Superfruit (often stylized as SUP3RFRUIT) is an American

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and

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consisting of

Mitch Grassi Mitchell Coby Michael Grassi (born July 24, 1992) is an American singer, musician and songwriter from Arlington, Texas. Known for his high tenor voice, Grassi came to international attention as the founder and performer of two groups—the quint ...

and

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, both known as members of the a cappella group

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. Superfruit is also the name of their comedy show, featured on their eponymous

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channel. Their channel was created in August 2013 with a focus on comedic

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s and music performances. , the channel has over 2.4 million subscribers and over 419 million views. In 2016, the duo became more involved in musical activities, with the releases of their first original songs, "Bad 4 Us" on October 18 and "Sweet Life" on November 15. On June 30, 2017, the duo released their first EP, ''Future Friends: Part One'', followed on September 15 by both the EP ''Future Friends: Part Two'', and ''

Future Friends ''Future Friends'' is the only studio album by American musical duo Superfruit. It was released on September 15, 2017 through RCA Records. The album is the latter release in the duo's ''Future Friends'' series that includes two extended ...

'', which acted as a compilation album containing both EPs and Superfruit's debut studio album. Superfruit's sound differs from their a capella work with Pentatonix as it features

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and

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, while retaining their usual

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-oriented style.

YouTube channel

Mitch Grassi and Scott Hoying of Superfruit - Photo by Peter Dzubay

According to Grassi, he and Hoying were at IHOP and discussed how they wanted to individually start

channels, but eventually decided to launch one together. According to Hoying, the name Superfruit "came from Mitch's random mind". The first Superfruit video was uploaded on August 13, 2013. Superfruit consists mainly of comedic

s and various casual games and competitions, but the channel also features a number of musical projects. Most videos solely feature Hoying and Grassi, but some include other musical artists or non-musical guests. Both Grassi and Hoying identify as gay. In 2019, ice skater

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appeared in Superfruit's "The Promise" music video.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

Tours

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(2018)

Other notable works

Outside of their YouTube channel, Superfruit promoted '' The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water'' with an MTV commercial in which Grassi receives a tattoo of

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on his arm. Grassi and Hoying have been featured on other artists' music, such as

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's "Beautiful" from her studio album '' The Valley''. Additionally, Superfruit was featured alongside

Kirstin Maldonado Kirstin Taylor Maldonado (born May 16, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She is best known as the mezzo-soprano of the a cappella group Pentatonix. With the group, she has released seven studio albums, won three Grammy Awar ...

Todrick Hall Todrick Hall (born April 4, 1985) is an American singer, choreographer, and YouTuber. He gained national attention on the ninth season of the televised singing competition '' American Idol''. Following this, he amassed a huge following on Yo ...

's "Black & White" from the deluxe edition of ''

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''. In January 2018, the duo guest starred on ''

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'' where they played the "Duo or Don't-O Challenge".

Awards and nominations

World Choreography Awards

References

External links

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