Tobi Perriáe

Perriáe in 2021.

**Tobi Perriáe** (toh-BEE perry-AY) is an American singer, songwriter, disk jockey, guitarist, pianist, rapper, and producer. Perriáe adopted the moniker of Vagabond at the beginning of his career in 2013, however this was later changed Tobi Perriáe after introducing his vocals to his work in 2021. He is the creator of both ZIPLOCK and TV LICENSE, Chief Operating Officer of BANDuM, Leader of BANDuM Games, a visual artist for BANDuM Visuals, and the creative director of BANDuM Fashion.

## Early life and education

Perriáe was born on January 16, 2007. Both of his parents are musicians, as his father is DJ and his mother is a singer. Not much is known about Perriáe's life growing up, but he has described his work as highly influenced by the influx of cultures and subcultures his parents exposed him to. At a young age, Perriáe was seperated and estranged from younger brother Kodi Fei until 2020. At the age of 14, Perriáe began pursuing a degree at a college in Texas.

## Career

#### 2013-2019: Career beginnings, Rafa, Hiatus, and *Elixir*

Perriáe started creating music in 2013 via learning how to disc jockey at the young age of six years old. This eventually led to him picking up the moniker of Vagabond in 2016, along with the piano, songwriting, and synths as a result of the releases of albums Drunk and Blonde carrying major inspirations on his work. Not much longer after, Perriáe met close friend and producer Rafa in 2017. In 2018, Perriáe released his debut mixtape under Vagabond, Elixir.

#### 2020-2021: ZIPLOCK, *Analog,* and second hiatus

After releasing Elixir, Perriáe felt his work was incomplete. After witnessing the rise of multiple groups based on the internet, Perriáe founded music collective ZIPLOCK with Rafa in December of 2020. Perriáe released an EP, ANALOG, in 2021. After achieving all of his goals in ZIPLOCK, Perriáe and ZIPLOCK came to a mutual agreement for his departure from the collective, which led to a subsequent hiatus.

#### 2022-Present: BANDuM, TV LICENSE, Version 1, and singles

On the day of April 5, 2022, Perriáe created a band called TV LICENSE with brother Kodi Fei and friends RICA, Nexonot, Mei Melio, Iya Molina, and doubleyouhat. With his numerous projects and the close association of TV LICENSE and ZIPLOCK, Perriáe started to work with Nexonot to make BANDuM, which would serve as an official creative unit between the collective and band. Perriae announced that his career would start operating in "Versions" in 2022.

## Artistic style

Perriae's work has been typically described as being created in a idiosyncratic style. His work typically features a blend of Psychedelic pop, Alternative hip-hop, Avant-garde R&B, and occasionally Indie Rock. His songwriting has drawn both praise and criticism as it usually consists of emotions of longing being expressed, occasionally bleak lyrics, and poetry-like tendencies. An example of this is his debut single, No Love, which alludes to the juxtaposition of a one-sided relationship and the stress of that comes with the extra intricacies of platforming one's own art. He has cited the Nintendo DS, Frank Ocean, Thundercat, Childish Gambino, Janelle Monae, and Passion Pit as his main inspirations.

## Personal life

Little to nothing is known about Perriáe's personal life excluding his music career, his relation to Kodi Fei, and his martial arts career.

## Discography

#### Singles

no love (2022)

i think u should go (2022)

peace of mind (2022)

you're no fun (2022)