Wrabel
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| Birth name | Stephen Wrabel |
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January 7, 1989 New York, United States |
| Genres | R&B |
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| Years active | 2012–present |
| Associated acts | Afrojack, Kesha, Marshmello |
Stephen Wrabel (born January 7, 1989), also known as his stage name Wrabel, is an American singer, songwriter and musician based in Los Angeles.
Wrabel attended high school at the Kinkaid School in Houston, Texas. After high school, he studied at the Berklee College of Music for a year, until he left Boston to move to LA and focus on songwriting. He got his first big break when he was signed to Pulse Recording as a songwriter.
Wrabel was signed to Island Def Jam in 2012 by Island Def Jam Music Group chairman and CEO Barry Weiss and Executive Vice President/Head of A&R Karen Kwak.
On Friday June 24 Wrabel released his single "11 Blocks", which was heavily supported and promoted by Kesha. He also released a lyric video for the song.
Dutch DJ Afrojack released a version of Wrabel's song "Ten Feet Tall" featuring Wrabel's vocals and piano playing, resulting in an international hit. The song premiered in the United States during Super Bowl XLVIII in a Bud Light commercial and was viewed by around 100 million viewers. Wrabel later released the original piano-based version of the song on May 19, 2014.
Buzzfeed named the Afrojack version of "Ten Feet Tall" one of the “35 Best Pop Songs You May Have Missed This Summer.”
The Huffington Post named Wrabel an artist you need to know in 2014.
Nylon says Wrabel's debut EP "Sideways" is “stocked with the soulfulness of a Sia or Sam Smith, and a melodic pop DNA that throws back to icons like Paul Simon, the title track twists heartbreak into something, well, beautiful."
Buzzfeed named "I Want You" one of “The Most Criminally Underrated Pop Songs of 2015.”
MNDR released a remix of Wrabel's "I Want You" on October 21, 2015, which premiered on Noisey.
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