On August 17, 2015, Børns' debut studio album, Dopamine, featuring "Electric Love" and its cover art were revealed, while the release date for Dopamine was confirmed as October 16, 2015. On May 6, 2015, Børns' Vevo channel on YouTube released a music video accompanying his new single " Electric Love", placing as his most viewed song to date with well over 100 million views. At many concerts, Børns also performs songs entitled "Broke" and "Let You Down", which were never released on an album nor deemed as singles. He also appeared at Life Is Beautiful festival and the Austin City Limits Music Festival in October. In July and August, Børns accompanied Charli XCX and Bleachers on their "Charli and Jack Do America Tour" and performed at Lollapalooza on July 31, 2015. On June 24, 2015, he played a headlining show at the Electrowerkz in London. He toured in support of MisterWives on MisterWives' "Our Own House Tour". He made several television appearances and performed "10,000 Emerald Pools" on a number of talk shows, including Conan and Le Before du Grand Journal in France on March 5, 2015. On November 10, 2014, Børns released his debut single, "10,000 Emerald Pools", on Interscope Records and also his debut EP, Candy. 2015-2020: Dopamine, touring, Blue Madonna and hiatus Within weeks of relocating, Børns co-wrote his single "10,000 Emerald Pools" with producer Jack Kennedy. In 2013, Børns took a vacation from New York City, where he was living, to Los Angeles. ![]() The album was recorded in the private studio of Bill Chrysler.īørns, managed by filmmaker Jeff Joanisse, was later signed to REZidual Records under the name Garrett Borns and took part in a TEDx event, performing a variety of music on his ukulele and showcasing his films from Paris. Børns and his fellow band members collaborated on the early EP A Dream Between., featuring several of Børns' earliest tracks, one of which was his single "Mitten". In 2012, Børns performed with a guitarist and a drummer in The Garrett Borns Trio. The group performed at the Waterfront Film Festival in 2010. Career 2012–14: A Dream Between and Candy EPs ĭuring his time in high school, Børns briefly performed in a cover band known as "Brown Chicken Brown Trout". He attended Grand Haven High School and went on to both take classes in classical piano at Grand Rapids Community College and study jazz at Muskegon Community College. At the age of 14, he studied at Michigan's Interlochen Center for the Arts' summer program.īørns has also associated with filmmaking during his adolescence. At the age of 13, a seventh-grade student at White Pines Middle School, he received a Gold Key Award in the National Scholastic Art Awards along with an $8,000 college scholarship to the Kendall College of Art and Design (a part of Ferris State University) in Grand Rapids for his drawings and visual art. To further promote the LP, he headlined the MoneyMan Tour (2017–18) and supported Del Rey on her LA to the Moon Tour.īorns was born in Michigan and raised in Grand Haven, Michigan.Īt the age of 10, he was a professional magician going by the name of "Garrett the Great", both performing at parties and getting paid for it. The record spawned several singles, including " God Save Our Young Blood" with Lana Del Rey, which charted on the US rock chart. His second album, Blue Madonna, was released on January 12, 2018. Børns then embarked on tours with artists including Charli XCX, Bleachers, and Halsey, as a supporting act, along with a set at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in 2016. ![]() The album was a commercial success, peaking at number 24 in the US and generating numerous singles include the platinum-certified, " Electric Love". The Dopamine tour followed, preceding his debut studio album Dopamine in 2015. The EP peaked at number two on the Billboard Heatseekers chart. His first major label release was the Candy EP (2014), through Geffen and Interscope. ![]() In 2012, he released his debut album, A Dream Between, through REZidual Records. Garrett Clark Borns (born January 7, 1992), better known by his stage name Børns (stylized as BØRNS), is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist.īorn and raised in Grand Haven, Michigan, Børns began performing in his youth.
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