JVKE
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| JVKE | |
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| Born | Jacob Lawson March 3, 2001 Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. (disputed between Cranston and Providence) |
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Jacob Lawson, best known as JVKE or Jake (born March 3, 2001), is an American singer and songwriter. He is known mainly for his TikTok skit videos, one of which made him go viral in 2021. The platform was where he started showing his production and making of his songs, mainly with his mother. In July 2022, Lawson announced his biggest song yet, named "Golden Hour". He announced a music video for the song two months later.
Within a week of the song's release it became Lawson's first debut on the Billboard Hot 100 of which he topped at #71.[1] His song also reached New Zealand of which it charted at #34 in the country.
Early life and education
Lawson was born on March 3, 2001 to his mother, a public school music teacher, and his father, a pastor[2] Lawson is related to Zachary Lawson, his brother, who is a Grammy-nominated producer [3]. At an early age, Lawson joined a Catholic school in his city and later joined his hometown’s public high school, of which he graduated [4].
TikTok, Rise in Fame, Albums and Golden Hour
In 2020, during the coronavirus quarantine, JVKE and his family joined TikTok. In the same year, with his mother, he announced the song Upside Down. His song quickly blew up on the platform, his following grew within it, and the song is what the platform now considers a Mega-Viral Song. The song went on to have a remix featuring Charlie Puth, another growing artist at the time.
In September 2021, Lawson announced not only a song but an entire album that he’d produce called This is What Falling In Love Feels Like. The first song of the album was the namesake of the album, followed by many other songs which continued being produced onto 2022. The album blew up like Upside Down on TikTok, this time reaching a higher popularity with the app growing since 2020 by the millions.
After the success of This is What Falling in Love Feels Like, he announced Golden Hour in July and This is What Sadness Feels Like to mark the one year anniversary of the album. A day later, on September 23, 2022, he announced his debut album this is what ____ feels like From here, Golden Hour started to get noticed by the general public, the song just from July to November ranked up nearly 25 million views – his biggest hit yet.
References
- ↑ Zellner, Xander (2022-09-07). "Hot 100 First-Timers: JVKE Clocks Debut Entry With Viral Hit 'Golden Hour'". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
- ↑ "JVKE Tickets, 2022-2023 Concert Tour Dates | Ticketmaster". Ticketmaster. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
- ↑ "Zac Lawson". Genius. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
- ↑ "Jvke Wiki, Height, Age, Girlfriend, Net worth, Family, Biography & More". 2022-09-01. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
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