Isaac Dunbar (born March 17, 2003) is an American singer-songwriter. He signed with

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in 2019.

Early life

Isaac Dunbar was born on March 17, 2003 in

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. He is of Italian and

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n descent. Dunbar's sexuality is unlabeled (confirmed in a TikTok video of his) Isaac first started making music when he was nine, creating

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. As a big

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fan, he was further inspired to learn music production when he discovered the music of

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(one of the producers working on Gaga's ''

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''). He learned synths and music theory through tutorials on YouTube and by reproducing songs from ''Artpop''.

Career

On October 31, 2017, the blog We Are Going Solo reposted his track "Pharmacy", drawing wider attention to his work. In late 2018 his tracks "Freshman Year" (which debuted on

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on October 2) and "Blonde" attracted further notice, with an additional boost when "Pharmacy" was featured on

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radio show. On February 12, 2019, Wonderland debuted his single "Mime". In July 2019 he released his debut EP ''Balloons Don't Float Here'', and Complex premiered his single "Ferrari." In the fall of that year he toured with

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, and in November he appeared on

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's PUSH Live concert series. In October 2019,

signed him, scheduling his debut on the label, ''Isaac's Insects,'' for April 2020. The title track was released in January 2020, and that month he was named to

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's list of artists to watch and E!News' "Future Pop Stars You Need to Know Now."''Paper'' then premiered and ''Billboard'' featured the followup video for "Makeup Drawer," a track he'd written when he was 14 that had major significance for Isaac as he "explained that he'd been waiting to release this song until he was ready to get honest about his experience with homophobia." ''Isaac's Insects'' was released on April 9, 2020. His U.S. and European tour was set to begin on April 14, 2020, at Moroccan Lounge in

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, but it was postponed due to the

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Discography

Extended plays

Singles

Notes

* All extended play titles are stylized in

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, except ''Banish the Banshee''. * All track titles are stylized in

, except "God, This Feels Good", "Bleach", "Tainted Love" and "Fool's Paradise".

Sources

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