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from the age of 13 and previously produced a track under the name “Captain Harry” which received support on

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. His early releases as Baauer around 2012 were part of an emerging sub genre of electronic music known as

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, alongside acts like

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and

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. Baauer has produced songs for

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and

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amongst others. He has created official remixes for

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and

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. Baauer's music has been used in a number of blockbuster films including '' Hunger Games: Mockingjay'', ''

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'' and '' Logan''. In 2016, he released his debut album, '' Aa''. His second album ''

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'' was released on June 19, 2020. ''Planet's Mad'' received a nomination for Best Dance/Electronic Album in the 2021 Grammy Awards.

Background

Baauer was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Germany, London, and Connecticut. He graduated from Staples High School before attending college in New York. He is of Portuguese and Jewish descent.

Career

"Harlem Shake"

His first official single "Harlem Shake", was released on

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subsidiary Jeffrees as a free giveaway offered via SoundCloud on May 22, 2012. It was first played by Rustie in his BBC Radio 1 essential mix before being given ''

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''s Best New Track distinction. The rapper

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recorded a freestyle over the track for Pitchfork TV. In the months following, online comedian and musician George Miller, known by his stage name Joji, recorded a video dancing to the song with his friends, which consequently grew into a YouTube

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sensation as thousands of fans, artists, personalities and brands filmed their own versions to the track. Key videos were recorded by ''

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'' and ''

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''. After a change to the ''Billboard'' chart rules in 2013, "Harlem Shake" became the first US number 1 produced exclusively by streaming. YouTube produced an Easter egg customisation for the song, where their user interface would appear to shake at the start of the first verse. "Harlem Shake" is certified double platinum in the United States. At the time of releasing his debut album ''Aa'' in 2016, Baauer,

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and

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held the record for top streams achieved in a week. "Harlem Shake" won Dance Song of the Year and EDM Song of the Year at the

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First EPs

In August 2012 Baauer signed to the LuckyMe record label and released his debut EP ''Dum Dum'', and in 2014 the follow up EP ''ß''.

''Aa''

Baauer released his debut album, '' Aa'' (pronounced "double a") via LuckyMe on March 18, 2016. It has guest features by

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, M.I.A.,

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, Tirzah and TT the Artist. The album was announced by

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on ''

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'' on January 27, 2016; Baauer's performance subverted the format of conventional late night TV performances as he sat on the guest sofa and pressed spacebar on his laptop to queue the live performance of rapper Leikeli47. LuckyMe partnered with Apple Music to create and distribute music videos for ''Aa'' by Hiro Murai.

2016

In addition to his debut album in 2016 Baauer also scored a catwalk show for Alexander Wang and played parties for the fashion designer in New York alongside

of the K-pop act

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. He also featured as a model in the "Wangang" campaign. Also in 2016, Baauer's track "Horns" soundtracked Budweiser's Super Bowl campaign.

2018

In 2018, he released four standalone singles, "3AM" featuring AJ Tracey & Jae Stephens on July 12. Followed by "Hate Me", featuring virtual influencer Lil Miquela on August 17. Baauer appeared on Spotify's Times Square Billboard in promotion of the track. This was followed on October 23 by "Company" featuring

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, which premiered with Zane Lowe on Apple Music. The video by Jonathan Zawada premiered with Pitchfork. Baauer then released "Tep Tep" on December 13 as part of the LuckyMe advent calendar series. Also in 2018, Baauer composed the music for the second season of the

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series '' Iron Fist''.

2019

In 2019 he featured on two songs on Rico Nasty's ''

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'' mixtape, alongside the Atlanta hip hop duo Earth Gang. The tracks were co-produced by Kenny Beats. Baauer's music was also featured in numerous campaigns and video games this year, including ''

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'' and with an original song for ''

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'' alongside

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and Channel Tres. Baauer's track "GoGo!" was used in a 2018 trailer for the ''League of Legends'' European Championship. His track "3AM" was later featured as theme music on

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's YouTube.

''Planet's Mad''

In 2020 Baauer announced his second album ''

'' for release on June 5, 2020, via LuckyMe. It was later delayed to June 19, 2020. He announced the title track as the first single with an animated video directed by Actual Objects Studio, receiving a

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Staff Pick. "Planet's Mad" was also used in a

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car commercial.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Remixes

2012 * Krueger – "Talk" (Baauer Remix) * Abel – "Girls" (Baauer Remix) * Obey City – "Neva Knew" (Baauer Remix) *

– "Rollup" (Baauer Remix) *

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– "Slurring" (Baauer Remix) *

– Settle Down" (Baauer Remix) *

– " Won't You (Be There)" (Baauer Remix) *

– "Mindfields" (Baauer Remix) * Brick + Mortar – "Move to the Ocean" (Baauer Remix) *

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– "Winter Is All Over You" (Baauer Remix) 2013 *

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" (Baauer Remix) *

featuring

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– " You & Me" (Baauer Remix) 2014 *

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and

– "Tell Me" (Baauer Edit) ;2015 *

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featuring

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– "Deep in the Meadow" (Baauer Remix) *

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– "Ten Days of Falling" (Baauer Remix) 2017 *

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– "Numb & Getting Colder" (Baauer Remix) *

– "Saturnz Barz" (Baauer Remix) *

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– "In Cold Blood" (Baauer Remix) 2019 *

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– "Strip Money" (Baauer Remix) 2021 *

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featuring

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and Bülow – "She Abunai" (Baauer Remix) *

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– "Beautiful Superstar" (Baauer Remix)

References

External links

* * {{Authority control 1989 births Living people American musicians of Portuguese descent American people of Austrian-Jewish descent American electronic musicians American dance musicians Jewish American musicians Musicians from Brooklyn People from Westport, Connecticut American hip hop record producers 21st-century American musicians Musicians from Philadelphia Trap musicians (EDM) Record producers from New York (state) Record producers from Pennsylvania 21st-century American male musicians Staples High School alumni American electronic dance music DJs Remixers 21st-century American Jews