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Growing up an avid gamer, frequently playing Skyrim and engaging with online gaming communities on Youtube opened Winther up to Soundcloud’s underground music community, where he soon started uploading his own music recorded only using his phone in 2018 at age 15.
 
At the same time as Winther, who is of Samoan and Māori descent, he was undergoing his high school exams, in 2019 he self-released his debut single ‘af1’ after submitting the song to a Youtube lyric video distribution channel called dolo - which exploded with 10-20k views within the first hour. TikTok then caught onto the track, spiralling it into a viral overnight success the following year while he continued to roll out a steady output of new singles such as ‘e girl’, ‘guap’ and collaborations with the likes of Letoa, 1nonly and $avage Gasp among many others.
 
Winther embarked on his first overseas trip to the United States in 2022, where he signed to US label, Listen To The Kids. Since the signing he has released collaborations with artists such as SXMPRA, Jasiah, Yung Gravy and Rico Nasty.
 
Nominated for:
NZ MUSIC COMMISSION BEST PACIFIC MALE ARTIST
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