On August 2, 2016, Blackbear released his fifth EP, titled Cashmere Noose, through SoundCloud. Mid-year, he joined Super Duper Kyle and Tinashe on their tours. Throughout the year, Blackbear collaborated with other artists such as American rock band Linkin Park as well as Jacob Sartorius and Phoebe Ryan, and he toured with Hoodie Allen, whose 2016 track and Happy Camper promotional single "Champagne and Pools" also featured Blackbear. On April 20, 2016, Blackbear released his fourth EP, Drink Bleach, which featured appearances from " Boyfriend" collaborator Mike Posner as well as American hip-hop recording artist and The HBK Gang co-founder P-Lo. 2016: Drink Bleach, Cashmere Noose, and Mansionz He released his second full-length album, Help, on November 27, 2015. ĭeadroses was followed by the EP Dead, which featured acoustic versions of four Deadroses tracks, as well as one new track, "Weak When Ur Around". In May 2015, his track "NYLA" was featured in the documentary Hot Girls Wanted on Netflix. The second single, "90210", features G-Eazy and gained over 11 million streams on SoundCloud and over 9 million streams on Spotify.
"Idfc" shot Blackbear to the top 20 of the Billboard charts. It has been streamed over 22.5 million times on SoundCloud and Idfc (Tarro Remix) has over 192 million views as of June 2019. The track has earned millions of streams on both SoundCloud and Spotify. The album received favorable reviews, one of which stating that the album had "pleasantly mixed together a plethora of genres, sounds, and emotions to create a completely cohesive and unique project." The lead single, "Idfc", charted on Billboard's R&B Hot 100 and held a spot on the Billboard R&B charts for over a year. 2015: Deadroses and Helpīlackbear released his first full-length album, Deadroses, a self-released set of 10 tracks, on February 14, 2015. In 2014, Blackbear became one of the first independent artists to monetize streaming on SoundCloud. This landed him as number four on Billboard's Uncharted listing of releases from upcoming artists.
Blackbear released an EP, The Afterglow, on April 20, 2014. He also appeared on MGK's End of the Road from the Lace Up album. Both releases were under the name Blackbear, and Sex featured collaborations from fellow "Boyfriend" co-writer Mike Posner, along with producers, singers, and songwriters James Blake and Maejor Ali. Intent on pursuing a career as an R&B singer, Musto released his debut EP Foreplay on April 20, 2012, and his debut mixtape Sex on October 31, 2012. Musto co-wrote Justin Bieber's " Boyfriend", a number two hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 2012. The first song to be released with the Blackbear moniker was Mike Posner's song, 'Marauder Music' in November 2011. In fall 2011, he decided to take his nickname of Blackbear and use it as his pseudonym for making music. In July 2011, Musto released his Year of the Blackbear EP. He put out a Christmas song with Tyler Carter, then-member of the band Woe, Is Me in 2010, shortly followed by a new single, 'Douche Bag'. He put out his first EP entitled Brightness in 2008, followed by Contrast in 2009, and Exposure in 2010. Īfter leaving Polaroid, Musto began a solo career when he moved to Atlanta to work with Ne-Yo. Musto dropped out of school in the 9th grade to focus on music. They released one album, Paint The Town, one EP, Inside And Out, and one demo, The Cure Demo. In high school, Musto was the singer of Florida-based rock band Polaroid.
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