James Lares

### Genres

Dark pop • alternative • experimental • hyperpop • electropop • trap hip-hop • bedroom pop

## Official accounts

### YouTube

@JamesLares1

**James Giovanni Lares**, popularly known as **James Lares** as his stage name, is an independent American singer-songwriter. and producer. He began his musical journey by releasing his debut single titled "BURN," marking the first step in his music career. This was followed by the release of "GHOST GIRL" as another single being his first release to be featured. After a year, he launched his debut extended play (EP), *INSIDE MY HOUSE*.

## Career

### ***2020-Early 2022: Sick Child***

*Sick Child* was anticipated to be Lares' debut album, blending his self-composed beats and original songs. Initially scheduled for release between 2021-2022, the project was eventually scrapped. He introduced his first instrumental track, "Ice-Heart," followed by a series of fun beats he posts online. The album was meant to reflect his past struggles and the impact of a challenging childhood. Notably, he also released tracks featuring his own lyrics, including "Stargazing" and "LMK." Some of the album's productions that saw release include "Copcat" and the demo of "Sick Child''. The final version of "Sick Child" is the lead single of the album.

### ***Late 2022-Early October 2023: INSIDE MY HOUSE***

*INSIDE MY HOUSE* stands as Lares' debut extended play (EP), marking its release on July 15th, 2023, via digital download. Preceding its launch, a snippet of the single, "BURN" was shared across Lares' social media platforms from August 1st to 3rd, 2022, building anticipation. Further captivating his audience, on July 11th, 2023, Lares unveiled teasers for "THUNDER," "IN THE NUDE," and "KEEP YOU CLOSE" on his YouTube channel. These tracks, as per Lares, were initially deemed outtakes from his forthcoming project, though he considered them too exceptional to remain in his discard pile. With a strong personal connection to each song, the EP comprises a total of four tracks.

### ***October-December 2023: The River - EP***

After unveiling the "THUNDER" lyric video on October 2nd, 2023, Lares signaled the end of the *INSIDE MY HOUSE* era and hinted at a forthcoming EP throughout October via various platforms. On October 26th, 2023, Lares shared snippets of three songs – "Fucked Again," "Before," and "Dry from the Water" – on Instagram, later removing them in November. On November 12th, 2023, he exclusively released the probable lead song, "The River," on YouTube and SoundCloud. Facing financial challenges, Lares expressed the struggle to release the EP due to low stream counts, ultimately canceling the EP release on December 23rd, 2023, and shifting focus to his 1st studio album, where some discarded EP tracks may still find a place.

## Personal life

From an early age, he possessed a remarkable creative mindset, finding joy in singing, dancing, painting, drawing, and crafting beats using everyday items like bottles, cans, and sticks. Raised in a Latin Christian household where music was restricted, this clashed with his deep love for music, an integral part of his identity. Unhappy with his parents' choice, he took matters into his own hands, composing songs for trees, dogs, flowers, and anything he held affection for. At the age of 10, he began to clandestinely explore music, fueling his passion even more. Written by Lares, quote:

Lares believes he doesn't make music to come out on top over people or to prove anything. He feels that the only reasons he does what he does are for artistic and soulful expression. In addition, he has been doing what he does for a long time and finds great satisfaction in it, and he has no intention of stopping. Lares expressed this on his Facebook story sometime in 2023, he said:

### Influences

In shaping his musical style, Lares finds profound influence from acclaimed figures such as Sub Urban, Melanie Martinez, and Playboi Carti. An important aspect of Lares' journey involves his close friendship with Curtis Waters, during which he played a pivotal role in nurturing Lares' self-assurance in the realm of music creation and expression. This contributed significantly to both his growth and artistic development.

Lares once drew inspiration from Melanie Martinez's unreleased song, "Schizo", to create a song of his own. Unfortunately, this song remains unknown; lacking any available audio references. The alleged song was only mentioned once on Lares' Twitter, and was never talked about again.

