Over the past few years, Randy Finell—the enigmatic 21-year-old Ohioan releasing music as Brakence—has avoided interviews and other press appearances while racking up tens of millions of streams. He ...

Around three years ago, a teen pop artist from Ohio named brakence started to experience a relentless, nagging headache that lasted for months. This chronic pain, and brakence's broader understandings ...

Enigmatic 18-year-old producer Brakence has released “rosier,” the follow-up to his 2019 EP bhavana. A quiet, pensive track, “rosier” is the ascendant bedroom producer’s first offering of 2020. 2019 ...

Brakence is taking a stand amid the ongoing conflict between Hamas and Israel. On Wednesday (Oct. 18), the hyperpop musician announced on social media that he will be helping Palestinians affected by ...

Brakence is a singer-songwriter perpetually interrupted by his music. On the Ohio artist’s Punk2, out since March, he writes forlorn, confessional guitar songs that would communicate his discontent ...

The innovative and dynamic Columbus producer Brakence releases debut record punk2, with Gen Z anthem "fuckboy" a standout. There’s not much on the internet to know about Brakence. A stream of ...

The FADER’s “Songs You Need” are the tracks we can’t stop playing. Check back every day for new music and follow along on our Spotify playlist. Restlessness, angst, and an insatiable curiosity for ...

The musician plans to start the donations ahead of his tour "due to the time sensitive nature of this conflict." By Starr Bowenbank Brakence is taking a stand amid the ongoing conflict between Hamas ...