From PhD to Rockstar: Breaking A New Artist From Zero
Client: PrettyBoy Chance
Contribution: Strategy. Creative Direction. Branding. Design. Web Design. Paid Media. Experiential, PR, & Real World Touchpoints. Album Art.
MUSIC VIDEO “Dance With Me” (Producer/Director)
From day one, we defined an aesthetic vocabulary and a narrative point of view that made the artist unmistakable in the feed. Color, typography, tone of voice, edit style, pacing, even the way captions were written—every touchpoint spoke the same language. That consistency created pattern recognition: people didn’t need to see the username to know whose content they were watching.
We then carried that creative spine across every platform—social media, live posters, thumbnails, email, merch and even the album art.
The brand was’t just visible, but cohesive and repeatable. The result was an artist who already felt “established” even at an early stage—not because of follower count, but because the brand entered the market fully formed, recognizable at a glance, and creatively disciplined in every direction.
“PrettyBoy Chance’s debut album is a welcome burst of power pop fresh air”
-Dennis Willis, KSAN, Soundwaves
Social Media Management
We used a discovery-first content system built around Reels, narrative hooks, and a clearly defined artistic point of to achieve 20K+ followers on Instagram within 3 months.
Instead of “posting and hoping,” we engineered every asset for share-ability and retention—leading with scroll-stopping first seconds, tight edits, and concepts designed to continuously travel outside existing audiences.
Social Media Ads
Our album release campaign took PrettyBoy Chance from 0 to over 60K monthly listeners on Spotify in just 3 months.
Key Art
“Great musicianship and excellent production!”
-Jane Wiedlin, The Go-Go’s
Album Art
Website
We designed the site so music is the first and dominant interaction. On load, visitors land on a clean, branded listening surface with the lead music video—not a menu—prompting an immediate press-play experience.
Everything else is pushed beneath the fold and revealed only after playback begins, mirroring the true discovery sequence: Hear…Feel…Learn…Follow.
The site behaves less like a press kit and more like a controlled first-listen environment designed to convert attention into emotional connection before anything else.
“THIS IS F*CKING GREAT!”
-Parker Gibbs, Magnolia Media