Unlike Pluto
Unlike Pluto | |
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| Birth name | Armond Arabshahi |
| Born | June 3, 1991 Atlanta, Georgia |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California |
| Genres | Electronic rock, indie, Alternative rock, Alternative, Rock, Alternative pop |
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| Years active | 2012–present |
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| Website | https://unlikepluto.com/ |
Armond Arabshahi, known by his stage name Unlike Pluto, is a Persian American singer, songwriter, record producer, and former DJ. [1] The name Unlike Pluto developed from nothing and has no real meaning; it is something that he just came up with and thought sounded cool, so he stuck with it. He is known for his Pluto Tapes series of volumes, a project he started as creative outlet where he challenges himself to release one song per week starting from May 2018.[2] In his words, "The Pluto Tapes started as an experiment for me to release more music - I wanted to see what it would be like to release a song every week. I start a new song idea every day. A lot of those don't even make the cut, but it gets my creativity flowing. The Pluto Tapes have now become my outlet to push my creative boundaries and challenge myself." He is also known for his massively, most popular song "Everything Black" who he produced with Mike Taylor's vocals. It has achieved Gold in Canada and recently in the US, and even plays in the popular multiplayer competitive car soccer game Rocket League. Besides his Unlike Pluto project, he has a side project called Why Mona, a name based off of his sister's name, Mona, with Hamilton singer and one of his best friend's, Joanna Jones. Together, they create covers of old school classics with her singing and his production.[3] His other side project is Like Saturn where he produces chill, Lofi style instrumentals for fun and from his love of the Lofi genre, and similar to the Pluto Tapes, he releases a new song every week. [4]
Career[edit]
Originally from Atlanta and based in Los Angeles, Arabshahi describes his style of music as alternative rock.
Arabshahi started out small doing EDM, doing songs with many different kinds of singers before he even revealed his voice. He has performed at various music festivals, including Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, and Euphoria Music Festival.[5] In 2017 he also hosted a tour promoting his huge, gold record [6] single, "Everything Black".[7]
Before he broke away from the Heroic label in 2019 and went independent as a musician, Arabshahi released an EP named Life in Minor (November 2019) and the third volume of Pluto Tapes came to a close, away from the Electronic/EDM light and more into various genres/styles like alternative, indie, pop, electronic rock, and rock. Because of the success of Pluto Tapes though, he didn't stop releasing weekly, and began repackaging the weekly releases into various albums over the course of 2020-2023, not under Pluto Tapes. He made the albums Messy Mind (August 2020), Technicolor Daydream (April 2021), Loud Fantasy, Quiet Reality (November 2021), Pixelated Oblivion (May 2022), Cherry Blossom Nightmare (November 2022), Dizzy Bezerko (August 2023), and another currently unnamed album in progress as of 2024.
By 2023, during and after his fifth album "Cherry Blossom Nightmare", he eventually found a solid place in alternative/alternative rock, instead of doing different kinds of songs each release, and lessened the frequency of releases to every other week and eventually every month. Pluto Tapes did not end permanently however, as in November 2023, in the midst of him releasing the songs for his upcoming album in 2024, he announced the projects return in the release of a new Pluto Tape only on Youtube.[8] Currently, alongside the new weekly Pluto Tape releases only on Youtube, which will be packaged into the fourth volume and then released on all platforms in mid 2024, he continues to release more songs every month that will be repackaged into one of the two new albums he has planned in 2024, another special collaboration album that is yet to be revealed. Armond has also announced his new manga, called Dada Immortal, inspired by his newfound love for Japanese anime and manga. [9]
