Trevor Daniel Neill (born September 28, 1994), is an American singer and songwriter. He rose to prominence with his 2018 single "

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", which hit the charts in more than twenty countries after going viral in 2019. His debut

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'' was released in March 2020.

Career

Daniel started his career uploading his music to

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. His 2017 single "Pretend" eventually took off after being upload by a popular

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channel. He later got a call from

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's Taz Taylor and signed a joint record contract with them along Alamo and Interscope in July 2018. Daniel released the EPs ''Homesick'' in 2018 and ''Restless'' in 2019. The former featured the single "

", coming out in October that year. Despite the release of a Blackbear remix of the track it didn't become popular until 2019, after going viral on

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app

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. It became his first charting single on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, peaking at number 17. The song was featured on Daniel's debut album ''

'', also preceded by the single " Past Life" which was later re-released featuring vocals of American singer and actress

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. In 2020 he was featured on "Clown" on Blackbear's album ''

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'', provided vocals for a remix of "

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" by

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and Kito and was also featured on

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and

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's single "Kill Me Better". In 2021 he collaborated with

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and

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on "F is For Friends" for '' The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run'' soundtrack and appeared on "My Dear Love" by

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featuring

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from the former's second album

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. He is currently working on his second album called "Sad Now Doesn't Mean Sad Forever". In June 2021 he released "Fingers Crossed" with American singer-songwriter

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. It was accompanied by a music video directed by Grant Spanier. He was then seen on a Music Video with a popular DJ and Record Producer Alan Walker on Alan's song 'Extremes' which released on September 30 for Alan's Upcoming studio Album 'WALKERVERSE PT. II'.

Personal life

Daniel lived in

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. His family moved to

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and later settled down in

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where the singer calls home. Daniel admits that music became important to him in his life as a child and started playing drums in second grade. In high school, he began making music in

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5 and recording vocals in his bedroom closet with the advice of

tutorials. He decided to pursue music professionally in 2017.

Musical influences

Daniel has been quoted revealing that his earliest influences were

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and pop. He has cited

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and Kid Cudi as influences.

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Promotional singles

As featured artist

Guest appearances

Notes

References

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