![]() Skinner embarked on a series of sold-out worldwide headlining tours in October 2019. He signed under Sire Records in 2019 where he released the single "Telescope" ahead of his upcoming album, later announced as Sleepyhead. ![]() Skinner performed on the Acoustic Stage at Victorious Festival in August 2019. ![]() The single was featured on Mxmtoon's debut album The Masquerade, which was also fully produced by Skinner. He produced the single "Prom Dress" by Mxmtoon, which has gained over 152 million streams on Spotify and has been used in over 100,000 videos on the video-sharing platform TikTok. In 2019, Skinner released five split singles which were later compiled into Animal Kingdom, a mixtape of ten tracks including covers and original singles with guest appearances from Sidney Gish, Simi, Chloe Moriondo and Spookyghostboy. 2019–2021: Animal Kingdom, Sleepyhead and Man's Best Friend Cavetown in Vienna in August 2019 As of November 2022, the album's title track has amassed 54 million streams on Spotify and 28 million views on YouTube. In 2018, he released his third album, Lemon Boy. In April 2017, whilst still at Sixth Form College, Skinner reached the final of the Cambridge Band Competition, winning both Best Acoustic Act and the Kimberley Rew Award for Songwriting, and went on to play at Strawberry Fair in June 2017. 60% of the album's proceeds were donated to Cancer Research UK. The album was dedicated to his childhood friend, Jack Graham, who died of leukaemia on the album's titular date. The album includes a mix of "warm, melodic bedroom pop" and "lo-fi indie rock". In 2016, Skinner released his second studio album, 16/04/16. Skinner continued to publish covers of songs onto his YouTube channel from artists such as Pinegrove, Twenty One Pilots and Joji. Critics described the album Cavetown as "an eclectic mix of acoustic and electronic". Skinner released his debut single "This is Home" in August 2015, before releasing his debut self-titled album in November 2015. Critics expressed that he felt "the acceptance of ignorance" on Gd Vibes. 1, Balance (as brother) and Everything is Made of Stars on Bandcamp over the following two years. He released Gd Vibes, Nervous Friends // Pt. Soon after, Skinner began releasing music to Bandcamp with his first album, Everything Is Made of Clouds, at the age of 14. The first song Skinner wrote and recorded was "Rain" in 2013. Skinner began his YouTube channel in November 2012 and uploaded his first video, an original song named "Haunted Lullaby", in October 2013. He was raised in Cambridge and attended Parkside Community College from 2010 to 2015 and Hills Road Sixth Form College until 2017. ![]() His mother is a professional Baroque flautist and music teacher. His interest in music was inspired by his father, David Skinner, a musicologist and choir director, who taught him how to play the acoustic guitar at the age of eight. Skinner was born in Oxford, England, on 15 December 1998. Skinner released his fourth studio album, Sleepyhead, in March 2020 and his fifth, Worm Food, in November 2022. His YouTube channel, which he began in November 2012, sits at 2.19 million subscribers and 488 million video views as of June 2023. Īs of August 2023, he had amassed over 6.7 million monthly streamers on Spotify. His style blends elements of indie rock, indie pop and bedroom pop with mellow, gentle ukulele ballads. Robin Daniel Skinner (born 15 December 1998), known professionally as Cavetown (sometimes stylized in all lowercase), is an English singer-songwriter, record producer, and YouTuber. Musical artist Cavetown performing "Boys Will Be Bugs".
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