TWINKIDS

Queer pop duo TWINKIDS is pianist-producer Matthew Young and Tokyo-native singer-songwriter Jin Fukui. After meeting at Oberlin College and Conservatory in northeast Ohio, the two discovered a mutual reverence for electronic music and began writing, producing, and performing as one. They went on to study at the renowned Banff Centre in Canada under Brendan Canning of Broken Social Scene. 

Following releases on Cascine, Yellow Year Records, a collaboration with Australian singer-songwriter Sophie Lowe, and remixes for Dawn Richard and Ghostly International, the LA-based duo garnered a number one charting song on Hype Machine with ‘Jigoku Tengoku’ along with a national tour supporting Matt and Kim, and press support from NYLON, THE FADER, Stereogum, and OUT Magazine.

In 2017, TWINKIDS released their debut EP "Boys Love" on Om Records, with the EP title paying homage to the gay romance manga genre of the same name. “Boys Love” features the viral Spotify hit ‘Overdressed,’ which has amassed over 6 million plays. 

In 2019 TWINKIDS released their second EP "Lizard House" with support from Billboard, Complex, and more. The duo returned in 2020 with ‘Feeling Small,’ a new single on Kitsuné Musique, and ‘The Bends,’ a collaboration with indietronica artist The Chain Gang of 1974.

2020 was a year of introspection, and TWINKIDS channeled their pain into pop songs about self-doubt in their third body of work, “Nobody Likes Me” (due out in April on Om Records). "Nobody Likes Me" is a seven-song journey through themes of self-loathing, self-esteem and self-love, and all the ugliness that comes with it. The album features the stand out first single ‘I Know,’ a song about coming to terms with a relationship that just isn’t working anymore.

Photos: Top: Nina Raj at Yellow House Session/ Bottom: Grant Spainer

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