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- October 2, 2021
Anonymous musician RMR emerged in 2020 as an overnight sensation with an eclectic country-rap ballad “Rascal,” a moving interpolation of “Bless the Broken Road,” first popularized by Rascal Flatts in 2004. Taking the stage early on Friday of The Governors Ball, the masked musician created intoxicating energy within the audience, full of the zigzags that fans have grown accustomed to.
Describing his sound as “diagonal,” the artist keeps things interesting with his boundless sound. Instead of falling in line with preconceived expectations, he immerses himself in country music, slides up next to R&B, dives headfirst into trap, and revels in pop, all while recalling the vocal stylings of the alternative scene from the 2000s. His willingness to express himself in so many ways makes for songs so engaging that you almost forget you don’t know who he is. Intentionally keeping his identity under wraps, RMR wants people to “fall in love with his music” instead of the person making it, something he dives into during our interview. In the short time we spent with him, we get a glimpse into the inner workings of his mind as he drops some philosophical nuggets of advice – why everything is a lost art and how to push back on the concept of ego.
Shortly after releasing his debut song, RMR was signed to CMNTY CULTURE and Warner Records, releasing his EP DRUG DEALING IS A LOST ART in June 2020. You can listen to it below, but he has also released a number of new singles since that are also worth a listen. The project found RMR expanding his sound even further, swerving into uncharted hip-hop territory in one moment and slinking his way through 80s-inspired dream pop in another. Behind his signature embroidered balaclava and gleaming gold teeth is a man who chooses growth over stagnancy, music over celebrity, and faith over self-absorption. It’s only up from here as RMR enters his next phase, diagonally.
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