Midwxst

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Midwxst
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Midwxst performing in Philadelphia, 2022
Born
Edgar Nathaniel Sarratt III [1]

(2003-06-05) June 5, 2003 (age 22)
Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
Other names
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • rapper
Years active2018–present
Musical career
Origin Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Genres
InstrumentVocals
Labels
Member ofHelix Tears
Signature
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Edgar Nathaniel Sarratt III (born June 5, 2003), known professionally as Midwxst (stylized in all lowercase as "midwxst"), is an American rapper and singer, who gained virality online following the release of his single "Trying", leading to his record deal with Geffen Records. He released several extended plays between 2020 and 2022, including Back In Action (2021), Summer03 (2021), Better Luck Next Time. (2022), and Back In Action 3.0 (2022). His debut album E3 released on September 1, 2023. Initially presenting a rap sound, he began releasing music as $uspect.

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Early life

Sarratt was born in Columbia, South Carolina. [4] His father worked in the Air Force, and his mother worked as a Human Resources Executive, he also has an older sister. Saratt was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder when he was young. He attended Park Tudor School for High School. [2] Saratt joined the Park Tudor School band and started making music as early as his sophomore year in High School.

Career

Sarratt would originally release his freestyle songs to Soundcloud. [4] [5] Towards the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during the lockdowns, Midwxst would become involved in the early hyperpop scene had released his song "Trying" on November 20, 2020. Which would eventually garner traction online. [5] [6] [7] The song had sat at over 5 million streams on Spotify as of October 2021. [8] He embarked on a tour with Glaive in June 2022. [9] Midwxst released E3 , his debut studio album, in November 2023.

Musical style and influences

Sarratt's musical style has been described as hyperpop. [10] [11] [12] He grew up listening to Kanye West, TLC, Aaliyah, and Beyoncé from his mother, while his father listened to hip hop. Sarratt cites Tyler, the Creator, Frank Ocean, Spitalfield, KT Tunstall, XXXTentacion, Porter Robinson, and Pi'erre Bourne as music influences. [6]

Discography

Studio albums

TitleAlbum details
E3
Archangel
  • Released: June 20, 2025
  • Label: Broke
  • Format: Streaming

Mixtapes

TitleAlbum details
Back in Action 4.0
  • Released: July 19, 2024
  • Label: Underground Sound
  • Format: Digital download, streaming

EPs

TitleEP details
Secrets
Summer03 [14]
  • Released: March 26, 2021
  • Label: Self-released (initial release), Simple Stupid/Geffen Records (re-release)
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
Back in Action [15]
  • Released: September 22, 2021
  • Label: Simple Stupid/Geffen Records
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
Better Luck Next Time. [10]
  • Released: March 16, 2022
  • Label: Simple Stupid/Geffen Records
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
Back in Action 3.0
  • Released: September 7, 2022
  • Label: Simple Stupid/Geffen Records
  • Format: Digital download, streaming

Deluxe EPs

TitleDeluxe EP details
Back in Action 2.0

Singles

As lead artist

TitleYearAlbum
"Liar"2020Summer03
"Disrespect!"Non-album single
"Final Breath"Summer03
"Twofaced"Non-album singles
"Cantu (By My Lonely)"
"Mean Girls"
"Tysm"
"Troops"
(featuring Wido and Osquinn)
"Wonder (I Have a Dream)"
"Blastoise"
"Identity"
"Threefaced"Secrets
"Backseat"
(featuring Aldn)
"By Your Side"
(featuring blackwinterwells and 8485)
"Trying" [7] Summer03
"Ruthless"2021Non-album single
"Made It Back"Back in Action
"Tic Tac Toe"
"All Talk"
"Care"Non-album singles
"Shame"
"Bluffing"
"Riddle"2022Better Luck Next Time.
"I Know You Hate Me"
"Sidelines"Non-album singles
"Broken"
"Under Fire"
"Slide Den"
"Tally"
(with Denzel Curry)		2023
"Pretty Girls"E3
"Warning"
"Mistakes"

(featuring 9lives)

2024Non-album single
"Fire"

(featuring DC The Don )

Back in Action 4.0
"E30"
"Gun Smoke"
"No Handouts"Archangel
"I Told U"2025
"Hostile"

Music videos

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

References

  1. ↑ Jolley, Ben (September 27, 2021). "Five things we learned from our In Conversation video chat with midwxst". NME . Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  2. 1 2 Driscoll, Dan (September 23, 2020). "Emphatic, Unsilenceable: Midwxst Is The New American Teen". NME . Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  3. ↑ Campbell, Oliver-James (August 11, 2021). "EQUATE Meets midwxst". Equate. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  4. 1 2 Cattermole, Liam (August 18, 2023). "Making Music For Brighter Times With midwxst". Notion . Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  5. 1 2 Lindert, Hattie (September 7, 2023). "midwxst: E3". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  6. 1 2 Skelton, Eric (September 15, 2023). "You Can Call Midwxst a Rapper, a Hyperpop Artist, a Pop Artist, or an Alt Artist—As Long As You're Listening". Complex. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  7. 1 2 Pierre, Alphonse (November 25, 2020). "The Ones: Midwxst - Trying". Pitchfork . Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  8. ↑ Seabrook, Robby (October 27, 2021). "The Break Presents - Midwxst". XXL Mag. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  9. ↑ Schube, Will (January 26, 2023). "Midwxst Recruits Denzel Curry For 'Tally'". uDiscover Music. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  10. 1 2 Goldner, Sam (September 22, 2021). "Back in Action EP". Pitchfork . Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  11. ↑ "The Rising Stardom of Midwxst — Sparky". Sparky. Archived from the original on April 25, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  12. ↑ Lynch, Joe (July 11, 2022). "10 Cool New Pop Songs to Get You Through The Week: Cuco, renforshort, SG Lewis, midwxst & More". Billboard. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  13. ↑ "Secrets - Album by midwxst". October 16, 2020. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  14. ↑ Hill, Sophia (September 24, 2021). "Midwxst on Vivienne Westwood and Family Interview". Viper Mag. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  15. ↑ "BACK IN ACTION: midwxst Interviewed". Clash . October 21, 2021. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
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