Two Feet is a relatively new name in the global music industry. The young man writes and performs electronic music with elements of soul and jazz.
He widely announced himself to the whole world back in 2017, after the release of his first official single I Feel I'm a Drowning.
Childhood of William Dess
Little is known about this - the singer himself carefully concealed information about his family. He was born on June 20, 1993. His family lived in Manhattan. From early childhood, the boy became interested in music immediately after he saw the opera The Nutcracker.
The singer himself admitted that even as a child he was able to understand all its musical subtlety and feel the main advantages. After that, the boy began to actively study music.
While still at school, William Dess (real name of the musician) composed compositions for their subsequent performance by the school orchestra.
Find yourself in music
He then entered the local art school and began studying jazz and blues. The boy was well given these directions, as he perfectly felt the rhythm and melody.
At first, Bill did not recognize the rapidly increasing popularity of new directions - electronic music, trap. These genres began to "rattle" with renewed vigor, but the boy was sure that the future was in the melody.
However, after a while he himself fell in love with new musical trends and began to try to write electronic music. But the singer did not refuse melody. I just started to combine it with progressive technologies.
At the same time, Bill dropped out of art school. He preferred practice to study and began to participate in performances with various groups that "warmed up" the audience before the concerts of local stars.
So the boy continued to absorb the atmosphere and spirit of the music that was listened to in the city.
In his free time, Bill recorded his songs at home. He posted one of these songs online. A typical example of how you can achieve popularity with the help of Twitter, at least in your own country.
The song Go Fuck Yourself has gone viral on social media in a matter of weeks. Some underground radio stations have repeatedly put it on their airs.
It can be said with full confidence that this unofficial single of the artist was the impetus for his further success.
World recognition Two Feet
After some time, the Go Fuck Yourself single hit the Billboard 200 chart. This meant that the musician began to gradually become known not only in the USA, but also in many other countries of the world.
The young man realized that it was time to release the second single. They became the song I Feel Like I'm Drowning, which still remains one of the most popular in the musician's discography.
The song not only took a leading position in various charts and gained a significant number of views on the Internet, but also attracted the attention of major labels to the artist. Soon he signed a contract with the Republic Records label, with whose representatives "Bill" soon found a common language.
Singer's first album
The pseudonym Two Feet was finally assigned to the singer. It's time for the release of the first record. However, the musician and the production team felt that it would be better to quickly record and release an EP than spend a significant amount of time recording a full-length record and waste precious time.
This is how First Steps was released. The songs hit the electronic music charts. And not only got there, but also took a leading position. Six months later (in the middle of 2017) a new EP Momentum was released.
The tracks Twisted, Your Mother Was Cheaper were also very popular, and the video clip Love Is a Bitch gained a significant number of views and became popular not only among American but also among European listeners.
From that moment on, the basis of the musician's style was electronic music, but with the melodiousness inherent in the singer. Here you can see the influence of soul, jazz and modern pop music. This, perhaps, is the secret of the popularity of the young singer.
Keeping the identity and style of melodic "soulful" music, he brought modern elements of style to it, which made it possible to reach a wider audience.
Health Problems Two Feet
Only in 2018 did the full-length LP-album A 20 Something Fuck come out. The release was distributed by Republic Records. The album showed good sales, mostly positive reviews from critics.
The musician's career was rapidly developing when a suicide note unexpectedly appeared on his Twitter. In the post, Two Feet said goodbye to fans and talked about how he was going to commit suicide.
Subsequently, the post was deleted, and a month later, in a new post, Bill apologized to the listeners and announced that he had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
It turned out that on the day of the publication of the first post, he deliberately took a significant dose of drugs and drank half a bottle of whiskey, after which he cut his veins.
Whether there were any good reasons for this is unknown. Since 2018, the musician has not released singles. At the moment he is busy recovering his health and soon plans to start creating new songs.