Why Mona[edit]
In 2017, Arabshahi announced a new side project called Why Mona with Hamilton singer Joanna Jones. The pair released a cover of Queen's "We Will Rock You" the same day.[3] Why Mona combines rock and electronic music to create covers of old school classics. In contrast to Unlike Pluto's electronic driven production, Joanna hails from Broadway where she's currently starring in the roles of Maria Reynolds and Peggy Schuyler in the critically acclaimed Broadway hit musical Hamilton.[10] In early 2019, the duo's cover of "Wannabe" by Spice Girls went viral on TikTok amassing over 10 million unique video creations by users on the platform.[11] In 2021 Dell computers released an ad that featured their track "Rabbit Hole" which introduced a lot of viewers to this song and group.[12]
Like Saturn
In 2020, Arabshahi began another side project called Like Saturn, a name that plays off of his stage name, derived from his love of the lofi genre where he makes his own version of chill, emotional lofi. The songs require low effort, are fun to make, and another way for him to create freely. He does weekly releases with this project as well, and continues to do so into 2024. [13]
Discography[edit]
Studio albums[edit]
| Title | Album details |
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| We Are Plutonians |
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| Pluto Tapes[14] |
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| Pluto Tapes: Volume 1 |
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| Pluto Tapes: Volume 2 |
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| Pluto Tapes: Volume 3 |
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| Messy Mind |
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| Technicolor Daydream |
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| Loud Fantasy, Quiet Reality |
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| Pixelated Oblivion[15] |
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| Cherry Blossom Nightmare[16] |
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| Dizzy Bezerko[17] |
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Extended plays[edit]
| Title | Album details |
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| Show Me Love[18] |
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| Life In Minor[19] |
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Singles[edit]
| Title | Year | Album |
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| "Broken Bagpipes" | 2012 | Non-album singles |
| "Suicide Monster" | 2013 | |
| "Snule" | 2014 | |
| "Fud" | ||
| "Waiting for You"[20] (featuring Joanna Jones) | 2016 | |
| "Searching for You"[21] (featuring Karra and Eric Zayne) | ||
| "Found You"[22] (featuring Michelle Buzz) | ||
| "Someone New" (featuring Desi Valentine) | ||
| "Worst in Me"[23] | 2017 | |
| "Everything Black"[24] (featuring Mike Taylor) | ||
| "No Scrubs" (featuring Joanna Jones) | ||
| "Sweet"[25] (featuring Mister Blonde) | ||
| "Let It Bleed"[26] (featuring Cristina Gatti) | ||
| "I Need A Win"[27] | ||
| "Fade All My Life" | 2018 | |
| "Nothing Wrong With Me" | ||
| "Where Is My Mind?" | ||
| "Helena" | ||
| "Late Bloomer" | ||
| "I Tried Getting High" | ||
| "No Goodbyes" | ||
| "WHY" | ||
| "JOLT" | ||
| "Ladida" | ||
| "Closure (Year 09)" | ||
