KennyHoopla, who turned 28 last month, is a midwesterner who has spent time in Cleveland, Ohio, and Oshkosh, Wisconsin, b’gosh.
He began uploading music on SoundCloud in 2016, releasing the lo-fi EP Beneath the Willow Tree that mixed indie rock and experimental elements. From there, he steadily built an online following and attracted blog attention back when that medium was thriving.
His breakthrough came in 2020 with the single “how will i rest in peace if i’m buried by a highway?//,” which climbed to #8 on Billboard’s Alternative Airplay chart. Now his discography includes four EPs: Beneath the Willow Tree (2016), How Will I Rest in Peace if I’m Buried by a Highway? (2020), Blink and You’ll Miss It (2023, with Travis Barker), and Rebirth//Renaissance (2025). And his serious fans loved his 2021 mixtape, Survivors Guilt: The Mixtape.
This month he dropped his latest EP, Conditions of an Orphan which he is supporting with a tour that just kicked off at the legendary Roxy in West Hollywood on the Sunset Strip.
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