Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter/multi-
LISTEN TO “SABOTAGE” BY JAWNY HERE
“Built on a brilliant collision of bright beats and snarling riffs, “Sabotage” finds JAWNY looking back on a bad breakup with no regrets… With his signature self-aware humor, the 24-year-old artist boldly celebrates romantic destruction at the song’s shout-along chorus (“I sabotage my love/Just because”),” a press release reads.
“‘Sabotage’ is probably my most honest song on the entire project,” says the Bay Area native, “I was feeling really defeated in the room that day, and I feel like the song kinda embodies that.”
JAWNY’s 2019 viral hit “Honeypie,” hailed as a “slacker-funk gem” by DIY Mag, has seen a major resurgence this summer. Its accompanying music video surpassed 10.5 million views on YouTube and the track has now amassed over 53 million streams on Spotify, while JAWNY’s monthly-listener count has reached over 3 million.
Born Jacob Sullenger, JAWNY grew up outside Oakland and started playing guitar when he was just six-years-old. At age 13, he began making beats with his brother, eventually landing placements with several rappers in the SoundCloud scene of the late-aughts. By 2017 he’d gained a cult-like following thanks in part to a series of viral videos posted on Twitter, and drew further buzz in 2018 with a self-titled debut EP made under the name Johnny Utah. In 2019, he broadened his fanbase with widely praised singles like “Honeypie” and “4Tounce.” As labels came calling, JAWNY landed a deal with Interscope Records by the end of the year. With a process he describes as “very scatterbrained and manic and all-over-the-place” — and a happily warped musicality equally inspired by Tyler, the Creator and STRFKR — the L.A.-based artist is set to release his debut project for Interscope in late 2020.
