With his dreamy mix of guitar-laced pop and lo-fi hip-hop, singer-songwriter keshi has cultivated a massive streaming audience. • Keshi began playing guitar when he was 13. The first songs he wrote were heavily influenced by Ed Sheeran and John Mayer. • He began uploading songs to SoundCloud while in college, using the stage name keshi—a childhood nickname—in order to remain anonymous. • After racking up millions of streams with songs like 2017’s “over u” and “if you’re not the one for me who is”, keshi signed with Island Records in 2019. • The title track of keshi’s 2019 EP skeletons details the anxiety he felt working full-time as a registered nurse while harbouring dreams of making music. He eventually quit his job. • Keshi documented his many life changes with the 2020 EP bandaids.