On “Trauma,” BoyWithUke opens up like never before, painting a painful portrait of his upbringing over his signature ukulele. On the track, he sings, “Growing up I never had a lot of money, I never had a phone, always was a little hungry. Used to find it hard to sleep when I could hear my mother sobbing.”

BoyWithUke says, “It’s my most personal song. I didn’t have the worst childhood, but we had money problems and family issues. School wasn’t the greatest. There was some bullying. The song is about how it affects me now. I’m working on it, so I hope this song helps other people acknowledge and work on themselves.”

Ultimately, BoyWithUke wants “Trauma” to be a message to his fans that they’re not alone. The track is brought to life with the official music video, directed by BoyWithUke’s frequent collaborator Kevin Lien.

The forthcoming Lucid Dreams album encapsulates in BoyWithUke’s words: “my desires, my fears, my past, and my dreams.” He continues, “Like The Odyssey, Lucid Dreams is the culmination of my personal journey so far. Each song is like a different step on the path. I’m facing past traumas, making the music I want to make, and figuring out who I am. The album is BoyWithUke blossoming, spreading his wings, and finding himself.” In creating the album, he wrote, recorded, and produced a majority of the new songs without any collaborators in just a three-week period.

Coming up next, BoyWithUke continues his biggest headline tour yet, which kicks off next week in Warsaw, Poland onAugust 13th, with a show in London, England on August 21st. The North American run of the tour will begin on September 6th in Houston, TX at House of Bluesand stops in major markets, such as Atlanta, Washington D.C., New York City, Boston, and Los Angeles, then concludes on October 3rd in Phoenix, AZ at Van Buren, with Naethen Apollo opening. Earlier this spring, BoyWithUke sold out shows across Asia and Australia. See the list of upcoming tour dates below.

BoyWithUke continues racing towards a major mainstream breakthrough. His following has grown beyond 7 million on TikTok, 3 million on YouTube, and nearly 10 million monthly listeners on Spotify. His 2022 full-length debut album Serotonin Dreams only fueled this explosion. Additionally, his 2021 Platinum-Certified smash hit “Toxic” has amassed over 1.5 billion global streams to date and peaked at #1 on the Alternative Radio Chart for two consecutive weeks. Not to mention, it was #7 on Google’s Top Trending Songs of 2022 (US).

2023 European Tour Dates
8/11      Ribitz-Damgarten, Germany       About You Pangea Festival
8/13      Warsaw, Poland                          Progresja
8/15      Berlin, Germany                          Columbia Theater
8/17      Amsterdam, Netherlands            Paradiso
8/19      Cologne, Germany                      Kantine
8/21      London, United Kingdom             Electric Ballroom

About BoyWithUke

BoyWithUke has embarked on quite the journey. Mask glowing, ukulele in hand, and heart on his sleeve, he seemingly materialized out of the ether and at the forefront of popular culture in 2021. Tallying nearly 1.5 billion streams, his breakout single “Toxic” reached platinum status and cracked the Top 10 at Alternative radio. His “Open Mic” performance of the song exploded as “the #1 most-viewed Genius video to date” and paved the way for his 2022 full-length, Serotonin Dreams. Album highlight “IDGAF” [feat. blackbear] generated 190 million Spotify streams followed by “Understand” with 94 million Spotify streams. Meanwhile, he sold out tours on multiple continents, raised money to fight youth poverty by headlining one of the “highest rated concerts on Roblox (At 94%)” inside of Kids Relief’s: SolarPunk Simulator game, and incited the applause of Billboard, Consequence, Ones To Watch, Indie Shuffle, and many more. Now, this journey leads him to his upcoming full-length LP, Lucid Dreams, out October 6th [Mercury Records/Republic Records].