WHAT IT IS: Hailing from Dallas, 21-year-old singer/rapper/songwriter Austin George kicked off his music career in 10th grade when he got his hands on an FLStudio interface and started selling beats. Not long after graduating, he managed to get his demos in front of Ryan Tedder, soon thereafter dropping out of Texas Tech and moving to L.A. to pursue music full-time. After dropping his first two tracks, “bluebonnets” and “Hands on You,” George returned with his latest offering, “Freak Like That,” which racked up nearly 1m views in a week, contributing to his 30m+ global cross-platform streams in six months. You’ll be hearing more from this up-and-comer in 2022.
SINGLE: “Freak Like That”
RELEASE DATE: 4/15
INTERNET: Nearly 1m+ TikTok followers, amassed 34.5m+ combined TikTok likes; “Freak Like That” featured on Spotify’s New Music Friday, Varsity Bars, singled out, young, wild, and free, more; nearly 1m+ global streams on single within a week
RADIO: Top 40 airplay on “Hands on You”; spins on over 50 iHeartMedia stations, including KIIS; interview with Nashville’s 106.7; more
PRESS: Sheesh Media (5 Artists Pinned for a Massive 2022), Fashionably Early, Banger of the Day, more
PUBLISHING: Avex USA/S10
MANAGEMENT: Corey Goldglit & Nevin Sanitsky/Guest MGMT