Bladee

Bladee first started gaining notoriety in 2013 for his self-released, emotionally charged take on rap; growing up in Stockholm and thus completely detached from any sort of rap tradition, he was left to invent a new one - patching together his disparate internet influences with his vibrant imagination, creating a new wave of uncanny and immensely influential, highly unclassifiable type of music - by himself of together with the Drain Gang crew (consisting of Thaiboy Digital, Ecco2k and producer Whitearmor). Zak Tor Adebanwo Sten Arogundade Gaterud (born 23 October 1994), known professionally as Ecco2K, is a British-Swedish rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, model, fashion designer, and visual artist. Arogundade founded the band Krossad with Bladee, his then-classmate, in 2004. Three years later, he founded his first fashion brand, Alaska, and later joined the Swedish shoe brand Eytys as a designer. He founded Drain Gang with childhood friends Bladee, Thaiboy Digital and Whitearmor in 2013. Ecco2K appeared on albums with Drain Gang and directed music videos before releasing his debut solo studio album, E, in 2019. He released the EP PXE in 2021, and the collaborative studio album Crest in 2022. Arogundade is a private and secretive person who has incorporated queer themes in his work. Arogundade is part of Drain Gang, a group of electronic and cloud rap musicians. Although Drain Gang's music is intimate, their lyrics often reflect universal human experiences, rather than specifically their own. Arogundade has maintained a separation between himself and his music, explaining that he does not see Ecco2K as representative of who he is as a person. Jayson Greene wrote to Pitchfork that Arogundade produced "dissociation music" with "numb disorientation, but with flutey, high, fairy-like voices flitting about the mix", and that he "sounds less like a human and more like a pixelated sprite". Greene added: "The immersion in smoother and more hospitable worlds than the real one is everywhere". Writing for the same website, Nadine Smith noted Ecco2K's "fluttering, almost angelic falsetto". David Crone of AllMusic said that, in 2013, Arogundade's style was "rough yet original, combining distant, hollowed-out vocals with cloudy instrumentals and emotive lyricism". He added that over the decade, Arogundade "embraced technological, forward-thinking sounds taking influence from the rising hyper-pop and hyper-rap subgenres", consolidating his futuristic style with E in 2019. Like other members of Drain Gang, Arogundade is a self-taught musician.[29] As a designer and editor, Arogundade directs and edits most of his own music videos, and has directed and edited multiple music videos for other artists,[2][4] including Yves Tumor.[7] Commenting on his video work, he said he attempts to "express that there is beauty and magic here, but without putting special effects on it".[31] According to Cassidy George of 032c, Arogundade has increasingly incorporated queer themes into his work, citing Arogundade's feminine presentation in the "Amygdala" music video. George said that the inclusion of these themes increased Drain Gang's LGBT listenership and helped nonbinary, queer, and trans people embrace their own identities. Initially, Arogundade attempted to maintain privacy and secrecy regarding his personal life;[4][5] until 2018, he kept his Instagram account private,[5] as he dislikes making his personal information public.[4] Although he has attempted to distance himself from Drain Gang's "obsessive fanbase", in the past, his fans have hacked his cellphone and social media accounts, leaked his music, and contacted his relatives.[2] He commented that he found it "strange... to be such a big part of other people's lives".[4] He has been impersonated on Facebook at least twice.

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