In the Spring of 2020, Ash Gutierrez was a 15-year-old kid attending school via Zoom classes from his bedroom in Hendersonville, North Carolina, population 13,000.
In the 18 months since he's released two EPs as Glaive, amassed millions of plays on SoundCloud, and signed a deal with Interscope Records.
He's traveled to Los Angeles to record with Travis Barker and Nick Mira, been boosted by Lana Del Rey on Instagram, and become the de facto prince of the hyperpop scene, even if his music reaches beyond such straightforward genre conventions.
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