Steve Lacy

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Steve Lacy
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Lacy in 2022
Background information
Birth nameSteve Thomas Lacy-Moya
Born (1998-05-23) May 23, 1998 (age 26)
Compton, California, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • guitarist
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • record producer
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Discography Steve Lacy discography
Years active2013–present
Labels
Member of The Internet
Website stevelacys.com

Steve Thomas Lacy-Moya (born May 23, 1998) is an American musician, guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He gained recognition as the guitarist of the alternative R&B band the Internet, which he joined in 2015. [4] [5] His self-produced debut EP, Steve Lacy's Demo (2017), was met with critical praise and became a sleeper hit. [6] [7] Lacy then guest performed alongside Frank Ocean on Tyler, the Creator's 2017 single "911 / Mr. Lonely", which received double platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). That year, he also co-wrote songs for artists including Solange Knowles, [8] and Kendrick Lamar on his song "Pride".

Contents

His debut studio album, Apollo XXI (2019) earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Urban Contemporary Album. That same year, he guest featured on Vampire Weekend's single "Sunflower", as well as Calvin Harris' song "Live Without Your Love", which entered the UK Singles Chart. He signed with RCA Records to release his second studio album Gemini Rights (2022), which peaked within the top ten of the Billboard 200 chart and spawned the single "Bad Habit". Also a sleeper hit, the song peaked the Billboard Hot 100 after going viral on TikTok. It earned Lacy a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Solo Performance while the song received two nominations for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Lacy also took home Best Progressive R&B Album for Gemini Rights . He was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2023. [9]

Early life

Steve Thomas Lacy-Moya was born in Compton, California, on May 23, 1998, [10] [5] the son of an African-American mother and Filipino father. [11] He was raised by his mother and grew up with his sister Asia Lacy (Asiatica), with his father being largely absent from his life and usually only visiting on special occasions. When Lacy was 10 years old, his father died. [11] [12] [13] Lacy attended Narbonne High School before moving onto a private school. Lacy has said that he grew up sheltered, a result of his mother wanting to shield him and his sisters from the environment at the time in Compton. [13]

Career

Lacy first gained an interest in the guitar at the age of seven through the video game Guitar Hero , but soon wanted to learn how to play on an actual guitar. [13] He met Jameel Bruner, his future bandmate in the Internet, while in the jazz band at high school. [6] [11] He produced and performed his first songs on his iPhone, using a plug-in for his guitar called an iRig. [14] [15] [16] In 2013, he began a producing role on what would become the Internet's third studio album, Ego Death . [17] Contributing on the production of eight tracks, Ego Death was nominated at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards for Best Urban Contemporary Album. [4] Lacy appeared on Matt Martians' album The Drum Chord Theory and Syd's album Fin after it was announced that the Internet members would release solo projects. [18] He also began producing songs for Twenty88, Denzel Curry, Isaiah Rashad, J. Cole, GoldLink, and Kendrick Lamar, most notably producing the song "Pride" from Lamar's Grammy-winning album Damn , [19] and making two guest appearances on the Vampire Weekend album Father of the Bride. [4] [20] [21]

Steve Lacy's Demo was released on February 17, 2017, with Lacy once again creating most of the songs on his iPhone by producing the guitar and bass arrangements through it and singing his vocals directly into its built-in microphone. [22] [23] He also programmed the drum patterns in Ableton Live. [24] [25] That year, he also co-wrote and produced Ravyn Lenae's EP Crush , which was eventually released in February 2018. [26] He reunited with the Internet to work on their album Hive Mind , which was released in July 2018. [27] [28] Lacy went on to produce for Solange, [29] [30] Kali Uchis on her debut album Isolation , [31] [32] [33] [34] Mac Miller on his album Swimming , [35] and was featured on Dev Hynes' album Negro Swan . [36] [ non-primary source needed ] [37] [ non-primary source needed ] [38] [39]

