Powfu
Isaiah Faber (born March 31, 1999), known professionally as Powfu, is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is the son of Dave Faber from the band Faber Drive. He amassed popularity following the release of his first charting single, "Death Bed (Coffee for Your Head)", featuring Beabadoobee, which peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Powfu | |
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 Faber in 2026 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Isaiah Faber March 31, 1999[1] Mission, British Columbia, Canada |
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| Years active | 2018–present |
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Spouse |
Natasha Desiree (m. 2021) |
| Website | powfuofficial.com |
Isaiah Faber (born March 31, 1999), known professionally as Powfu, is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is the son of Dave Faber from the band Faber Drive. He amassed popularity following the release of his first charting single, "Death Bed (Coffee for Your Head)", featuring Beabadoobee, which peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Life and career
[edit]Isaiah Faber was born on March 31, 1999, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[5] His father is Dave Faber of the band Faber Drive.[6] He learned to play the drums at age two, and as a teenager, he borrowed his father's microphone and began rapping over "super relaxing" beats he found online.[7] In high school, he began recording in his basement and uploading his favorite songs to SoundCloud.[8][9]
In February 2019, he released the song "Death Bed" on SoundCloud and YouTube, sampling British singer Beabadoobee's debut single "Coffee." It garnered 5 million plays on SoundCloud and 24 million plays on YouTube.[10] He subsequently licensed the Beabadoobee sample and re-released it in February 2020 under the title "Death Bed (Coffee for Your Head)."[10] The single surpassed 1 billion plays on Spotify in June 2021 and gained popularity through the video-sharing app TikTok, peaking at number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100.[11] Powfu subsequently signed with Columbia Records in the US and Robots + Humans in the UK. The song appeared on the EP Poems of the Past, which was released on May 29, 2020.
On December 2, 2022, Powfu released his first full-length album, Surrounded by Hounds and Serpents, which included a cover of Taylor Swift's "Mine".[12] In an interview with Billboard, he stated that this album title describes his search to spot "people who are fake or only want [him] for the wrong reasons".[13]
Discography
[edit]Studio albums
[edit]- Surrounded by Hounds and Serpents (2022)[14]
- Verses That Never Surfaced (Demos) (2023)
- Gathered By The Lantern (2023)
- The Fleeting Life Of A Fool (2024)
- Mafia & Mugs Rootbeer (2024)
Extended plays
[edit]| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||||||
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| CAN [15] |
FRA [16] |
US [17] |
US Alt. [15] |
US Heat. [18] | |||||
| Some Boring Love Stories |
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— | — | — | — | — | |||
| Some Boring Love Stories, Pt. 2 |
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— | — | — | — | — | |||
| Some Boring Love Stories, Pt. 3 |
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— | — | — | — | — | |||
| Letters You Never Received |
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— | — | — | — | — | |||
| Some Boring Love Stories, Pt. 4 |
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— | — | — | — | — | |||
| Poems of the Past |
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53 | 57 | 134 | 5 | 1 | |||
| Some Boring Love Stories, Pt. 5 |
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— | — | — | — | — | |||
| Drinking Under the Streetlights |
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— | — | — | — | — | |||
| Tell Me Your Feelings and I Won't Tell You Mine |
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— | — | — | — | — | |||
| Tell Me Your Feelings and I Won't Tell You Mine Pt. 2 |
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— | — | — | — | — | |||
| Flooding The Gates EP with Ouse & Snøw |
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— | — | — | — | — | |||
| Tell Me Your Feelings, I Won't Tell You Mine, Pt 3 |
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— | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Life of a Lofi Boy |
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To be released | |||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that has not charted | |||||||||
Singles
[edit]As lead artist
[edit]| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN [28] |
AUS [29] |
BEL [30] |
