Custie Releases Genre Hopping New Single

Custie accredits his knack for musical exploration to influences such as Frank Ocean, Prince, King Krule, The Beach Boys and D’Angelo. Custie has spent the past 3 and a half years developing his musicality and songwriting, as well as putting out short albums and performing.

As an artist at heart who has explored creative mediums his entire life, Custie finally decided he would try his hand at music at 13 years of age. In the beginning, he uploaded ambient instrumental music to his YouTube channel “Ci3 Music”, amassing over 21,000 views. He went by this moniker for three years, eventually releasing various short projects with his own vocals, including “MISSION 3”. More recently as Custie, he has released the single “Jamie Ashland” and done headline and co-headlining shows locally. In 2021, he won the Forest City London Music Awards’ Youth Award for winning the High School Battle of the Bands competition. At 19 years old, Custie continues to develop his songwriting, production, live shows and continues to try and push his boundaries musically, as well as expanding his name locally.

“Little Island” builds on his brand of pop that offers an intriguing mix of digital production and live instrumentation. The summery new single explores the idea of seeing your life predetermined by a heritage that can never quite be erased, no matter how different your life might be from that of those who came before you. The joy, pain, and everything triumphant and troubled about that heritage lives inside of you. The seams of it are always sewed back. What’s left is an island–a strand–of living and breathing things.