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my new album The Elephant & The Rider is dropping one song at a time

Joined January 2011
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Come Back To Me is gettin a music video. Rare for me to do full on music videos anymore but the song calls for it. Very amped about it. Excited for yall to get a glimpse into the visual language of this album.
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One of the things I’m most proud of is letting my music reflect who I’m becoming even tho I already know how to make music as the person my audience first met. I think a lot of artists get stuck in the trap of constantly writing about the same shit they were writing about when the world first heard them. It’s definitely the safer play but for me it’s just not as fun to return to a subject over and over with nothing new to say about it just cuz you think it’ll sell or cuz you feel obligated to stay who your audience first met out of fear they won’t connect with who you are now. And maybe they won’t. But I mean shit, do you fw you tho lol like do you fw just being shackled to a perception of yourself? Imo that’s just super crippling and a confidence killer...very slippery slope lol challenging yourself to make GREAT music from the various stages of your life is hella fun and very freeing and the reward outside of fulfillment is longevity. Random thoughts but yea 🥂
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7,000,000 streams in less than a month Biggest song I’ve dropped in a couple years Thanks to everyone who’s listening fr
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Come Back To Me is the number 3 most added song at radio in the country Let’s get it
📻 Most added songs on US Rhythmic Radio this week: #1 Bow Bow Bow #ZeddyWill (45) #2 No Curfew @BLAQTUXEDO (34) #3 Come Back To Me @russdiemon (19) #4 Comfort @mreazi ft. @moliymusic (14) #5 High Noon @ShaboozeysJeans ft. #Gunna (10)
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get a grip
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“full time content creator” when broken down is simply “full time marketing” is it a prerequisite for being a musician? no is full time marketing yourself a prerequisite to getting your music seen/heard? yea lol big deal marketing has always been a prerequisite for that. you can just do it from your iPhone now in your bedroom (easier)
the music industry has convinced independent artists that being a full-time content creator is a prerequisite to being a musician. that’s actually insane when you think about it.
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what power does this supposed gatekeeping actually have if I’ve built a lasting career without (according to you) its approval or “entry”
this holier than thou attitude is y the culture has denied russ entry for so long
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playin a song for fans that came out a week ago and hearin them already know it >
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The music biz discourse on here is so exhausting. It’s either people with no experience yapping or people with experience who are just dumb as rocks and lack any sort of critical thinking skills.
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🎯 idk how people still don’t get this
Gone are the days where "everyone knows" a popular recording artist or hit TV show or rising film star or best-selling book. This isn't because music, TV, film, and novels suddenly turned to shit. It's because the modern version of our internet killed monoculture. The end.
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charting top 100 in the country on Shazam. means a lotta people tryna figure out wtf song is playin. love that. preciate yall
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Come back to me by @russdiemon
what song are you listening to rn?
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number 5 on iTunes haven’t had a top 5 on iTunes in years. this was just a song I made a couple weeks ago that I felt inclined to share. preciate everyone listening and buying. love yall
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