DEN [31] |
FRA [16] |
IRE [32] |
NL [33] |
NZ [34] |
UK [35] |
US [36] | ||||
| "Letters in December"[37] (with Rxseboy) |
2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Dead Eyes"[38] (with Promoting Sounds and Ouse!) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Hide in Your Blue Eyes"[39] (with Thomas Reid) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Laying on My Porch While We Watch the World End."[40] (with Rxseboy and Slipfunc) |
2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Don't Fall Asleep Yet"[41] (with ENRA) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Death Bed (Coffee for Your Head)" (featuring Beabadoobee) |
11 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 23 | Poems of the Past | ||
| "I'm Used to It"[50] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "I'll Come Back to You"[51] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Eyes"[52] (with Lilyung & Chrisbeats) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| "17again"[53] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Some Boring Love Stories Pt. 5 | ||
| "Stay4ever"[54] (featuring Mounika.) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "When the Hospital Was My Home"[55] (with Rxseboy) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "The Way That You See Me"[56] (with Rxseboy and Sarcastic Sounds featuring Ayleen Valentine) |
2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Drinking Under the Streetlights | |
| "Survivor"[57] (with Known. and Kultargotbounce) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| "The Long Way Home" (with Sarcastic Sounds and Sara Kays) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Drinking Under the Streetlights | ||
| "Mario Kart" (with Travis Barker)[58] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Losing Sleep" (with Dvbbs)[59] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sleep | ||
| "Fault in the Stars" (with the Chainsmokers) |
2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Beautiful as Ever" (with Forrest Frank and Nextseasons) |
2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[A] | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
As featured artist
[edit]| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Feel That Again" (Happily Sad featuring Powfu)[60] | 2018 | Non-album singles |
| "Fall in Love"
(Lil Skele featuring Powfu) |
2019 | |
| "When We Were 16"
(Rxseboy featuring Mishaal, Powfu) | ||
| "Eyes Blue Like the Atlantic, Pt. 2" (Sista Prod featuring Alec Benjamin, Rxseboy and Powfu)[61] |
2020 | |
| "Tell Me When You Change" (Jay Sek featuring Powfu)[62] | ||
| "Some Nights"
(Jomie featuring Sarcastic Sounds, Rxseboy, Powfu) |
Evidence I Exist | |
| "How to Live"
(yaeow featuring Powfu and Sarcastic Sounds)[63] |
2021 | Non-album singles |
| "You Left Me Alone With My Nightmares"
(Vaboh featuring Powfu)[64] |
2020 | |
| "Speed Limit"
(Ollie featuring Powfu) | ||
| "Too Many Problems"
(Ouse featuring Powfu) |
Crying In Camo | |
| "Hold Somebody"
(guccihighwaters featuring Sarcastic Sounds, Powfu) |
Joke's on You | |
| "Contigo"
(BoyWithUke featuring Powfu) |
2022 | Serotonin Dreams |
| "Don't Ever Think Twice"
(Skinny Atlas featuring Powfu) |
2025 | Don't Ever Think Twice |
Accolades
[edit]| Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | iHeartRadio Music Awards | Best New Rock/Alternative Rock Artist | Won | [65] |
| Juno Awards | Breakthrough Artist of the Year | Nominated | [66] |
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Beautiful as Ever" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at No. 38 on the Hot Christian Songs chart
References
[edit]- ^ Columbia Records (March 31, 2020). "Happy Birthday Powfu". Facebook. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
- ^ Fred Thomas. Powfu at AllMusic. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "Sony launches Robots + Humans label/publishing partnership with Rob Ronaldson, signs Powfu". musicweek.com.
- ^ Norris, John (October 8, 2021). "How Marriage & Religion Helped Melancholy Rapper Powfu Find Joy". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 14, 2024. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
He and his wife Natasha are currently renting a basement apartment while saving up to buy property.
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- ^ Beaumont, Mark (June 4, 2021). "Powfu: the lo-fi rapper who became a Covid-era star without leaving his bedroom". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved September 16, 2025.
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- ^ Press, David Friend The Canadian (June 9, 2021). "Bedroom rapper Powfu's TikTok hit 'Death Bed' passes 1 billion Spotify plays". Toronto Star. Retrieved September 16, 2025.
