Destin Conrad is now a first-time Grammy nominee after his debut album, Love on Digital, was nominated for finest progressive R&B album.
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Simply months after the April 2025 launch of his debut album, Love on Digital, Destin Conrad dropped his second studio album, a jazz challenge titled wHIMSY. Each albums climbed the charts, and Conrad snagged a Grammy nomination for finest progressive R&B album for Love on Digital — his first as a solo artist.
Destin Conrad by no means realized to learn or write music. He says he is all the time wished making music to stay free and flowing, somewhat than “math.”
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In an interview with All Issues Thought-about, Conrad mentioned he typically questioned if individuals would not take him critically as a musical artist due to his historical past on the previous video-sharing app Vine, the place Conrad shared quirky jokes and clips of himself singing samples with multiple million followers.
“I assumed individuals had been all the time going to view me as a child on the web, they usually would not be capable of detach that [from] what I did now,” Conrad mentioned about his previous viral fame.
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Quick-forward to right this moment and Conrad’s singing stands alone — as he explores his creative evolution and rising music stardom. Chatting with NPR’s Ailsa Chang, Conrad talked about rising up web well-known and the way he went from being a songwriter for different artists to writing for himself.
Take heed to the total interview by clicking on the blue play button above.
This interview is a part of an All Issues Thought-about sequence that includes first-time Grammy nominees, forward of the Grammy Awards on February 1.
