Nicholas Benjamin Megalis (born April 8, 1989) is an

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n visual artist, singer-songwriter, director, and

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. He is best known for his videos on

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History

Megalis was born in

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and moved to

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at age 13. In Cleveland he found relatively quick success performing solo and with various bands at local venues, all under his name. At age 16, he met a producer in Cleveland and recorded a studio album titled "I See The Moon". Up until that point, Megalis had mostly recorded in his bedroom, playing guitar to a drum machine. He moved to

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in 2009. Starting in March 2013, he began to publish content on the social networking video sharing service Vine, on which as of May 2014 he had 4.9 million followers. As of January 2019 Megalis was finishing a studio EP titled “Not Funny” with producer Frankie Siragusa. Megalis is producing fine art and lives in the Palm Springs area of Southern California. He has one child named Lady Ophelia.

Discography

* ''Hands To The Sky, We All Wave Goodbye To Our Mothers'' * ''I See The Moon'' * ''Whatever I Am, You'll Understand'' * '' Praise Be, Hype Machine'' * ''I Find It Sexy How You Mislead Me'' * ''Side A'' * ''Gummy Money'' * ''Forget It in a day'' * ''Not Funny''

References

External links

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Nicholas Megalis on Vine

Nicholas Megalis' YouTube page

I Find It Sexy... download page
1989 births Living people Singer-songwriters from Ohio Musicians from Cleveland American people of Greek descent American Internet celebrities Vine (service) celebrities 21st-century American singers {{US-singer-songwriter-stub