Fast Boy

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Fast Boy
Origin Berlin, Germany
Genres
Years active2021–present
Members
  • Lucas Hain
  • Felix Hain

Fast Boy is a German EDM and house duo formed in Berlin in 2021. It consists of the brothers Lucas and Felix Hain. [1]

Contents

History

Lucas and Felix Hain originally are from Karlstadt and founded Fast Boy in February 2021 in Berlin. [2] They were musically active beforehand under the name Oh Brother in Würzburg. [3] Both of them are record producers, songwriters and singers and collaborated with Meduza, Elley Duhé, Tiësto, Afrojack, Alok, Ofenbach, Öwnboss und Armin Van Buuren among others. [4] "Castle" was released in 2022 starring Hugel and Alle Farben. [5]

The song which made them famous is their feature in "Bad Memories" by Meduza and James Carter. [6] The song peaked at number 13 in the German single charts. [7] In February 2023, they released "Forget You" in collaboration with German DJ Topic which peaked at position 73 in the German single charts. [8]

The duo is under contract with the management agency Friends with Benefits. [4]

Discography

Singles

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions, showing album name and year released
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
GER
[9]
ROM
Air.

[10]
"Drive All Night"
(with David Puentez)
2021Non-album singles
"Fever"
(with Somma)
"Trouble"
(with Somma)
"Raining on Me"
(Faulhaber x Noel Holler feat. Fast Boy)
"Castle"
(Alle Farben x Hugel featuring Fast Boy)
2022
"Overthinking"
(with yuma)
"Imagine Me"
(Yves V featuring Fast Boy)
"One Day"
(with Martin Jensen)
"Love Me Now"
(Ofenbach featuring Fast Boy)
"Bad Memories"
(Meduza x James Carter featuring Elley Duhé & Fast Boy)
132
"Forget You  [ de ]"
(featuring Topic)
2023734
"Good Life"
"Where You Are"
(with Nico Santos)
202419 [11]
"All My Life"
(with Tiësto)
11 [12]
"Chills (Feel My Love)"
(with Oliver Heldens and David Guetta) [13]
"Wave"
(with Raf)

Awards

Gold record

  • Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
    • 2023: for Bad Memories
  • Flag of France.svg  France
    • 2024: for Bad Memories
  • Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
    • 2023: for Bad Memories
  • Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
    • 2024: for Bad Memories

Platinum record

2× Platinum record

  • Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
    • 2023: für die Single Bad Memories

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