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Hitting one million monthly listeners on Spotify while slated to release his debut mixtape rave on November 4, we’re still only getting acquainted with 22-year-old skaiwater, the gentle force whose reservation speaks volumes.

With tracks like “#miles” and “eyes” ranking him as one of the only artists with two songs in the top ten in US at TikTok, this type of recognition is not just handed out. It takes a genre-fluid producer and creative with a finger on the pulse to catch this kind of fire, and skaiwater has both the vision and the grit.

Many are surprised to learn skaiwater is actually from the UK, though to be fair, much of the artist is a mystery. Releasing a slew of EPs and singles via Soundcloud since 2018, he’s managed to remain enigmatic. Alongside a few funny memes and TikToks, he lets his work speak for itself, sprinkling a touch of Jersey Club over his alternative eclecticism and birthing a sound of its own merit. 

Popular tracks like “boys don’t cry” set free his inner sensitivities, providing solace to the following he’s cultivated a dialogue with. Through comments, they tell him which snippets they want more of, and despite reprimanding from his team, he’ll leak what they beg for, because for true artists, the people are always bigger than the business.

Walking the path digital-age artists like Lil Uzi Vert and Lil Nas X have set ablaze, the journey has found its way full circle as he’s produced for and collaborated with both artists, set to support Lil Nas X during the European leg of his tour.

As numbers turn into milestones and collaborators turn friends, skaiwater is building sturdy ground for himself, all from the comfort of his bedroom and FL studios interface.