Lacy in 2019 Steve Lacy at Icebox in 2019.jpg
Lacy in 2019

In 2018, Lacy said that he had produced for rapper YG, and that he had begun using devices other than his phone to produce music. [12] In March 2019, he was credited for producing on two tracks on Solange's album When I Get Home. [40] [41] [42] He was also featured on the Vampire Weekend song "Sunflower" and appeared its video that same month. [43] In April, he released the single "N Side" from his debut album Apollo XXI . [44] [45] [46] He announced the release date of Apollo XXI to be on May 24, 2019. [13] [47] [48] In the week of his album debut, he released two more singles, "Playground" and "Hate CD". [49] [50] [51] The album was nominated for Best Urban Contemporary Album at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards, Lacy's first Grammy nomination as a solo artist. [52]

On December 4, 2020, Lacy released a compilation album of his early work titled The Lo-Fis. [53] [54] His single "Mercury" was released with a music video on June 16, 2022. [55] The video featured on YouTube is about half as long as the version published on Spotify, which spans 4:58 minutes compared to the 2:30 minutes of the video. [56] His second studio album, Gemini Rights , was released on July 15, 2022. [57] The album spawned the single "Bad Habit", which became Lacy's first song to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 after going viral on TikTok, where a snippet of the song was used as the soundtrack for over 400,000 videos on the platform. [58] [59] [60] On November 5, 2022, he performed "Bad Habit" and "Helmet" on Saturday Night Live . [61]

On January 31, 2023, AEG (Anschutz Entertainment Group) Presents announced that Lacy would be one of three headline acts at the inaugural Re:SET Concert Series. [62]

Artistry

In an interview with The Fader , Lacy cited Thundercat, Erykah Badu, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Pharrell Williams and the Neptunes as some of his biggest influences, also mentioning Prince as his dream collaborator. [4] Lacy has also listed Weezer, Paramore, and Jimi Hendrix as major influences on his sound. [63] Makeda Sandford of Saint Heron described his sound as "an electrifying yet smooth... playful depiction of beachy funk, rock 'n roll-sprinkled soul." [14] Jonah Bromwich of Pitchfork said he "sparkles with classic Southern California funk and soul." [6] He has also stated that one of his biggest influences, in regard to production, is Mac DeMarco. [64] Lacy has said that he is most comfortable writing about topics regarding love and dating, and describes his musical sound to be like the tartan fabric 'plaid'. [11] [65]

Personal life

In 2017, Lacy came out as bisexual. [66] [67]

Discography

Albums

With the Internet

Awards and nominations

OrganizationYearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
American Music Awards 2022 New Artist of the Year HimselfNominated [68]
Favorite Male R&B Artist Nominated
BET Awards 2023 Video of the Year "Bad Habit"Nominated [69]
GLAAD Media Awards 2023 Outstanding Breakthrough Music Artist HimselfNominated [70]
Grammy Awards 2016 Best Urban Contemporary Album Ego Death Nominated [71]
2020 Apollo XXI Nominated
2023 Record of the Year "Bad Habit"Nominated [72]
Song of the Year Nominated
Best Pop Solo Performance Nominated
Best Progressive R&B Album Gemini Rights Won
iHeartRadio Music Awards 2023 Best New Pop ArtistHimselfNominated [73]
TikTok Bop of the Year"Bad Habit"Nominated
Best New R&B ArtistHimselfNominated
MTV Europe Music Awards 2023 Best R&B Nominated [74]
MTV Video Music Awards 2022 Song of Summer "Bad Habit"Nominated [75]
2023 Song of the Year Nominated [76] [77]
Soul Train Music Awards 2022 Best New Artist HimselfNominated [78]
Song of the Year "Bad Habit"Nominated
Video of the Year Nominated
The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter's Award Nominated
UK Music Video Awards 2022 Best R&B/Soul Video – International"Sunshine"Nominated
2023 "Helmet"Nominated [80]

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