| "Dearly Departed" | ||
| "Dollar For Your Sadness" | Pluto Tapes: Volume 1 | |
| "Don't Know What to Say" | ||
| "First Generation" | ||
| "Canada" | ||
| "Unless It Happens To You" | ||
| "Ethel" | ||
| "Western Love" | ||
| "Look At Me" | ||
| "Playground" | ||
| "I Can Be Louder" | ||
| "Death Of Me" | ||
| "Cruel" | ||
| "No Innocence" | ||
| "No Goodbyes" | ||
| "Run Bobby Run" | ||
| "Mosh Pit" | ||
| "Under The Lights" | ||
| "Problems" | ||
| "Burn After Writing" | ||
| "Pumpkin Factory" | Non-album singles | |
| "Scrooge Syndrome" | ||
| "Riptide" | 2019 | Pluto Tapes: Volume 2 |
| "Villain Of My Own Story" | ||
| "Adios" | ||
| "No Rainbows In The Desert" | ||
| "Illusion" | ||
| "Wishing Well" | ||
| "Misdiagnosed" | ||
| "Dosage" | ||
| "Yes Offense" | ||
| "Destroy, Build, Destroy" | ||
| "Halley's Comet" | ||
| "New Life, Who Dis?" | ||
| "Closed Loop" | ||
| "Pumpkin Factory 2" | Non-album Single | |
| "Oh Raven (Sing Me A Happy Song)" | Pluto Tapes: Volume 3 | |
| "Revenge, And a Little More" | ||
| "Sin Circus" | ||
| "Brain, Brain, Go Away" | ||
| "Not Today" | ||
| "Everything About Nothing" | ||
| "Damage Control" | ||
| "A Million Voices" | ||
| "Night Light" | ||
| "No Debate" | ||
| "Coffee Stains" | Life in Minor | |
| "Death In Paradise" | ||
| "Silver Screen Life" | ||
| "Stay and Decay" | ||
| "Sanity" | ||
| "Crocodile Tears" | ||
| "Everything You Need"[28] | Non-album singles | |
| "Life in A Hole" | 2020 | |
| "Crawling" | ||
| "The Underground" (featuring 8 Graves) [29] | ||
| "Pumpkin Factory 3" | ||
| "8 Legged Dreams" | Messy Mind | |
| "Shadow" | ||
| "Starlight" | ||
| "That's What She Said" (featuring Coruja) | ||
| "Gaze" | ||
| "Yippee Ki Yay" | ||
| "Overwhelmed" | ||
| "Mindless Bliss" | ||
| "Painted Dreams" | ||
| "Nicotine" (featuring Joanna Jones) | ||
| "Broken String" | ||
| "FMO" | ||
| "Stir Crazy" | ||
| "Lullaby" | ||
| "Pocket Symphony" | ||
| "Morphine" | ||
| "Regret Roulette" | ||
| "Cosmo's Interlude" | ||
| "Candid" | Technicolor Daydream | |
| "Wrong Faces Wrong Places" | ||
| "Moving Too Quickly" | ||
| "Addict" | ||
| "Don't Wait For Me" | ||
| "Rose Colored Lenses" | ||
| "Soft Spoken" | ||
| "Poster Boy" | 2021 | |
| "Sabotage" | ||
| "Zoned Out In My Youth" | ||
| "Belly Flop" | ||
| "Interstellar Weather" | ||
| "Fallen Parachutes" | ||
| "Ricochet On My Mind" | ||
| "Pumpkin Factory 4" | Non-album singles | |
| "Quintana Roo" (featuring Why Mona) | ||
| "Circular Motion" (featuring Why Mona) | ||
| "Rewind" (featuring Why Mona) | ||
| "Talk Heavy" (featuring Mike Taylor) | ||
| "Hummingbird" | Loud Fantasy, Quiet Reality | |
| "Talladega Knights" | ||
| "A Cautionary Tale" | ||
| "Lavender" | ||
| "We're Screwed" | ||
| "Perfect Season" | ||
| "Sailing Colors" | ||
| "Elephant Ears" | ||
| "Conspiracy" | ||
| "Endless" | ||
| "Origami" | ||
| "Better Luck Next Life" | ||
| "Belladonna" | ||
| "Everybody is Interesting" | ||
| "Mystery Of Me" | ||
| "Digital Junkie" | 2022 | Pixelated Oblivion |
| "Harlequin" | ||
| "I Don't Daydream Anymore" | ||
| "Smoke In My Heart" | ||
| "Cold Weather" | ||
| "Silly How I Feel (so silly silly)" | ||
| "Shelf Life" | ||
| "Have Fun" | ||
| "Comatose Scenery" | ||
| "Crash and Burn" | ||
| "Against the Timeline" | ||
| "Sorry To Bother You" | ||
| "It Goes Inside My Head" | ||
| "Fool's Paradise" | ||
| "I'm Not Surprised" | ||
| "Best At Being The Worst" | Cherry Blossom Nightmare | |
| "As They Bloom" | ||
| "More Than I Remember You" | ||
| "My Life Away" | ||
| "Drown Me" | ||
| "Intoxicate Me" | ||
| "Rain On My Happy Days" | ||
| "Stuck" | ||
| "Sinking Sand" | ||
| "Supposed To Fall" | ||
| "If It's Vengeance You Want" | ||
| "Dread" | ||
| "Fata Morgana" | ||
| "Reset Rewind" | ||
| "Question" | ||
| "PUMPKIN FACTORY 5 - PHONK HALLOWEEN" | Non-album singles | |
