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Background

In June 2017, Sutherland was picked as

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's Artist of the Month and appeared on

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performing his hit "Selfish" live on the program. It was his national television debut. His single "Selfish", released in February 2017 had over 4 million streams on

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. Sutherland also co-wrote songa on Timeflies' new EP. In April 2018, he received his first major movie song placement in '' Honey: Rise Up and Dance'' with the song "Work You Out". Sutherland was a contestant on the UK version of ''

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" in the group performance. After performing " Who You Are" in the first live show, he was sent home. In 2018, Sutherland released three singles: "Talk", "Tell Me" and "Fine". On September 9 of the same year, Sutherland joined alongside JAGMAC to open for the boy band In Real Life on their Tonight Belongs to You Tour across the United States. In October 2018, he signed with BMG US. He had his first major tour spanning from September to November 2018. Sutherland announced his first headlining tour, the Freaking Out Tour, on June 11, 2019. The tour was from August 7, 2019, to August 28, 2019, with Justice Carradine as an

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. In 2019, Sutherland released three singles: "Sweater", "None of This Has Been About You", and "Freaking Out". He released his debut EP, ''None of This Has Been About You'', on March 15, 2019. In December 2020, he released his sophomore EP, ''Indigo'', with major playlist positioning for single "Wonder".

Acting work

In 2021, Sutherland made the move to acting and had a part in the

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, with whom he dueted for the song "Home." It was used for the closing credits of the movie. Midori Francis also was in the movie. Along with "Home", he had three other song placements. In October 2021, he was a guest star on the

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during their Forever Tour. In July 2022, the single "Everybody" was released. He announced his debut album ''In His Mania'' via social media on February 10, 2023. It was released on March 10 and was followed by the In His Mania US tour. During the tour, artists Dylan Conrique, Jordy, Cloe Wilder, and Michael Minelli were the opening acts. Conrique and Wilder primarily supported Sutherland in the first half of his tour while Jordy and Minelli were openers for the second half. On May 2, 2024, after teasing it for a while, Sutherland released the song "Alive", which was the lead single of his second album. He released "Let Me Loose" a month later. On August 5, he announced a second album, a modern rock opera titled, ''The Drama'', which was released on October 4. He released "Drama" on the same day the album was announced. Sutherland has largely kept his personal life private. However, on March 27, 2025 in

, Sutherland was joined on stage by his brother Thomas who played the banjo.

Discography

Singles

*2013: "Heartstrings" *2015: "Bad Influence" *2016: "Girls" *2017: "Selfish" *2018: "Talk" *2018: "Tell Me" *2018: "Fine" *2019: "Sweater" *2019: "None of This Has Been About You" *2019: "Freaking Out" *2019: "Grateful" *2020: "Help" *2020: "Too many friends" *2020: "Wonder" *2020: "Indigo" *2021: "Shame" *2021: "Paranoia" *2021: "Lemons" *2022: "Everybody" *2022: "Flower" *2022: "Out Of Love" *2023: "Chicken Little" (featuring

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) *2024: "Alive" *2024: "Let Me Loose" *2024: "Drama" *2024: "Hater"

EPs

* 2019: ''None of This Has Been About You'' * 2020: ''Indigo'' * 2021: ''Afterlife of the Party (Music from the Netflix Film)''

Albums

* 2023: ''In His Mania'' * 2024: ''The Drama''

Tours

The In His Mania Tour

Filmography

Television

Film

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sutherland, Spencer 1992 births Living people American soul singers American male singer-songwriters American expatriates in the United Kingdom The X Factor (British TV series) contestants 21st-century American singer-songwriters