Carter Vail

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Carter Vail
Carter Vail in a 2024 interview for Popdust.png
In a 2024 interview
Born1996or1997(age 27–28)
Alma mater University of Miami
Occupations
  • Content creator
  • musician
Years active2018–present
Musical career
Genres
Labels
  • Assemble Sound
Website cartervail.com

Carter Vail (born 1996or1997) [1] [2] is an American content creator and musician. Vail first became popular in April 2024 after releasing a musical sketch on TikTok entitled "Dirt Man".

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Early life, education and career

Vail played in a band in middle and high school [2] in Wilton, Connecticut. [3]

He studied audio engineering at the University of Miami. [1] [4] [5] He briefly worked at a guitar pedal factory after graduating from university. [1] [5] He quit his job at the factory after two weeks of working there. [1] Before his factory job, he worked at music studios as a repair person. [1] He and some friends then decided to open a studio in Nashville, Tennessee. [5]

Musical career

Vail first became known after the release of his 2018 debut song "Melatonin". [6] His debut album Red Eyes was released in 2020. [6]

He began to post "short comedy songs" to social media because of a lack of people hiring his studio for work. [5] In April 2024, he released a comedy musical sketch on TikTok entitled "Dirt Man." [4] [5] The Boston Globe described the "roughly 30-second" bossa nova track as being "about a mythical, cowboy-hat-wearing figure who visits men at night and takes them to his mountain lair if they forget to leave some dirt under their pillows." [2] The track went viral on the Internet, reaching 20 million views on social media by July 2024 and becoming his most popular song. [2]

His musical inspirations include the bands Vampire Weekend and The National. [5] He describes his non-comedy music as indie rock. [1]

He signed to the Detroit-based record label Assemble Sound in December 2022. [6] His LP 100 Cowboys was released on the label in July 2024. [5]

Personal life

As of June 2024, Vail lives in Los Angeles [2] and is a full-time musician. His roommate is producer and songwriter Noah Tauscher. [1]

Discography

Partial list of studio albums, with selected details
TitleAlbum details
Red Eyes
The Interstellar Tennis Championship Vol. II
  • Released: 2023 [7]
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
100 Cowboys
  • Released: July 19, 2024 [5] [8]
  • Label: Assemble Sound
  • Format: Digital download, streaming

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Novak, Matt (June 7, 2024). "How 'The Dirt Man' Went Viral on TikTok and Inspired Some Wild Lore". Gizmodo . Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Juul, Matt (July 8, 2024). "The 'Dirt Man' cometh: New England native Carter Vail struck TikTok comedy gold. What's next? A 'cowboy-breakup record.'". The Boston Globe . Archived from the original on July 8, 2024. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  3. ↑ Borden Herve, Heather (June 9, 2014). "Wilton HS Seniors Organize to Choose Very Special Prom Queen [VIDEO]". Good Morning Wilton. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  4. 1 2 Krueger, Alyson (January 2, 2025). "Internet Star? Rock Star? Carter Vail Would Like to Be Both". The New York Times . ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved January 10, 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Jones, C. T. (September 16, 2024). "Carter Vail Is a Lovesick Cowboy for the Digital Age". Rolling Stone . Retrieved January 10, 2025.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Carter Vail Signs to Assemble Sound/Atlantic Records". Music Connection . December 8, 2022. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  7. ↑ Campbell, Caleb (June 4, 2024). "Premiere: Carter Vail Shares New Single "Harder to Kill"". Under the Radar Magazine. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
  8. ↑ Kallao, Stephen; Junod, Kimberly (February 17, 2025). "Carter Vail on his latest album, '100 Cowboys'". NPR . Retrieved March 27, 2025.
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