, and watched movies together.
On January 15, 2015, Kevin Abstract informed fans via his Twitter page that his sophomore record was to be titled Death of a Supermodel and that it would be released later in the year. This album was then later discarded, however. Abstract has announced that he is now working on a different album, They Shoot Horses, a part of the Death of a Supermodel trilogy. On June 23, Abstract released a video for "SAVE", directed Ian Gilner, Hencock Sileshi, & Franklin Mendez. In November, the first single from They Shoot Horses, "Echo" was released, along with a music video directed by Tyler Mitchell.
In March 2016, Abstract opened for the band The Neighbourhood in England on a week-long tour in Portsmouth, Birmingham, Manchester, and London. The final show was shown on Periscope and teased his new album They Shoot Horses, due out later in 2016. He also confirmed that his next single would be Empty.
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