Vlad Holiday

Part crooner, part producer, part musical degenerate, Vlad Holiday makes records for people who delete and reinstall Instagram. In a world where thousands of over-produced, AI-laden songs get uploaded to streaming services every day, Holiday’s human-forward sound blends his smoky vocals with tape hiss, 60s guitars, 90s hip-hop beats and 808 sub bass. He lives somewhere between a European nightclub and a 3 am bender in a city that stopped being romantic years ago. Since launching his project in 2017 in DIY venues all around New York City, lo-fi indie artist Vlad Holiday steadily built an audience on his own terms. Songs like “So Damn Into You,” “Quit Playing Cool” and “Phonograph” introduced an artist with a distinct point of view—romantic without being sentimental, nostalgic without living entirely in the past. In 2024, Holiday released his debut album, My Favorite Drug, an intensely personal collection that pushed his sound into a wider cinematic landscape. The record features Kacey Musgraves on “I Don’t Wanna Party Anymore” and a collaboration with Cage The Elephant frontman Matt Shultz on “Closer.” Now based in Nashville after years in New York, Holiday occupies an unusual space between artist, songwriter and producer. The scenery has changed, but the instinct behind the music hasn’t: make something introspective and personal, make it feel timeless, and leave enough cracks and imperfections for the human being behind it to show through.