New York, NY (Top40 Charts) 19-year-old visionary artist d4vd releases his brand-new single "There Goes My Baby." The track comes in the midst of his highly successful, fully sold-out "My House Is Not A Home" international headline tour, currently trekking through Europe.
"There Goes My Baby" once again sees d4vd experimenting with a different sound amplifying his genre malleability, this time in the form of a stripped-back, beautifully crafted love ballad. With beautiful vocal work front and centre with a gentle acoustic guitar melody propelling the song forward, the track bleeds raw emotion as d4vd sings of a one-of-a-kind heartbreak that comes with losing the one you love to someone else, singing "Are you sure that you want more, If it's from him, why did you waste all my time, You were bored and I was alone, Feels like someone's taking my life." d4vd has been performing the track throughout his recent run of tour dates and the track ushers in the next chapter in his musical journey - a consistent cadence of singles to come throughout 2024 in the lead-up to his highly anticipated debut album.
On "There Goes My Baby," d4vd shares: "This is a song I wrote about letting go of someone you love and letting them become their own person. Watching them become that person and realizing that you may have been the problem, but also being happy for the person they've become. It's a mature view on losing someone to someone else."
d4vd has been on a roll in 2024. His summer headline "My House is Not a Home" Tour currently finds him in Europe after a sold-out North American Leg, which saw performances in Toronto, New York, Washington D.C., and Los Angeles (with a third show added and sold-out from high demand), to wrap later this summer with a highly anticipated set at Lollapalooza in August. He just opened for SZA this past week at Malahide Castle in Dublin, Ireland and graced expansive festival stages at Governors Ball, Bonnaroo, and Boston Calling, all coming hot off the heels of an electrifying surprise set in his hometown of Houston at White Oak Music Hall - which sold out minutes upon announcement.
See the remaining tour dates below, and visit https://www.d4vd.io/tour/ for tickets and additional information.
His latest funk-riddled single, "Feel It (From The Original Series Invincible)," featured in the latest season of Amazon Prime Video's animated superhero series Invincible, was released to universal acclaim, making his third entry in the Billboard Hot 100. The accompanying high-octane music video perfectly aligns with the superheroic elements of the animated series, following d4vd as he fends off an attacker in a sprawling fight scene filled with action-packed stunt work highlighting d4vd's impressive parkour abilities. WATCH HERE.
Earlier this year, d4vd released "My House Is Not A Home," a poignant, alternative ballad of loneliness—a story of leaving home, moving to Los Angeles, and a strained relationship finally falling apart. It showcases his writerly eye for detail, with some of his most personal and vivid lyrics yet, and also his remarkable vocal range; he climbs to the very top of his register, singing in a falsetto that stops the listener in their tracks. The accompanying music video, directed by close collaborator Raheem Powell (@RAHEEMISBLIND), sees d4vd leaving the past behind as he strolls through a worn-in yet empty house, haunted by childhood trinkets & photographs that seemingly once teemed with life and joy. LISTEN HERE and WATCH HERE.
d4vd kicked off 2024 following a monumental year that saw him soar to new heights. His career-defining single "Romantic Homicide" - which resonated with millions worldwide upon release in July 2022 and has since surpassed 1 billion streams across platforms - peaked at #33 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and is part of d4vd's debut Petals To Thorns EP which debuted at #1 on Billboard Heatseekers albums (currently spending its 57th week on the chart). He also performed the song on Jimmy Kimmy Live! marking his late night television debut - WATCH HERE. d4vd also joined SZA on the fall 2023 leg of her SOS Tour and performed at some of the hottest festivals including Austin City Limits, Tyler The Creator's Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival, and more.
UPCOMING TOUR DATES:
Saturday, July 13: Cologne, DE - GLORIA - SOLD OUT
Sunday, July 14: Amsterdam, NL - Melkweg - SOLD OUT
Tuesday, July 16: Berlin, DE - Metropol - SOLD OUT
Wednesday, July 17: Milan, IT - Circolo Magnolia w/ Aminé - SOLD OUT
Friday, July 19: Montreux-Château, FR - Montreux Jazz Festival
Saturday, July 20: Lisbon, PT - Super Boch Super Rock Festival
Tuesday, July 30: Chicago, Illinois - Metro
Thursday, August 1 - Sunday, August 4: Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza Festival
TBA: Houston, TX - TBA
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 honours. 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. Since then, d4vd joined R&B powerhouse SZA on the second leg of her 2023 North American S.O.S tour and sold out his 2024 'My House is Not A Home' Tour in its entirety before kickoff, where he is playing the largest venues to date.
