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THEY.

THEY. is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Taking Back Sunday, New Edition, Babyface, Kurt Cobain and The Kid Laroi. Those roots explain a lot about how THEY. arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Emotional Oranges, Roy Woods, Saint Jhn, Lucky Daye and 4batz, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Skrillex, Zhu, Bryson Tiller, 6lack and Wiz Khalifa, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 42 connections around THEY., reaching back through Taking Back Sunday and forward to Skrillex. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

They is an American R&B duo from Los Angeles, California, consisting of Dante Jones and Andrew "Drew Love" Neely. The duo started their career in 2015, releasing the debut extended play Nü Religion, which received critical acclaim. That year, they released the commercially successful single "Working for It" in collaboration with Zhu and Skrillex. In 2016, they began touring with singer Bryson Tiller. The following year, the duo released their debut studio album, Nü Religion: Hyena. In 2020, They signed to Avant Garden Records under Island Records and released their second studio album, The Amanda Tape, on October 23, 2020.

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THEY.Taking Back SundayNew EditionBabyfaceKurt CobainThe Kid Laroi6lackSkrillexZhuBryson Tiller6lackWiz KhalifaJessie ReyezJeremihVic MensaEmotional OrangesRoy WoodsSaint JhnLucky Daye4batzChase ShakurdvsnEli Sostre

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THEY. connections

THEY. grew out of Taking Back Sunday, New Edition, Babyface and Kurt Cobain, shares an orbit with Emotional Oranges, Roy Woods, Saint Jhn and Lucky Daye, went on to shape Skrillex, Zhu, Bryson Tiller and 6lack. 42 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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