## Songs

*See also: List of released songs* & *List of unreleased songs*

This section is the list of songs and beats associated with Lares that has been released/surfaced. The dates are based either the date they were first announced, released, or surfaced. Lares currently have a total of 44 songs that is publicly known.

### Key

* **Bold** typing indicates that the song is confirmed to be a real song.
* *Italic* typing indicates that the song has evidence that the song may be real.
* ~~Stikethrough~~ typing indicates that the song has little evidence to prove that the song may be real.

**2020**

* "**Ice-Heart**" (-May 9th)
* "**Sick Child**" (-May 10th)
* "**Copcat**" (-May 12th)
* "*Left Out*" (-November 5th)

**2021**

* "**LMK**" (-January 1st)
* "*Parallel Universe*" (-February 20th)
* "~~Sleep Pie~~" (-March 3rd)
* "*Dead End*" (-April 19th)
* "~~Cute Song~~" (April 23rd)
* "~~Schizo~~" (May 1st)
* "~~Crazy song Idea~~" (June 13th)
* "*Drifting through Space*" (June 13th)
* "*Problems*" (-June 15th)
* "~~DON'T BLINK!~~" (-June 19th)
* "*Sociopath Lie*" (-June 25th)
* "**Stupidest song Ever**" (July 4th)
* "~~Fight against Myself~~" (-August 7th)
* "~~Sick~~" (-August 7th)
* "~~5-minute emotional indie rock Song~~" (September 17th)
* "*Exhausted*" (-October 13th)
* "~~Desnude mi Alma~~" (-October 24th)
* "**AK-47**" (-November 19th)
* "~~Someone~~" (-December 2nd)

**2022**

* "**BURN**" (-February 8th)
* "**Stargazing**" (February 20th)
* "*Take it 4 Granted*" (-February 25th)
* "**GHOST GIRL**" (March 7th)
* "**aerial mind**" (March 17th)
* "*Ignorance*" (-March 21st)
* "~~Vulnerable~~" (-April 6th)
* "*Open my Heart*" (-April 7th)
* "*Soul out of my Chest*" (-April 18th)
* "**Cemetery**" (-June 9th)
* "**GO BACK**" (-August 21st)
* "**fantazise**" (September 12th)
* "**The End**" (-September 18th)
* "**Unimportant**" (-September 18th)
* "~~Stay by my Side~~" (-October 23rd)
* "~~Roots~~" (-October 24th)
* "**Keeping Me Afraid**" (-October 28th)
* "~~How bad it makes me Feel~~" (October 30th)
* "*Soooooooooo High*" (-November 8th)
* "**Petrified Affection**" (-November 10th)
* "~~Kill for You~~" (-November 15th)
* "~~Miss Me~~" (-December 31st)

**2023**

* "**IN THE NUDE**" (-March 6th)
* "**THUNDER**" (-June)
* "**MONSTER (English version)**" (-June 18th)
* "**MONSTER (Spanish version)**" (-June 18th)
* "**KEEP YOU CLOSE**" (-July 15th)
* "*Pot*" (-September 17th)
* "**Extra Blue**" (-September 24th)
* "**Fucked Again**" (-September 24th)
* "**Before**" (-October 26th )
* "**Dry from the Water**" (-October 26th )
* "**The River**" (-November 12th)
* "*Thread*" (-November 12th)
* "**Vision**" (-November 12th)
* "~~Cast the first Stone~~" (-November 17th)
* "~~Lyrics on a Paper~~" (-November 17th)
* "**VENENO**" (-December 20th)
* "**Darida**" (-December 29th)

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## Trivia

* All of his released songs are always titled capitalized.
* Lares was born in San Antonio, Texas.
* Lares is currently 16 years old.
* He produce his own music then hand it to his friends with the help of them.
	+ He also mix his own music.
* When Lares was 10-years-old, his mother would buy him a lavender/rose-flavored spray bottle to ease his anxiety, and insomnia.
* Lares favorite childhood marvel hero is spiderman.

## References

1. ↑ Traces of this info are found here:https://lyrnow.com/artist/335346
2. ↑ Traces of this info are also found here:https://unotices.com/lyricsnew-u/artist/324362