Absofacto is a solo project by musician Jonathan Visger, the former frontman of Michigan-based indie rock band
Mason Proper.
In 2008, Visger released his first solo efforts, ''North South, Pt. 1'', under his own name, and ''Trilobite Trash'', under the pseudonym Bug Lung Baby. In 2009, the EP ''Tagalong'' was released under the moniker Absofacto, which Visger has used for all his solo musical projects since.
In 2013, Visger and his Michigan childhood friend Brian Konicek, formed the electronic indie project Hollow & Akimbo. The duo released their first single, ''Pseudoscience'', in October 2013, followed by ''Singularity'' in January 2014. In February 2014, they released their self-titled EP, ''Hollow & Akimbo'', through Quite Scientific Records.
Visger continued to release music as Absofacto, gaining wider recognition in 2015 with the release of ''Dissolve''. The song gained viral popularity on TikTok in 2019, leading to its chart success and his signing with Atlantic Records. He later released singles such as ''Lemon Drop'' and ''Rewind'', further establishing his presence in the indie and electronic pop music scenes.
In 2017, Visger (as Absofacto) signed with
Atlantic Records
Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. Over the course of its first two decades, starting from the release of its first recor ...
and released his major-label debut with the EP ''Thousand Peaces''. The song "Dissolve", originally released in 2015, was included as a track on the EP and released as a single in 2018, but it failed to make any kind of impact.
A year later, the song received renewed interest due to a meme on the video-sharing application
TikTok
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and became a surprise hit.
It debuted on the ''Billboard''
Alternative Songs
Alternative Airplay (formerly known as Modern Rock Tracks between 1988 and 2009, and Alternative Songs between 2009 and 2020) is a music chart published in the American magazine ''Billboard'' since September 10, 1988. It ranks the 40 most-play ...
chart in June 2019 and reached number one on the chart in January 2020.
Discography
Albums
* ''Sinking Islands'' (2011)
EPs
* ''Trilobite Trash'' (2008)
* ''Kiko'' (2011)
* ''Loners: Vol. 1'' (2013)
* ''Thousand Peaces'' (2017)
* ''Someone Else’s Dream'' (2020)
Singles
As featured artist
References
External links
*{{facebook, Absofacto
Musicians from Michigan