Headline : It’s Superfan, honest

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Kali Flanagan works at a record shop in Los Angeles where, at the moment, he’s being yelled at by his boss. Employees taking phone interviews with music publications on the clock, it turns out, is frowned upon. That’s how Kali spends his days, splitting his time between impending indie rock stardom as Superfan and a day job — even an opening slot for the Strokes and Weyes Blood this past summer at Red Rocks doesn’t get you off the hook for a shift.

Superfan laughs it off — “I’m just taking my break!” — and slips away. His music is similarly defined by a refusal to compromise on his vision. It renders the music vibrant and alive, and the danceable moments more immediate and evocative, prime for audiences to claim as their own. Personal truths are sown seamlessly into laidback bass grooves. Voice cracks are endearingly preserved in final mixes, a subtle act of authenticity. And on multiple occasions, blunt lyrics have caught the irritated attention of exes.

Superfan quickly earned the adoration of teenage Los Angeles with 2020’s breakout single “Back to the Start” and his subsequent EP, Circles, in 2021. Performing for and amongst his peers, the relationship was symbiotic: “I was playing a lot of shows in high school, and I would play the material that I was working on as I was writing it. It helped me to just be positively motivated and not get in my own head, and that's a big thing.”

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