Biography
Dominic Fike blends cabana pop reminiscent of Jack Johnson with alternative hip-hop ingredients to create his signature sound. The Florida native transitioned from complete obscurity to a major-label contract in 2018, the same year his debut EP Don't Forget About Me, Demos appeared. His first full-length album, the Billboard 200-charting What Could Possibly Go Wrong, arrived in July 2020, after which his profile climbed higher upon joining the main cast of the popular HBO series Euphoria for season two. Sunburn, his sophomore effort, surfaced in July 2023 and reached number 30 on the Billboard 200, while the seven-track EP 14 Minutes arrived in 2024.
Born in Naples, Florida, toward the end of 1995, Dominic David Fike received his first guitar at age ten and started covering songs by acts such as Red Hot Chili Peppers. During childhood he and his siblings occasionally stayed with relatives or family friends because his mother moved in and out of jail. He and his older brother Sean sometimes improvised rhymes with friends, and Dominic later joined a rap collective that performed at festivals by the time he reached his late teens. Meanwhile he continued writing original material, recording demos, and posting clips of solo performances online. Following the circulation of several demos in 2017, he secured a multi-million-dollar agreement with Sandy Boys and Columbia Records prior to issuing any official music. The reworked Don't Forget About Me, Demos came out in mid-October 2018, with its opening song “3 Nights” surpassing one million streams before the month ended.
After appearing on Kevin Abstract’s “Peach” alongside BROCKHAMPTON’s Joba and Bearface, Fike released his own “Açaí Bowl” and “Roller Blades” in 2019. As “3 Nights” accumulated half a billion streams and the Kenny Beats collaboration “Phone Numbers” gained underground traction, his audience expanded rapidly. Endorsements from Billie Eilish and BROCKHAMPTON helped raise his visibility further, prompting work on the debut album What Could Possibly Go Wrong. The July 2020 release presented 14 tracks without guest features, among them the singles “Chicken Tenders” and “Politics & Violence,” and the project spent one week at number 41 on the Billboard 200.
Early in 2021 Fike contributed to Justin Bieber’s “Die for You,” which became his first Hot 100 entry at number 81, and that April he supplied a remix of Paul McCartney’s “The Kiss of Venus” for McCartney III Imagined alongside Beck, Phoebe Bridgers, and Damon Albarn. In 2022 he joined the principal cast of Euphoria and recorded “Elliot’s Song” with Zendaya for the show’s soundtrack. His Coachella debut occurred in April 2023, the same month he issued the single “Dancing in the Courthouse,” which drew inspiration from youthful encounters with law enforcement. June brought “Mona Lisa,” a track originally intended for the Metro Boomin-produced Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse soundtrack before its removal; the song nevertheless charted at number 89 on the Hot 100 and later appeared on Sunburn. That July 2023 album featured production from Jim-E Stack, StarGate, and Kenny Beats, plus backing vocals by Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo on “Think Fast,” which interpolated the band’s “Undone – The Sweater Song.” Sunburn climbed to number 30 on the Billboard 200. Fike’s subsequent project, the loose and homespun 14 Minutes EP, collected seven tracks totaling fourteen minutes when it appeared in 2024.
Born in Naples, Florida, toward the end of 1995, Dominic David Fike received his first guitar at age ten and started covering songs by acts such as Red Hot Chili Peppers. During childhood he and his siblings occasionally stayed with relatives or family friends because his mother moved in and out of jail. He and his older brother Sean sometimes improvised rhymes with friends, and Dominic later joined a rap collective that performed at festivals by the time he reached his late teens. Meanwhile he continued writing original material, recording demos, and posting clips of solo performances online. Following the circulation of several demos in 2017, he secured a multi-million-dollar agreement with Sandy Boys and Columbia Records prior to issuing any official music. The reworked Don't Forget About Me, Demos came out in mid-October 2018, with its opening song “3 Nights” surpassing one million streams before the month ended.
After appearing on Kevin Abstract’s “Peach” alongside BROCKHAMPTON’s Joba and Bearface, Fike released his own “Açaí Bowl” and “Roller Blades” in 2019. As “3 Nights” accumulated half a billion streams and the Kenny Beats collaboration “Phone Numbers” gained underground traction, his audience expanded rapidly. Endorsements from Billie Eilish and BROCKHAMPTON helped raise his visibility further, prompting work on the debut album What Could Possibly Go Wrong. The July 2020 release presented 14 tracks without guest features, among them the singles “Chicken Tenders” and “Politics & Violence,” and the project spent one week at number 41 on the Billboard 200.
Early in 2021 Fike contributed to Justin Bieber’s “Die for You,” which became his first Hot 100 entry at number 81, and that April he supplied a remix of Paul McCartney’s “The Kiss of Venus” for McCartney III Imagined alongside Beck, Phoebe Bridgers, and Damon Albarn. In 2022 he joined the principal cast of Euphoria and recorded “Elliot’s Song” with Zendaya for the show’s soundtrack. His Coachella debut occurred in April 2023, the same month he issued the single “Dancing in the Courthouse,” which drew inspiration from youthful encounters with law enforcement. June brought “Mona Lisa,” a track originally intended for the Metro Boomin-produced Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse soundtrack before its removal; the song nevertheless charted at number 89 on the Hot 100 and later appeared on Sunburn. That July 2023 album featured production from Jim-E Stack, StarGate, and Kenny Beats, plus backing vocals by Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo on “Think Fast,” which interpolated the band’s “Undone – The Sweater Song.” Sunburn climbed to number 30 on the Billboard 200. Fike’s subsequent project, the loose and homespun 14 Minutes EP, collected seven tracks totaling fourteen minutes when it appeared in 2024.
Albums
Rocket
2025
Here are the first 3 songs from my mixtape, Rocket
2025
14 minutes
2024
Sunburn
2023
What Could Possibly Go Wrong
2020
Don't Forget About Me, Demos
2018
Singles
