The d4vd origin story sounds too good to be true. David Anthony Burke aka d4vd started posting videos of himself playing Fortnite as a young teenager. Sick of running into copyright issues, he taught himself the basics on BandLab and started to record music to soundtrack his gaming videos. In 2022, after sharing the moody indie pop song ‘Romantic Homicide’ – which he recorded entirely on his iPhone – the penny dropped. The track went mega-viral and landed the Houston native a deal with Darkroom Records while he was still in high school, the same label to sign Billie Eilish in her teens. His slow-building ballad ‘Here With Me’ followed suit, soundtracking Gen Z's heartbreak around the globe. Petals To Thorns, d4vd’s debut EP dropped in May and has sealed the deal; firmly establishing the 18-year-old artist as a genre-defying newcomer. With a follow-up EP The Lost Petals coming before Laneway 2024, we’ve got d4vd tipped as the next big thing.