| "Guts" | 2023 | Dizzy Bezerko |
| "Sunlight or Demise" | ||
| "To the Toxic People" | ||
| "Goner" | ||
| "Twisted" | ||
| "Synthetic Tragedy" | ||
| "Curse" | ||
| "Can't Have it All" | ||
| "Color Chaos" | ||
| "Dreamblur" | ||
| "Ridiculous" | ||
| "Losing Myself to Find You" | ||
| "Neons Away" | ||
| "Utopia" | ||
| "Twilight Tears" | ||
| "Pumpkin Factory 6" | Non-album singles | |
| "One on One" | ||
| "Frozen in Time" | ||
| "Black Lotus" | ||
| "Clouded" | ||
| "Infinity" | ||
| "Tremor" | ||
| "Smile on my Face" | Pluto Tapes: Volume 4 (Currently) | |
| "Who's the Dreamer" | ||
| "Headless" | 2024 | |
| "Sentimental" | ||
| "Red Dress" | ||
| "Slingshot" | ||
| "Now That You're Gone" | ||
| "My Heaven Became..." | ||
| "Doomed" | ||
| "Hollow" [30] | Non-album singles | |
| "Fragile Skin of Me" | ||
| "Dig" | ||
| "Misery" | ||
| "Rip Me Apart" | ||
| "Glory" | ||
| "Lost Inside" |
Remixes[edit]
- Diplo featuring Faustix and Imanos & Kai – Revolution (2014)
- Unlike Pluto - More Than I Remember You (2023)
- Unlike Pluto - Smoke in my Heart (2023)
- Unlike Pluto - Lavender (2023)
- Unlike Pluto - It Goes Inside My Head (2024)
Why Mona singles (covers)[edit]
| Title | Year |
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| "Wannabe" | 2017 |
| "Happy Together" | |
| "We Will Rock You" | |
| "Stayin Alive" | 2018 |
| "Time is Running Out" | |
| "September" | |
| "Go Your Own Way" | |
| "Sweet Dreams" | 2024 |
References[edit]
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- ^ Meadow, Matthew (2019-04-26). "Unlike Pluto Releases His Second Album Of The Year... And It's Only April". Your EDM. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
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- ^ "Unlike Pluto Gigography, Tour History & Past Concerts – Songkick". www.songkick.com. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
- ^ "Everything Black is officially gold!!!!!..." www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
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- ^ "Unlike Pluto - Smile on my Face (PLUTO TAPES ARE BACK?)". www.youtube.com. 2023-11-29. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
- ^ "my plans for 2024 and music". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
- ^ "Joanna Jones". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
- ^ Vincent, Alice (2019-10-24). "TikTok's greatest hits: why are these old songs suddenly going viral?". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
- ^ "2021 Dell XPS Advert Song – Youniverse – TV Advert Songs". Retrieved 2021-04-06.
- ^ "YO!!!!!!! OK SO, this Friday I launch my lofi project Like Saturn :)..." www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
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- ^ "Unlike Pluto Cherry Blossom Nightmare Album Playlist". YouTube. 2022-11-18.
- ^ "Unlike Pluto Dizzy Bezerko Album Playlist". YouTube. 2023-08-25.
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- ^ "Unlike Pluto Releases Extravagant EP 'life in minor' [Listen]". River Beats Dance. 2019-11-17. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
- ^ "Unlike Pluto Premieres 'Waiting For You' Feat. Joanna Jones: Exclusive". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
- ^ "Unlike Pluto Premieres 'Searching For You' Feat. Karra & Eric Zayne: Exclusive". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
- ^ "Unlike Pluto Discovers Trap Drums on 'Found You' Feat. Michelle Buzz: Exclusive". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
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- ^ "YO!!! So today is a huge announcement, I have a collaboration with my best friends 8 Graves coming out November 20th :)". www.youtube.come. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
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