
In a digital era where everyone wants overnight success, alt-pop rising artist MICO showcases that great music and consistency can win the race. Starting as a 16-year-old singing in Discord servers and Twitch streams, MICO (now 22) continues to connect with new listeners one-by-one, paying off in a cult fanbase of 1.6 million digitally (known as the “amicos”), generating over 100 million global streams and selling out North American and European tours
– all independently without major label help.
The last two years have catapulted MICO to new heights – earning a top 20 radio hit (“cut my hair”), selling out three headline tours throughout the US and Canada, and sparking viral hits that have become staples in his discography (“HOMESICK”, “TV” and “Senses”.
For MICO, the Internet isn’t something to be overthought – it’s like his second home. In 2024, he released his highly anticipated fifth EP, “Internet hometown hero” accompanied by his Cancel your plans tour – selling out dates in the US and Toronto and breaking his own streaming records.
And 2025 is all gas, no brakes for the rising phenom as he fresh off his first-ever EU/UK tour (100% sold out), supported Nightly on a few US dates, coinciding with additional US headline shows in May (100% sold out) and will perform on his first festival ever at Lollapolooza in Berlin this July – all while releasing the deluxe version of his 2024 EP – “Internet hometown hero (+DLC)” on May 2, featuring “I’d hate to be my friend” and “Don’t you cry (w/ vaultboy).

vaultboy
vaultboy, is a singer-songwriter from Jacksonville, Florida who first began experimenting with music during high school and has been perfecting and growing his craft ever since.
In 2018, he started livestreaming himself singing, performing and also gaming full-time under a previous alias. It wasn’t until late 2020 that he posted his debut TikTok as vaultboy, a name that pays homage to his love of video games, specifically the Fallout series. He began sharing his original music and found, with his fun and relatable lyrics, that he was able to deeply connect with the audience that has grown around him.
In early 2022, vaultboy released his self-titled debut EP including viral hit ‘everything sucks’ which spent two weeks at #1 on the Spotify global viral chart and hit #1 on the QQ Music Western music chart in China. Regionalised feature-remixes of ‘everything sucks’ including versions with Korean-American artist Eric Nam, British artist Gracey and Chinese rapper Lil Jet have helped the record has generate several hundred millions of streams worldwide and allowed vaultboy to begin to build a truly global fanbase.
As an artist birthed in the pandemic, vaultboy’s main connection with his audience has been online where he has accumulated over 2.5 million followers across his main social channels to date. In late 2023, he began rolling out new singles, signifying the start of a new chapter of his project. With US touring under his belt, vaultboy recently announced his UK, EU, Australia, and Asia 2024 headline tour, with the announcement of the release of his debut album coming on May 10th, 2024.
Besides creating his own music, vaultboy has written with the likes of gnash and co-wrote Sarah Barrios’ single “Have We Met Before?” featuring Eric Nam. vaultboy has also began to build in the Web 3.0 space with his debut music NFT release on Sound XYZ which rapidly sold out of all 25 editions and generated 2.5 ETH.