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Step into the world of GIVĒON on GRUNGECAKE—a space dedicated to the hushed power of his baritone and the quiet intensity of his storytelling. Here, you’ll find everything from deeply personal track dissections and EP reviews to candid studio snapshots and exclusive interviews that peel back the layers of his creative process. Whether you’re revisiting his breakthrough hit ‘Like I Want You’, tracking his evolution from Drake collaborator to award-nominated solo artist, or catching a first look at his latest visuals, this category is your front-row ticket to GIVĒON’s journey. Tune in for behind-the-scenes anecdotes, lyrical analyses that dig beneath the surface, and live-session videos that capture the magic of his voice in its purest form. For every soul-searching ballad and every pulse-pounding beat, our GIVĒON hub brings you closer to the artist—and the emotions—behind the music.

  • GIVĒON brings fresh dandy vibes to striking ‘Rather Be’ visual: Watch

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    Today, R&B/Soul star GIVĒON released the official music video to his song ‘Rather Be’. In the opening scene, the couple stands in a quaint building structure, night falls, and the pair enjoy a drink. After toasting to a seemingly celebratory moment, the singer-songwriter heads to a performance rehearsal with his dapper or exquisitely dressed bandmates. Watch the music video below to see how it all pans out. Does the baritone vocal artist keep his lady happy, or does he stick around and hurt her? You’ll have to wait and determine it for yourselves.

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    The new single and its Loris Russier-directed music video are above.

  • Watch R&B superstar GIVĒON croon about his relationship regrets in ‘Twenties’, more than once

    If you ever wondered what a man may think once his relationship ends with you, turn this one on, chile.

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    Today, GRAMMY Award-nominated R&B singer-songwriter GIVĒON—real name Giveon Dezmann Evans—released a breathtaking accompaniment visual for his latest track, ‘Twenties’. For the record, produced by Sevn Thomas, Maneesh Bidaye, Jahaan Sweet, Matthew Burnett, Jeff Gitty, the gifted artist poetically spills his guts about a failed relationship he endured in his early twenties — he’s twenty-nine. Confessing his thoughts about love and needing to put his partner first, their young love did not stand the test of time. On the slow eye-opening number, he reminisces about their first kiss in a rental car and “kinda [wishing their six-year relationship was reduced to] a hit and run”.

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    In hindsight, the popular musician feels like it was a massive waste of time, blaming himself for allowing it to go too far and writing it off as a feat of being inexperienced. Fortunately, he didn’t claim to be a know-it-all. He humbly acknowledged he was learning himself and his former partner at twenty-two years old. GIVĒON rose to prominence with Drake’s 2020 song ‘Chicago Freestyle’ featured on his ‘Dark Lane Demo Tapes’ album), which peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and is currently the second most streamed track on Spotify after ‘Toosie Slide’ (over one billion streams). The to-the-point track is less than three minutes long. Watch the music video now more than once.

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  • Song of the Day: ‘LIKE I WANT YOU’ by GIVEON

    Name: GIVEON
    Representing: Long Beach, California
    Genre: R&B
    For fans of: Luke James, James Fauntleroy
    Single from: G1*
    Produced by: River Tiber, Jahaan Sweet & Sevn Thomas
    Song of the Day: March 3, 2020
    Label(s): Epic/Not So Fast

    GIVEON has just arrived on our radar with his recent Drake collaboration on the track ‘Chicago Freestyle’, but it doesn’t appear as though he’ll be dropping off any time soon! His distinct, beautiful voice left us craving more, thus leading to the discovery of today’s Song of the Day, ‘LIKE I WANT YOU’. This song was released in November of last year, and it is a truly emotive love song. There’s something special in his voice that will forever set him apart. His deep voice and pure tone draws you in and refuses to let you go. We, too, often hear the complaint of ‘real R&B’ being rare as of late but I think it’s safe to say that we have an emerging crop of vocalists that provide true R&B. GIVEON, without a doubt, is in this conversation.

  • GIVEON, singer featured on Drake’s ‘Chicago Freestyle’, shares new single ‘HEARTBREAK ANNIVERSARY’: Listen

    Photo: Courtesy of the label; Breyona Holt

    If you’ve watched the split video for Drake’s ‘When to Say When’ and ‘Chicago Freestyle’, which is now #1 trending on YouTube, you’ve heard GIVEON’s distinct voice come in ahead of Drake’s latter verse at 2:22.

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    Over the weekend, the vast majority on the internet didn’t know it was GIVEON, though. Music fans thought that the baritone vocalist was Sampha, the English singer who Drake sampled on ‘Too Much’ from his third studio album ‘Nothing Was the Same’. GIVEON is an artist mentored by Long Beach local and multiplatinum singer-songwriter AUGUST 08—known for his work with DJ Khaled and Justin Bieber.

    GIVEON recently joined Snoh Aalegra on her headline tour, after performed to a packed crowd at Soho House and leading a songwriting camp sponsored by Remy Martin and ASICS with boi-1da, Jahaan Sweet, Sevn Thomas, WondaGurl, Charline Handsome, and more. If you like what you heard on Drake’s freestyle, delve into GIVEON’s new track ‘HEARTBREAK ANNIVERSARY’ out now through Not So Fast/Epic Records.

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