# Pierce Fulton

Pierce Collins Fulton (June 6, 1992 – April 29, 2021) was an American DJ, musician, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. In 2014, Fulton's single "Runaway" topped the Billboard Emerging Artists chart. Later that year, his song "Kuaga (Lost Time)" was listed at number 38 on Billboard's Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart and used in a Smirnoff ad campaign.

## Career

In 2011, Fulton released his debut EP on Cr2 Records. In 2012, Fulton toured with Wolfgang Gartner. Fulton released the Runaway EP in March 2014, the single from the album, "Runaway" reached the top spot on Billboard's Twitter Emerging Artists chart. Fulton's follow-up single, "Kuaga (Lost Time)" experienced similar success and reached 38 on the Billboard Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart.
In 2015, Fulton began releasing music on Armin Van Buuren's label Armada Music. That same year, Fulton launched a side-project called "Shirts & Skins" with actor and DJ Ansel Elgort. In July 2016, Fulton released the four song EP, Borrowed Lives.
On June 30, 2017, he released his debut album, "Better Places" following the release of singles "Life in Letters", "Home in August", "Better Places", and "Listen To Your Mama".
In January 2020, Fulton and Gordon Huntley of Canadian duo Botnek introduced their Leaving Laurel alias. They released their first EP, titled Sometimes It's Scary...but It's Still You and Me / Need Little, Want Less, through Anjunadeep on January 10, 2020.

## Death

On May 3, 2021, Pierce's brother Griffith Fulton announced that he had died on the evening of April 29, at age 28, following struggles with mental health. Reports say that Fulton committed suicide.

## Discography
### Studio albums

| Title | Details |
| Introducing Pierce Fulton | Released: December 14, 2014 Label: Cr2 Records |
| Better Places | Released: June 30, 2017 Label: Potential Fun |
| Keeping the Little Things | Released: August 14, 2020 Label: Self-released |

### Extended plays

| Title | Details |
| Borrowed Lives | Released: July 22, 2016 Label: Seeking Blue Records |
| Hoarder's Paradise | Released: June 14, 2019 Label: Potential Fun |
| Back to the Nest (with Aspetuck) | Released: April 3, 2020 Label: Potential Fun |
| Free Fall | Released: August 7, 2020 Label: Potential Fun |

### Charted singles

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | US Dance Airplay | US Dance/Electronic | Album |
| "Kuaga" | 2014 | 38 | — | Introducing Pierce Fulton |
| "Waiting for Tomorrow" (with Martin Garrix and Mike Shinoda) | 2018 | — | 26 | Bylaw |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. |||||

### As lead artist

List of singles, showing year released and album name :
| Title | Year | Album |
| "Down" | 2010 | Non-album singles |
| "Lucid Dream / Procella" | 2011 | Non-album singles |
| "Who Wants Spaghetti?" | 2012 | Introducing Pierce Fulton |
| "Sink or Swim / Mr Mime" | 2012 | Introducing Pierce Fulton |
| "Wanna Be" (with Maor Levi) | 2013 | Introducing Pierce Fulton |
| "Where We Were" (featuring Polina) | 2013 | Introducing Pierce Fulton |
| "10/6 (That Should Do It) / West Egg" | 2013 | Non-album single |
| "Runaway" | 2014 | Introducing Pierce Fulton |
| "As You Were" | 2014 | Introducing Pierce Fulton |
| "Kuaga / Noon Gun" | 2014 | Introducing Pierce Fulton |
| "In Reality" | 2015 | Non-album singles |
| "Kuaga (Lost Time)" | 2015 | Non-album singles |
| "Landmines" (featuring J-Hart) | 2015 | Non-album singles |
| "Boy and the Beast" (with Puppet) | 2015 | Soft Spoken EP |
| "No More" | 2015 | Non-album singles |
| "False Proof" | 2016 | Non-album singles |
| "Losing You" | 2016 | We Are NoFace |
| "Make Me Blue" | 2016 | Borrowed Lives |
| "Borrowed Lives" (featuring Nvdes) | 2016 | Borrowed Lives |
| "Life in Letters" | 2017 | Better Places |
| "Home in August" | 2017 | Better Places |
| "Better Places" (featuring Nvdes) | 2017 | Better Places |
| "Listen to Your Mama" | 2017 | Better Places |
| "Overthinking Rain" (with Noosa) | 2019 | Non-album singles |
| "What Is Gonna Make You Happy?" (with Noosa) | 2019 | Non-album singles |
| "I Know (March 2015)" | 2019 | Hoarder's Paradise |
| "Old Times" | 2019 | Hoarder's Paradise |
| "Esplanade" | 2020 | Keeping the Little Things |
| "Friday Island" | 2020 | Keeping the Little Things |

### Remixes

| Original artist | Title | Date | Label |
| Pierce Fulton | "I Know" (Pierce Fulton and Blue Mora Remix) | October 4, 2019 | Potential Fun |
| Bo Diddley | "Can't Judge" | November 9, 2017 | Self-released |
| Echos | "All I Want" | March 1, 2016 | Echos |
| Pierce Fulton | "No More" | January 22, 2016 | Armada Music B.V |
| Life of Dillon | "Overload" | October 23, 2015 | Life of Dillon |
| Eden | "Nocturne" | October 12, 2015 | Seeking Blue Records |
| Goldhouse | "FeelGood" | December 4, 2014 | Goldhouse |
| Cash Cash | "Surrender" | November 24, 2014 | Big Beat Records |
| Above & Beyond featuring Alex Vargas | "Sticky Fingers" | July 18, 2014 | Anjunabeats |
| Tritonal featuring Phoebe Ryan | "Now or Never" | November 18, 2013 | Enhanced |
| Dada Life | "Boing Clash Boom" | June 3, 2013 | So Much Dada |
| Steve Aoki featuring Polina | "Come With Me" | February 19, 2013 | Ultra Music |
| Usher | "Scream" | August 21, 2012 | RCA Records |
| Felix Cartal | "Domo" | February 21, 2012 | Dim Mak Records |
| Rob & Jak featuring Emil | "All My Love" | December 29, 2011 | WeRecommendRecords |
| Chuckie | "What Happens in Vegas" | December 12, 2011 | Cr2 Records |
| Mync, Ron Carroll and Dan Castro | "Don't be Afraid" | August 28, 2011 | Cr2 Records |
| Fabian Gray featuring Emanuele | "When U Fall" | July 29, 2011 | Neon Records |

### Music videos

List of music videos as lead artist, showing year released and directors :
| Title | Year | Director(s) |
| "Kuaga (Live Version)" | 2015 | Arthur Valverde |
| "Borrowed Lives" (featuring Nvdes) | 2016 | Rob Wadleigh |