- Brockhampton (collective)( BROCKHAMPTON )【 5 albums 41 lyrics 】
- Brockhampton, stylized as BROCKHAMPTON, is a California-based American hip-hop boy band formed in San Marcos, Texas in 2015. Brockhampton was partially founded on Internet forum KanyeToThe, leading them to be described as 'The Internet's first boy band'. They released their first mixtape All-American Trash in 2016, their first album Saturation in June 2017, and their second album Saturation II in August 2017.
History
2012-2014: AliveSinceForever
Brockhampton formed in 2012 by high school friends Ian 'Kevin Abstract' Simpson and Ameer Vann, under the name AliveSinceForever. In 2013, AliveSinceForever released their debut EP album, The ASF EP. At this time, the lineup consisted of Kevin Abstract, Ameer Vann, Dom McLennon, and Mic Kurb. At the end of 2014, AliveSinceForever disbanded to rebrand as Brockhampton.
2014-2016: Name change and All-American Trash
Following the release of Kevin Abstract's MTV1987, AliveSinceForever rebranded as Brockhampton and added several new members, some of which were recruited through Kanye West fan forum KanyeToThe. In January 2015, Brockhampton released their debut single, 'BET I' accompanied by a video directed by member Henock 'HK' Sileshi and Franklin Mendez. However, as of 2017, 'BET I' has been removed off YouTube and Soundcloud and is only available on Spotify. On June 16, Brockhampton released their second single, 'HERO'. That same month, Brockhampton won the VFiles Loud contest, winning them a professionally directed music video for their next single 'DIRT', released through Fool's Gold Records.
On March 24, 2016, Brockhampton released their debut mixtape, All-American Trash for free. The project focuses on highlighting the group's individual members, and was led by the music video 'Flip Mo', performed by Merlyn Wood and featuring Dom McLennon.
2017: Saturation Trilogy
In January 2017, Brockhampton released a new standalone single and music video, 'Cannon'. In May 2017, Brockhampton released 'Face', the first single and video promoting their debut album Saturation. Throughout the month, Brockhampton released several singles and music videos in promotion of the album, including 'Heat', 'Gold', and 'Star', all of which were directed by Kevin Abstract and shot locally in their neighborhood of South Central. The same month, it was announced that Brockhampton was going to be the subject of the upcoming Viceland series American Boyband, set to premiere June 8, 2017. A standalone music video, titled 'Lamb' was released on June 8, 2017. Saturation was released on June 9, 2017 to critical acclaim, and brought new attention to the group.
Following the release of Saturation, Kevin Abstract stated that Brockhampton were already working on a follow up, tentatively titled Saturation II and set to be released in August. On August 1, 2017, Brockhampton released the debut single and video from Saturation II, titled 'Gummy'. A week later, they released the second single and video, titled 'Swamp'. On August 15, they released the third single, titled 'Junky', and later that day, they announced via Twitter the release date for Saturation II.
The album's final single and video 'Sweet' was released on August 22. This was followed the same day by the surprise release of 'Follow', after which Kevin Abstract announced via Twitter that the Saturation Trilogy would be concluded with Saturation III. Saturation II was released on August 25 to further acclaim and attention.
On September 14, Kevin Abstract revealed that the trilogy would be released as a boxset alongside a collection of unreleased demos prior to the year's end.
Members
Current members
Ian 'Kevin Abstract' Simpson – vocals (2012-present)
Ameer Vann – vocals (2012-present)
William Andoh 'Merlyn' Wood – vocals (2015-present)
Dominique 'Dom McLennon' Simpson – vocals, production (2013-present)
Matt Champion – vocals (2015-present)
Russell 'JOBA' Boring – vocals, production, engineering (2015-present)
Ciarán 'bearface.' McDonald – vocals, production (2015-present)
Romil Hemnani – production (2015-present)
Q3 – production
Jabari Manwa (2015-present)
Isaiah 'Kiko Merley' Merriweather (2015-present)
Henock 'HK' Sileshi – creative direction (2015-present)
Ashlan Grey – photography (2015-present)
Robert Ontenient – webmaster, production (2015-present)
Jon Nunes – management (2015-present)
Past members
Michael 'Rodney Tenor' Kirby-McGann – vocals (2015-2016)
Albert Gordon – production (2015-2016)
Franklin Mendez – photography (2015)
Grayson Glynn Carter – stylist (2015)
Anish Ochani – management (2015-2017) - Sorted by ＞ Sorted by album (Time) Sorted by song name (Characters) Sorted by other
- Album name Release Date Song
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SATURATION
1.SKIT 3
2.WASTE
3.GOLD
4.FACE5.Milk
6.Star
7.Heat -
SATURATION III
1.ZIPPER
2.STAINS
3.TEAM
4.RENTAL
5.SISTER / NATION
6.HOTTIE7.ALASKA
8.BLEACH
9.STUPID
10.LIQUID
11.JOHNNY
12.BOOGIE -
SATURATION II
1.QUEER
2.SWAMP
3.JUNKY
4.SWEET
5.SUMMER
6.SUNNY
7.GAMBA8.FIGHT
9.CHICK
10.JESUS
11.TOKYO
12.TEETH
13.JELLO
14.GUMMY -
All-American Trash
1.Breakfast
2.Palace3.Poison -
Miscellaneous
1.Dirt
2.Bet I
3.Cannon4.Hero
5.1999 WILDFIRE
【Correction of errors in the album information】