Data updated on 2025-06-14 21:54:35 UTC
“VANES’ emotional vulnerability is super refreshing to see. This is only the beginning for the young artist, and we can’t wait to see what he dreams up next.” - Wonderland Magazine.
Wolverhampton, UK-based rising indie rapper/ poet VANES (he/him/sensitiveboi), a.k.a being vanes defines himself as 'an unashamed embodiment of tenderness'. The Chinese mandarin speaking British-Caribbean artist was raised by a family of working-class creatives and previously mentored by the late radical visionary Judith Malina, co-founder of The Living Theatre, NYC.
In 2022, he began collaborating with London-based Lithuanian producer Mindaugas Juozapavicius (Benny Atlas, Ivan Michael Blackstock) and LA-based mixing engineer Clinton "HeadAche" Walker III (Higher Brothers, Tiana Major9). With inspirations ranging from Blondie to Dominic Fike, their international team-up produced VANES’ debut EP: pixie dust, a soft punk, guitar-heavy hip-hop vibe that explores narratives of so-called ‘co-dependency’.
go your own way served as the final release from VANES' debut EP pixie dust - out now on all major streaming platforms.
Wolverhampton, UK-based rising indie rapper/ poet VANES (he/him/sensitiveboi), a.k.a being vanes defines himself as 'an unashamed embodiment of tenderness'. The Chinese mandarin speaking British-Caribbean artist was raised by a family of working-class creatives and previously mentored by the late radical visionary Judith Malina, co-founder of The Living Theatre, NYC.
In 2022, he began collaborating with London-based Lithuanian producer Mindaugas Juozapavicius (Benny Atlas, Ivan Michael Blackstock) and LA-based mixing engineer Clinton "HeadAche" Walker III (Higher Brothers, Tiana Major9). With inspirations ranging from Blondie to Dominic Fike, their international team-up produced VANES’ debut EP: pixie dust, a soft punk, guitar-heavy hip-hop vibe that explores narratives of so-called ‘co-dependency’.
go your own way served as the final release from VANES' debut EP pixie dust - out now on all major streaming platforms.
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