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- ^ Tanaka, Stefanie (December 2, 2022). "Powfu Talks the Success of 'Death Bed (Coffee In Your Head)', Covering Taylor Swift, New EP & More | Billboard News". Billboard. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
- ^ a b "Heatseekers Albums Chart – 27 June 2020". Billboard. January 2, 2013. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
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- ^ "Heatseekers Albums Chart – 15 August 2020". Billboard. January 2, 2013. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
- ^ "Some Boring Love Stories - EP by Powfu on Apple Music". Apple Music. December 12, 2018. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
- ^ "Some Boring Love Stories, Pt. 2 - EP by Powfu on Apple Music". Apple Music. February 16, 2019. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
- ^ "Some Boring Love Stories, Pt. 3 - EP by Powfu on Apple Music". Apple Music. April 10, 2019. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
- ^ "Some Boring Love Stories, Pt. 4 - EP by Powfu on Apple Music". Apple Music CA. November 12, 2019. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
- ^ Muir, Jamie (May 13, 2020). "Powfu has done the double - revealing a new track and announcing a new EP". Dork. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ^ Phillips, Hedy (November 20, 2020). "Powfu — some boring love stories pt. 5". Euphoria. Magazine. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
- ^ "drinking under the streetlights - EP by Powfu on Apple Music". Apple Music. June 4, 2021. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
- ^ "tell me your feelings and i won't tell you mine by Powfu". Genius. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
- ^ "tell me your feelings and i won't tell you mine pt. 2 by Powfu". Genius. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
- ^ "Beabadoobee Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
- ^ "Discography Powfu". australian-charts.com. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
- ^ "Discografie Powfu". Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
- ^ "Discography Powfu". danishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
- ^ "Discography Powfu". irish-charts.com. Archived from the original on September 20, 2022. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
- ^ "Discografie Powfu". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
- ^ "Discography Powfu". charts.nz. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
- ^ "POWFU FT BEABADOOBEE | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- ^ "Beabadoobee Chart History: Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
- ^ "Letters in December - Single by Rxseboy & Powfu on Apple Music". music.apple.com. October 11, 2019. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
- ^ "Dead Eyes - Single by Promoting Sounds, Powfu & Ouse! on Apple Music". music.apple.com. November 8, 2019. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
- ^ "Hide in Your Blue Eyes - Single by Thomas Reid & Powfu on Apple Music". music.apple.com. December 13, 2019. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
- ^ "Laying On My Porch While We Watch the World End. - Single by Powfu, Rxseboy & Slipfunc on Apple Music". music.apple.com. January 10, 2020. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
- ^ "Don't Fall Asleep Yet - Single by ENRA & Powfu on Apple Music". music.apple.com. February 5, 2020. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
- ^ "Gold/Platinum – Powfu". Music Canada. July 21, 2021. Retrieved November 25, 2022.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2020 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
- ^ "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – singles 2020". Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
- ^ "British single certifications – Powfu feat. Beabadoobee – Death Bed". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved April 16, 2023. Select singles in the Formats field. Type Death Bed Powfu feat. Beabadoobee in the "Search:" field.
- ^ "Danish single certifications – Powfu feat. Beabadoobee – Death Bed (Coffee for Your Head)". IFPI Danmark. Retrieved November 25, 2022.
- ^ "American certifications – Powfu". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
- ^ "New Zealand single certifications – Powfu". Radioscope. Retrieved December 21, 2024. Type Powfu in the "Search:" field and press Enter.
- ^ "Les certifications - SNEP" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved November 25, 2022.
- ^ "im used to it - Single by Powfu on Apple Music". music.apple.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
- ^ "ill come back to you". Spotify. May 12, 2020. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
- ^ "Eyes - Single by Lilyung, Powfu & Chrisbeats on Apple Music". music.apple.com. Archived from the original on April 29, 2022. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
- ^ "17again - Single by Powfu on Apple Music". music.apple.com. July 17, 2020. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
- ^ "stay4ever - Single by Powfu on Apple Music". music.apple.com. October 9, 2020. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
- ^ "when the hospital was my home - Single by Powfu & Rxseboy on Apple Music". Apple Music. Archived from the original on April 29, 2022. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
- ^ "the way that you see me (feat. Ayleen Valentine) - Single by Powfu, Rxseboy, & Sarcastic Sounds on Apple Music". Apple Music. Archived from the original on April 29, 2022. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
- ^ "Survivor - Single by KNOWN., Powfu, & KULTARGOTBOUNCE on Apple Music". Apple Music. April 9, 2021. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
- ^ "Powfu launches video for "Mario Kart" with Travis Barker". Sony Music. June 18, 2021. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
- ^ "Losing Sleep - Single by DVBBS & Powfu on Apple Music". Apple Music. June 25, 2021. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
- ^ Long (November 13, 2018). "Happily sad feat. Powfu "Feel That Again"". YouTube. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
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- ^ "2021 Juno Awards: Complete List of Nominees". Billboard. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
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