Kenny John Cree

Kenny Cree in 2022

### Occupation

Singer-Songwriter, Rhythm Guitarist, Producer, Musician, Bassist, Unclean Vocals, Streamer, YouTuber

## Physical description

### Gender

Male

Kenneth "Kenny" John Cree is a British Singer-Songwriter, Producer and Multi-Instrumentalist. He is most known for his single "1989" and his cover of "Wellerman". He was born on the 15th September 2006.

Kenny started making music in 2013 when he was given a tablet for his christmas present in 2012. Since then he went has gone on to make 12 singles, 2 albums and 4 EPs. His debut studio album, ONE, was released on January 8th 2022 and his sophomore album, To Past Me, Goodbye, was released on May 19th 2023 on Unsainted Recordings (A label owned by himself).

He has been involved in several projects, most notably Seabound (not to be confused with the German Electronic Duo from the 2000s) and High Fire Rises (now known as Obsidian) as the lead vocalist and more recently, rhythm guitarist. All would come to a halt while he worked on To Past Me, Goodbye and then would most be cancelled. The only side project he really works on nowadays would be is Electronic / Lo-Fi project entitled ClearBlock, which the first EP, Stray Cat, released December 30th 2022 also on Unsainted Recordings.

In July 2023, he announced work on All Variations Advised, a passion project of his that is supposed to replace the long running acoustic sound of his in favour of an indie pop type sound that best represents him as a person. The album has no concrete release date but he plans to release it nearer to the end of 2023 and start of 2024, but will take as long as the album requires. The first single I Hate You, releases July 28th 2023.

### Early Life and Pre-Music (2006-2012)

Being born on the 15th September 2006, he was born in Derby, UK

A young Kenny showed a massive interest in music growing up, even playing drums in his school's Christmas play, marking the only time he had ever played Live Drums, as he just had to do drum fills the whole time. He even had a performer mindset during that show, as he was feeling unwell and in times on the verge of throwing up, but still continued to do the rest of the show. "Ultimately, it was a show I just had to deal with near the end. Looking back on that, I think I did a good thing just getting on with it", Kenny said looking back on the memory.

He was influenced by British Singer-Songwriter Olly Murs a lot as a child, even going as far as to dress like him and even meeting him in November 2012, a day he holds dear to him.

### 1989 and Early Stages of Music (2013-2017)

On April 8th 2013, Kenny would upload "1989" to YouTube, his first ever single at the age of 6, a move he regretted for a while but later accepted and even cherishes as the reason he got started in music was "because I wanted to top that wretched song", later in the year, he would release his second single "I Heart You", which was a more developed single sounding a bit better but ultimately was still at the same quality as the last song. "The 2013 songs were okay, not my best work but I think given a bit more development, could have been better." he said when he released Tonight in May 2022.

It was until 2017 when a new single would release, the final acapella original single, "Battlefield" named after the game created by EA and DICE. "Another song I don't understand how it got somewhat popular. People at school picked up the song and was like, this is awesome, you should make more. It boosted my ego but like, it weren't genuine. I could see that. But a naïve 10 year old was going to believe what his peers said!" Kenny said about the song in 2021 after releasing The Shanty EP: Side B

### Live Again EP, Life is Hard, Getting Bullied (2018-2019)

In 2018, Kenny premiered the new single from his (now cancelled) upcoming EP "Live Again", this being the title track, and this was where the instrumentals, while lack lustre, still appeared in full force. The song was quickly followed by single "Life is Hard" as this song was supposed to be written about himself, and the things he faced becoming a musician.

"I was a target of bullying, I won't hide it. The past is the past, things don't really haunt me often. But the torment I faced there, it's still hidden deep in the lyrics I write now. I don't know why they enjoyed it, but they did. I felt alone in it all. We had told my school but like, nothing had happened. Which is ironic because a year prior I was accused of bullying one of my now friends. I don't know why they didn't help me but, it's fucking terrible. Now I use the bullying and negative energy to fuel me. Wait till I do live shows, the energy will be unreal." Kenny said on the N3 Music Podcast. This was a key to cancelling the EP and taking a moment out of music and relearning what he was doing. Playing a pivotal role in the creation of the later music he created.

