Powfu: the lo-fi rapper who became a Covid-era star without leaving his bedroom

Last year the Canadian musician scored a global hit with Death Bed (Coffee for Your Head) - now he's finally ready to meet his fans

For the lockdown superstar, omnipresent fame feels very much like obscurity used to. I've been waiting a long time to go play with the fans," says Powfu - AKA 22-year-old, Canadian lo-fi rapper Isaiah Faber - gazing around at the same four walls he was staring at before his breakthrough track Death Bed (Coffee for Your Head) unexpectedly racked up 360m YouTube streams, 4bn TikTok plays in March 2020 alone, and major chart placings worldwide at the very start of the pandemic. But it's made it a bit easier because it wasn't like everything hit me at once. It's not full-level yet."

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