Glaive (musician)

Towards the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, while attending high school virtually, Glaive began recording music in his bedroom.[7][8] His name is inspired by a weapon from the 2016 video game Dark Souls III, in which he uploaded his first song to SoundCloud in April 2020 using the alias.[9][10] He began collaborating with other hyperpop artists on SoundCloud after being introduced to them through Discord servers, and through his friend and fellow record producer, Kurtains. He quickly became popular on SoundCloud and Dan Awad, Glaive's current manager, discovered him through his song "Sick" in the summer of 2020. Soon after, he started regularly appearing on Spotify's "Hyperpop" playlist and signed a record deal with Interscope Records.[11]

He released the single "Clover" on August 5, 2020. On November 13, 2020, he released the single "Eyesore", the fourth and final single to his debut extended play, Cypress Grove.[12][13] Later that month, on November 19, the extended play was released through Interscope Records after he wrote and recorded it in a week.[4][6] The lead single for his collaborative extended play with Ericdoa, Then I'll Be Happy, "Cloak N Dagger", was released on January 21, 2021.[3] The music video for his song "Astrid", directed and shot by Hunter Ray Barker and Charlie Grant, was released in February 2021.[14] The lead single to his second extended play, All Dogs Go to Heaven, "I Wanna Slam My Head Against the Wall" was released in March 2021.[15] His collaborative single with Aldn, "What Was the Last Thing U Said", was released in April 2021, as the second single to Aldn's extended play Greenhouse.[16] In June 2021, he was included on Renforshort's song "Fall Apart" from her extended play Off Saint Dominique EP.[17] The second single to All Dogs Go to Heaven, "Detest Me", was also released in June.[18] The third and final single to All Dogs Go to Heaven, "Bastard" was released in July 2021. He released a second EP, All Dogs Go to Heaven, in early August 2021.[19] In October 2021, the collaborative extended play, Then I'll Be Happy with Ericdoa, was released.[20] Glaive and Ericdoa would then tour as a duo across North America in support of the release, touring with Midwxst, Aldn, and Underscores. A European leg of the tour was planned for January 2022, with support from kurtains, but was cancelled. Glaive followed with the release of "Prick", the lead single off of the deluxe edition of All Dogs Go to Heaven, titled Old Dog, New Tricks, which was released with four more songs on January 27, 2022.

Following the release of Old Dog, New Tricks, Glaive would announce his first headline tour in support of the release, with opening support from artists Aldn and Midwxst. The tour featured multiple sellout shows from mid-sized venues in major cities, and lasted from February to March 2022. While on tour in February 2022, Glaive announced via an Instagram story that he will begin work on his upcoming debut studio album, which is expected to drop Summer of 2023. Following his North America tour, Glaive began touring Europe as both an opening act for The Kid Laroi's "End of the World Tour", and as an independent artist from June to July 2022.[21][22] In June 2022, he released the single "Minnesota Is a Place That Exists". He also announced his second North America tour, "America Is a Place That Exists", in support of the single. The tour began in September 2022, and featured support from artists Aldn, Caspr, and Riovaz.[23][24] He then released the single "Three Wheels and It Still Drives!" in late September 2022. In December 2022, he began touring in Australia with Ericdoa for the final leg of their "Then I'll Be Happy" tour, which concluded on New Year's Day 2023.

Glaive's debut studio album, I Care So Much That I Don't Care at All, was released on July 14, 2023. The album's lead single, "As If", was released on April 28, 2023, which samples Timothée Chalamet during his performance of "Prodigal Son",[25] and is accompanied by a music video. On May 1, 2023, Glaive announced his third North America tour in support of the album, with support from Origami Angel, Oso Oso, and Polo Perks, which will take place from July 27, 2023, to August 19, 2023.[26] On May 17, 2023, Glaive released a second single, "I'm Nothing That's All I Am". On June 5, 2023, Glaive announced his second Europe tour in support of the album, which will take place from November 11, 2023, to November 21, 2023.[27] On June 7, 2023, Glaive released a third single, "all i do is try my best", which is the second song on the album to be accompanied by a music video.[28][29] On June 30, 2023, Glaive released a fourth single, "the car", which is the third song on the album to be accompanied with a music video.[30]