South Florida-bred POORSTACY has released his latest single and music video “Choose Life,” a collaboration with Blink 182’s Travis Barker, via 10K Projects. The prolific artist’s newest single “Choose Life” follows up his debut album, The Breakfast Club, less than four months after its release. Inspired by the famous monologue from the UK film Trainspotting, POORSTACY’s “Choose Life” takes “the monologue and puts it in [his] own voice and [his] own words as a way to tell people to not give up and to choose life instead.”
Growing up on a diet of punk, metal, and hip hop, rising artist POORSTACY is a sum of disparate influences. The 21-year-old singer, rapper and guitarist spent his formative years performing shows in small venues around his hometown of Palm Beach, Florida: “There’s a real metal scene out here. Lots of punk rock, gothic stuff. I’ve chosen to actually make music based on what I grew up around.” Combining the power chords and angst of punk with the 808s and half-sung melodies of modern hip hop, POORSTACY quickly gained the attention of record label 10K Projects, who signed the young artist in early 2019. With lyrics often focused on themes of isolation and anxiety, POORSTACY’s work feels both intimate and universal, and has led to collaborations with multi-Platinum selling producer Nick Mira (Juice WRLD, Post Malone) and, most recently, Blink-182’s Travis Barker.
Listen to “Choose Life” here.
Watch the music video for “Choose Life” here.
