Matthew Tyler Musto, known professionally as Blackbear, is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He has released six studio albums, six EPs, one mixtape and two collaborative albums.
Musto is also a member of the alternative hip-hop duo Mansionz with singer Mike Posner.
labels: Columbia Records, Interscope Records
genres: pop music, emo, contemporary R&B, hip-hop
member of: Mansionz
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Musto was born in Daytona Beach, Florida, and moved to Palm Coast as a child. His father is of Italian descent. He has stated that many of his family members are from Pittston, Pennsylvania. In fourth grade, he became interested in music through Rancid, Blink-182, and bands his babysitter introduced him to, such as New Found Glory and Alkaline Trio.
In high school, Musto was the singer of Florida-based rock band Polaroid. They released one album, Paint The Town; one EP, Inside And Out; and one demo, The Cure Demo and have been variously described as being a pop-punk, punk rock, and garage band. During Musto's freshman year of high school, the band signed to Leakmob Records. Musto dropped out of school in the 10th grade to focus on music. As Polaroid progressed, their music became increasingly influenced by emo. By 2008, Musto had also begun to write his own solo music.
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"Hot Girl Bummer" is a song by American musician Blackbear. It was released on August 23, 2019 through Beartrap as the lead single from his fifth studio album Everything Means Nothing (2020).
The song's title was inspired by Megan Thee Stallion's 2019 single "Hot Girl Summer" and was written and produced by Musto and Andrew Goldstein.
Blackbear would announce the song's release, which was met with mixed reactions. The title was considered to be a play on Megan Thee Stallion's "Hot Girl Summer". Musto later had claimed that the song was not a parody, but instead a reference to social media hashtag trend "#hotgirlsummer". Goldstein would speak on the recording and production of the song, saying “We go into the session at his studio at his house, and I played him a voice note of something and I was like ‘I have this really dumb idea but you might be able to make it good.’” He would also confirm that "Hot Girl Bummer" was recorded in three days. On December 12, 2019, the song's remix was released along with Argentine rapper and singer Khea.
Blackbear would release the low budget music video alongside the song on August 23, 2019. The music video consists of Blackbear surrounded by people at a party while sitting on a white couch, as well as being attached to strings and being moved in a puppet like manner by a man in a suit, which was called a "comment on people who are fake on social media". Musto would later release the high budget music video on November 21, 2019, with Blackbear instead appearing to be sitting on a skyscraper, on a couch, and dancing in a cage.
Chris DeVille writing for Stereogum felt the hook/chorus of the song was "undeniably catchy" and repurposes "Guillermo Díaz's job-quitting Half Baked energy for some post-breakup catharsis."
The song contains a spoken line by Will Forte in Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie. Stereogum's Chris DeVille would comment on Blackbear's vocals saying that they "are backed by extremely on-trend production: steadily strummed barebones power chords, a minimal trap beat, ominously surging synths."
"Do Re Mi" is a song written and performed by American hip-hop musician and singer-songwriter Blackbear. The original version was released on March 17, 2017, as the lead single from his third studio album, Digital Druglord (2017).
The original version peaked at number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100. A remix featuring Gucci Mane was released on July 28, 2017.
"Idfc" is a song by American singer blackbear. The song was released on October 16, 2014, as the lead single from his debut studio album, Deadroses (2015).
It was written by Blackbear himself. The single was certified Double Platinum by the RIAA in March 2021 and triple platinum in July 2022.