Roosevelt (born Marius Lauber on 29 September 1990) is a German singer, songwriter, DJ and producer from

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. He is signed to the Greco-Roman label.

Music career

Solo career

Roosevelt's first project was Beat!Beat!Beat!, an indie teenage band, in which he was the drummer. After the band separated, he decided to pursue a solo career. His debut EP ''Elliot'' was released in 2013. The lead single "Elliot" was named ''

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''s 'Best New Track'. Roosevelt then released the double A-side "Night Moves"/"Hold On" in 2015 on Greco-Roman, which continued a warm

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, Balearic-influenced sound. In April 2016, he announced his self-titled debut album, released on 19 August 2016 through Greco-Roman/City Slang. The album's release was preceded by a combined video for two tracks from the album: "Colours" and "Moving On". In June 2018, he announced a second album, ''

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''. It was released on 28 September 2018. The first single from the album, "Under the Sun", was released on 27 June 2018. In March 2019, he released "Falling Back" and a cover of

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's "

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" on W Records. The next year, "Everywhere" was featured in '' We Bare Bears: The Movie''. On 10 June 2020, Roosevelt released the single "Sign", which was his first original material since the album ''Young Romance''. The release of four other singles ("Echoes", "Feels Right", "Strangers" and "Lovers") followed before his third studio album, '' Polydans'', came out on 26 February 2021. In July 2023, he announced a fourth album, ''Embrace'', which was released on 22 September 2023. Five singles were released beforehand: "Ordinary Love", "Luna", "Paralyzed", "Rising", and "Forevermore". On recording the album, he shared, "It's been a wild mix of rented studios and Airbnbs, but very often just me with my laptop and headphones."

Remixes and supporting other artists

Roosevelt has remixed the likes of

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, Poolside,

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, Truls,

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, Luca Vasta and

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. The artists he has supported on tour include

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and

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Songs featured in video games

Roosevelt's songs have been featured in multiple video games. For example, his songs "''Sea''" has been featured in

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and "''Fever''" in

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, while some other songs, such as "''Feels Right''", have been featured in games like

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Discography

Albums

Singles

Remixes

– "Pools" (Roosevelt Remix) (2014) *Glass Animals – "Life Itself" (Roosevelt Remix) (2016) *

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– "Telephone" (Roosevelt Remix) (2016) *

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– "

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" (Roosevelt Remix) (2018) *

– "Summer Days" (Roosevelt Remix) (2018) *

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– "Bombs Away" (Roosevelt Remix) (2019) *Josin – "In the Blank Space" (Roosevelt Remix) (2019) *

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– "

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" (Roosevelt Remix) (2020) *Bad Sounds – "Move Into Me" (feat.

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) (Roosevelt Remix) (2021) *

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– "Pills" (Roosevelt Remix) (2022) *

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– "Linger On" (Roosevelt Remix) (2022) *

– "

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" (Roosevelt Remix) (2022)

Compilations

Music videos

External links

References

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