The Kid Laroi

Australia's the Kid LAROI made a rapid ascent to fame at the tail-end of the 2010s thanks in part to his connection with Juice WRLD, who mentored the teenage rapper on tour and later collaborated with him on the 2020 breakout track "Go."

He issued the mixtape F*CK LOVE in July of that year, quickly expanded it with seven additional tracks as F*CK LOVE (SAVAGE), and extended the concept into a series in 2021 with a chart-topping third installment, F*CK LOVE 3+: OVER YOU. In 2022, he took home the ARIA Award for Best Pop Release for his single "Thousand Miles," paving the way for his debut studio album, 2023's The First Time.

He reached number eight on Billboard's Top 40 and four in Australia with his non-album single "Thousand Miles." The song also took home the ARIA Award for Best Pop Release. In January 2023, LAROI released the songs "Can't Go Back to the Way It Was (Intro)" and "Love Again" as the first singles off his debut studio album, The First Time.