He announced that he would release his first studio album (which would be cancelled and made into ONE) in mid 2019.

### What seemed like the end, Return to Music and Christmas EP (2019-2021)

In 2019, Kenny had stopped uploading music videos to his YouTube channel. In defiance of what he had previously announced, he needed a break. Which he took with pride. With the stress from being bullied and now making an album created a void in his mind that needed filling by something that wasn't making music. He would end up getting into Metalcore and Metal, his music taste evolved from just Pop Music to now regularly listening to Slipknot and I Prevail.

2020 came and the announcement that people wasn't expecting came, he had started a hard rock band, called Flashback, which later would be known as Obsidian, which seemed like it was gonna be able to get a new single out by mid 2020, but COVID-19 hit and the pandemic forced the UK into lockdown which stunted the progress with the single. As of 2022, the band haven't got out a single other than Kenny's cover of Master of Puppets by Metallica.

In December 2020, he released his first EP, The Christmas EP, with songs that he really liked being apart of it. He announced that a new version of the EP or new Christmas single would be released in 2022!

### The Shanty EP and ONE (2021-2022)

On April 2nd 2021, the unthinkable released, Kenny Cree's Spotify Debut EP, The Shanty EP: Side A, released to success, becoming a massive reason for him to create new music, he showed his interest in making The Shanty EP: Side B, later released just over a week later, which would cultivate into making Sea O' Madness, his debut cover album.

Also in April, he debuted as his alter ego N3RV0U5 releasing I AM N3RV0U5, his first instrumental LP.

He released "Why Do I Stay" in July 2021, and later released the first Remix of a song he made, "Why Do I Stay (Smoth Remix)" created by his friends Smoth.

After the announcement of his first album "ONE" would release in early 2022, he released his first double single from the album "broken/eyes closed", the songs were based on his time in 2019 with all that happened and him having to lie about being okay, which he speaks of in "broken" and someone he loved at the time which is the topic of "eyes closed".

ONE was released on January 8th 2022.

He formed a band called Rough Edges with his friend and guitarist Leo, after the planning for album 2 by Kenny brought his old project Unsainted, back into light and he wanted to finally make a single in a band so, he formed it with him on vocals, Leo on guitar, now with bassist Ashton. Soon after forming, Kenny would announce the departure of Ashton though due to creative differences. The band would reform again but ultimately, this would end up being halted while the other members worked on their own solo and other bands projects.

### Reanimated and future projects (2022 - Present)

Kenny announced his trio of 3 track EPs "Reanimated", with the first to be released November 4th 2022. The first single "Walk Away [2022]" released on October 5th 2022. And in support of this collection, has shown increased interest in touring in support of the EP, going as far as to say this "I don't know when I will tour, but here is what I know, I will either be alone or with my band. If I am alone, it'll be a show like Mike Shinoda's solo stuff, but if I am with a band, well production is going to blow your minds".

Kenny announced he started work on his second album in Dec 2022, which the first single "me and you", released on March 10th 2023. Soon after, it was announced that his second album would be titled To Past Me, Goodbye, and it would be releasing in May 2023. The second single "There's Nothing Left To Say" released on April 14th 2023 and the third and fourth singles "good enough / broken pieces" releases May 9th 2023. To Past Me, Goodbye would release May 19th 2023.

Soon after in July 2023, Kenny announced his 3rd studio album and passion project All Variations Advised is in the stage of production and writing and has no confirmed release date, although the first single I Hate You, is releasing July 28th 2023.

## Discography

### Albums

Sea O' Madness (2021)

ONE (2022)

To Past Me, Goodbye (2023)

### EPs

The Christmas EP (2020)

The Shanty EP: Side A/B (2021)

Untitled (2021)

What's Going On (as iMakeMusic) (2022)

Reanimated [Part 1] (2022)

Reanimated [Part 2] (TBA)