Kevin Abstract

2014: MTV1987

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, Spin Pigeons & 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.

2015: Death of a Supermodel

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.

2016: American Boyfriend and VICELAND

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.

In April, Abstract announced that he would be going on tour again with The Neighbourhood, but this time in the USA, across May and June. Abstract will only be performing songs from his new album.

At the end of June, Kevin announced that he had changed the title of his upcoming album to American Boyfriend and that it would still be coming later in the year.

Abstract, along with several other members of Brockhampton appeared in the VICELAND program American Boyband, which followed Abstract on his first headline tour across America to promote American Boyfriend. The program premiered on 8 June 2017.

Abstract is currently managed by long-time manager and business partner, Anish Ochani, as well as 4Strikes, Inc, which is ran by Christian and Kelly Clancy.

All American Boyband: BROCKHAMPTON

Near the end of 2014, "AliveSinceForever" disbanded, due to reemerge as "BROCKHAMPTON", with an altered line-up.

In January 2015, BROCKHAMPTON's debut single "BET I" was released. The video for the song was released on March 25, 2015 and was directed by fellow BROCKHAMPTON members, HK Covers & Franklin Mendez.

On June 16, BROCKHAMPTON released their second single "HERO". At the end of June, it was announced that BROCKHAMPTON had won VFiles Loud, an online talent contest aiming to discover the best up and coming collectives. BROCKHAMPTON were given the opportunity to premiere a professionally directed music video for their third single on MTV, as well as having it released through the independent recording label Fool's Gold Records. The single, "Dirt", was premiered through Apple's Beats 1 Radio and was released on iTunes a few days after.

On March 30, BROCKHAMPTON released their first collective mixtape: All-American Trash. On April 22 they also released a documentary showcasing the making of the project.

Influences

His influences include Chip Chipperson, Kanye West, Frank Ocean, Tyler the Creator, Kid Cudi, Shia Labeouf, Jaden Smith, Paul Thomas Anderson, Kurt Cobain, Justin Timberlake, Childish Gambino, Whitney Houston, Evan Spiegel, Pharrell Williams, Jesse Rutherford, Steve Jobs and Bill Tetley,

Studio albums