A talented producer, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and DJ, Fred again.. first began releasing music with his 'Actual Life' series. An exercise in unique sampling using YouTube rips, Facetime calls and voicenotes from friends, the concept of 'Actual Life' took on new meaning over the next two years as Fred built a global community of fans, emboldened by Fred's willingness to seek both joy and inspiration in every day interactions. Three 'Actual Life' albums were released between 2021 and 2022, with 'Actual Life 3' landing Fred his first ever UK Top 5 album and a Mercury Prize nomination.
2023 saw Fred start the year by joining forces with Skrillex & grime MC, Flowdan, on Skrillex single 'Rumble' in January - which was first teased during his Boiler Room debut in the summer of 2022. After playing a series of pop-up shows in London alongside Skrillex and Four Tet later that month, the trio then went onto sell-out the iconic Madison Square Garden in New York in February - over 19,000 tickets were sold in less than 10 minutes - and later headline the final night of Coachella, playing to over 125,000 people and an additional 3+ million who have since re-watched their set on YouTube.
Elsewhere in 2023, Fred also recorded a special Tiny Desk Concert for NPR in April, which saw him relearn the marimba, play a vibraphone, sit at a piano and loop beats on his laptop simultaneously, while in May, he joined forces with Brian Eno on 'Secret Life' - a surprise-drop 13 track ambient album released on Four Tet's Text Records imprint.
In June 2023, Fred made his Glastonbury debut which pulled in one of the largest crowds in the Other Stage's history, before going on to sell-out a total of 5x shows at London's Alexandra Palace in just one week back in early September. Punctuated by statement releases - UK #4 single 'adore u' alongside Obongjayar & 'ten' ft. Jozzy - Fred closed out 2023 with a sold-out EU tour run, 3x sold-out shows at NY's Forest Hills Stadium and a further 9x sold-out shows at LA's Shrine Expo Hall, as well as recent single 'leavemealone' ft. Baby Keem, released in December.
The start of 2024 saw Fred breaking records on a historic tour of Australia, selling out a run of arenas announced within a week of the tour starting. Landing in Australia in secret and announcing a Sydney Opera House show the day he arrived, the tour culminated in Fred's biggest headline show to date, a 35,000 capacity party in Perth announced just three days before.
Fred's 'infinite' album 'USB' had it's first volume released on vinyl this April, a record that Fred plans to add to continuously over time. Fred started making records to include on his own USB for DJ shows, this album documents the records he made for that purpose including collabs with Skrillex, Four Tet, Swedish House Mafia, Romy and Lil Yachty.
Fred's highly anticipated next album 'ten days' will arrive on September 6th 2024, including recent single "places to be" featuring Anderson .Paak & CHIKA. ten days chronicles ten days in the last year of Fred's life, with contributions on the record from Sampha, The Japanese House, SOAK and more.