Powfu
Canadian rapper, songwriter, and record producer (born 1999)
Isaiah Faber (born March 31, 1999), known professionally as Powfu, is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is the son of Dave Faber from the band Faber Drive. He amassed popularity following the release of his first charting single, "Death Bed (Coffee for Your Head)", featuring Beabadoobee, which peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100.
01Life and career
Isaiah Faber was born on March 31, 1999, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. His father is Dave Faber of the band Faber Drive. He learned to play the drums at age two, and as a teenager, he borrowed his father's microphone and began rapping over "super relaxing" beats he found online. In high school, he began recording in his basement and uploading his favorite songs to SoundCloud.
In February 2019, he released the song "Death Bed" on SoundCloud and YouTube, sampling British singer Beabadoobee's debut single "Coffee." It garnered 5 million plays on SoundCloud and 24 million plays on YouTube. He subsequently licensed the Beabadoobee sample and re-released it in February 2020 under the title "Death Bed (Coffee for Your Head)." The single surpassed 1 billion plays on Spotify in June 2021 and gained popularity through the video-sharing app TikTok, peaking at number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100. Powfu subsequently signed with Columbia Records in the US and Robots + Humans in the UK. The song appeared on the EP Poems of the Past, which was released on May 29, 2020.
On December 2, 2022, Powfu released his first full-length album, Surrounded by Hounds and Serpents, which included a cover of Taylor Swift's "Mine". In an interview with Billboard, he stated that this album title describes his search to spot "people who are fake or only want [him] for the wrong reasons".
02Discography
Studio albums
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| Surrounded by Hounds and Serpents |
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| Verses That Never Surfaced (demos) |
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| Gathered by the Lantern |
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| The Fleeting Life of a Fool |
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| Mafia and Mugs Rootbeer |
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Extended plays
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| Some Boring Love Stories |
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| Some Boring Love Stories, Pt. 2 |
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| Letters You Never Received |
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| Some Boring Love Stories, Pt. 4 |
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| Poems of the Past |
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| Drinking Under the Streetlights |
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| Tell Me Your Feelings and I Won't Tell You Mine |
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| Tell Me Your Feelings and I Won't Tell You Mine Pt. 2 |
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| Flooding The Gates (with Ouse & Snøw) |
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| Tell Me Your Feelings, I Won't Tell You Mine, Pt 3 |
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| The Life of a Lofi Boy |
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Singles
As lead artist
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| "Letters in December" (with Rxseboy) |
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| "Dead Eyes" (with Promoting Sounds and Ouse!) |
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| "Hide in Your Blue Eyes" (with Thomas Reid) |
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| "Laying on My Porch While We Watch the World End." (with Rxseboy and Slipfunc) |
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| "Don't Fall Asleep Yet" (with ENRA) |
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| "Death Bed (Coffee for Your Head)" (featuring Beabadoobee) |
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| "Eyes" (with Lilyung & Chrisbeats) |
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| "17again" | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | Some Boring Love Stories Pt. 5 | ||
| "Stay4ever" (featuring Mounika.) |
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| "When the Hospital Was My Home" (with Rxseboy) |
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| "The Way That You See Me" (with Rxseboy and Sarcastic Sounds featuring Ayleen Valentine) |
2021 | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | Drinking Under the Streetlights | |
| "Survivor" (with Known. and Kultargotbounce) |
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| "The Long Way Home" (with Sarcastic Sounds and Sara Kays) |
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| "Mario Kart" (with Travis Barker) |
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| "Losing Sleep" (with Dvbbs) |
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| "I Hate Waking Up" (with Rxseboy, SadBoyProlific, Alek Olsen) |
2022 | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | Surrounded by Hounds and Serpents | |
| "Shade of Blue" (with Rxseboy, Tia Tia, Shalfi) |
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| "Fault in the Stars" (with the Chainsmokers) |
2023 | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | Non-album single | |
| "Beautiful as Ever" (with Forrest Frank and Nextseasons) |
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As featured artist
| Title | Year | Album |
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| "Feel That Again" (Happily Sad featuring Powfu) | 2018 | Non-album singles |
| "Fall in Love"
(Lil Skele featuring Powfu) |
2019 | |
| "When We Were 16"
(Rxseboy featuring Mishaal, Powfu) | ||
| "Eyes Blue Like the Atlantic, Pt. 2" (Sista Prod featuring Alec Benjamin, Rxseboy and Powfu) |
2020 | |
| "Tell Me When You Change" (Jay Sek featuring Powfu) | ||
| "Some Nights"
(Jomie featuring Sarcastic Sounds, Rxseboy, Powfu) |
Evidence I Exist | |
| "How to Live"
(yaeow featuring Powfu and Sarcastic Sounds) |
2021 | Non-album singles |
| "You Left Me Alone With My Nightmares"
(Vaboh featuring Powfu) |
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| "Speed Limit"
(Ollie featuring Powfu) | ||
| "Too Many Problems"
(Ouse featuring Powfu) |
Crying In Camo | |
| "Hold Somebody"
(guccihighwaters featuring Sarcastic Sounds, Powfu) |
Joke's on You | |
| "Contigo"
(BoyWithUke featuring Powfu) |
2022 | Serotonin Dreams |
| "Don't Ever Think Twice"
(Skinny Atlas featuring Powfu) |
2025 | Don't Ever Think Twice |
03Accolades
| Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
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| 2021 | iHeartRadio Music Awards | Best New Rock/Alternative Rock Artist | Won | |
| Juno Awards | Breakthrough Artist of the Year | Nominated |
Sources and credits
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