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THEY.

THEY. is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of 6lack, The Kid Laroi, Taking Back Sunday, New Edition and Babyface. 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 Gallant, Tinashe, Zhu, Skrillex and Bryson Tiller, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 36 connections around THEY., reaching back through 6lack and forward to Gallant. 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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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
THEY.6lackThe Kid LaroiTaking Back SundayNew EditionBabyfaceKurt CobainGallantTinasheZhuSkrillexBryson Tiller6lackWiz KhalifaJessie ReyezEmotional OrangesRoy WoodsSaint JhnLucky Daye4batzChase ShakurEli SostreJosh Levi

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THEY. connections

THEY. grew out of 6lack, The Kid Laroi, Taking Back Sunday and New Edition, shares an orbit with Emotional Oranges, Roy Woods, Saint Jhn and Lucky Daye, went on to shape Gallant, Tinashe, Zhu and Skrillex. 36 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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