Isaiah Faber (born March 31, 1999), known professionally as Powfu,[5][6][7] is a Canadian singer and rapper. He is the son of Dave Faber from the band Faber Drive. He amassed popularity following the release of his first charting single, "Death Bed (Coffee for Your Head)", featuring Beabadoobee which peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100.[8][7]
Powfu | |
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![]() Powfu in 2018 | |
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Birth name | Isaiah Faber |
Born | (1999-03-31) March 31, 1999 (age 23)[1][2] Vancouver, Canada |
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Years active | 2018–present |
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Website | powfuofficial |
In February 2020, he released the song "Death Bed (Coffee for Your Head)", which features a sample of Beabadoobee's debut single "Coffee". The single has received over 1 billion streams on Spotify as of June 2021, and peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 after amassing popularity through the video-sharing app TikTok, where over four million videos using the song have been posted. Upon re-releasing the single commercially a year after, Powfu signed with Columbia Records in the US, in conjunction with Robots + Humans in the UK. The song appears on the EP Poems of the Past, which was released on May 29, 2020.
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||||||
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CAN [10] |
FRA [11] |
US [12] |
US Alt. [10] |
US Heat. [13] | |||||
Some Boring, Love Stories |
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Some Boring, Love Stories, Pt. 2 |
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Some Boring, Love Stories, Pt. 3 |
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Some Boring Love Stories, Pt. 4 |
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Poems of the Past |
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53 | 57 | 134 | 5 | 1 | |||
Drinking Under the Streetlights |
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"—" denotes a recording that did not chart |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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CAN [20] |
AUS [21] |
BEL [22] |
DEN [23] |
FRA [11] |
IRE [24] |
NL [25] |
NZ [26] |
UK [8] |
US [27] | ||||
"Letters in December"[28] (with Rxseboy) |
2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album singles | |
"Dead Eyes"[29] (with Promoting Sounds and Ouse!) |
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"Hide in Your Blue Eyes"[30] (with Thomas Reid) |
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"Laying on My Porch While We Watch the World End."[31] (with Rxseboy and Slipfunc) |
2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Don't Fall Asleep Yet"[32] (with ENRA) |
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"Death Bed (Coffee for Your Head)" (featuring Beabadoobee) |
11 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 23 | Poems of the Past | ||
"I'm Used to It"[41] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"I'll Come Back to You"[42] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Eyes"[43] (with Lilyung & Chrisbeats) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
"17again"[44] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Some Boring Love Stories Pt. 5 | ||
"Stay4ever"[45] (featuring Mounika.) |
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"When the Hospital Was My Home"[46] (with Rxseboy) |
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"The Way That You See Me"[47] (with Rxseboy and Sarcastic Sounds featuring Ayleen Valentine) |
2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Drinking Under the Streetlights | |
"Survivor"[48] (with Known. and Kultargotbounce) |
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"The Long Way Home" (with Sarcastic Sounds and Sara Kays) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Drinking Under the Streetlights | ||
"Mario Kart" (with Travis Barker)[49] |
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"Losing Sleep" (with Dvbbs)[50] |
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"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Unreleased: Snowflake Ice heart Castle Releasing October 8, 2021 |
Title | Year | Album |
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"Feel That Again" Prod. 8rokeboy (Happily Sad featuring Powfu)[51] | 2018 | Non-album single |
"fall in love"
(Lil Skele featuring Powfu) |
2019 | Single |
"When We Were 16"
(Rxseboy featuring Mishaal, Powfu) |
2019 | Single |
"Eyes Blue Like the Atlantic, Pt. 2" (Sista Prod featuring Alec Benjamin, Rxseboy and Powfu)[52] |
2020 | Non-album single |
"tell me when you change" (Jay Sek featuring Powfu)[53] |
2020 | Non-album single |
"Some Nights"
(Jomie featuring Sarcastic Sounds, Rxseboy, Powfu) |
2020 | Evidence I Exist |
"how to live"
(yaeow featuring Powfu and Sarcastic Sounds)[54] |
2021 | Non-album single |
"Speed Limit"
(Ollie featuring Powfu) |
2021 | Single |
"Too Many Problems"
(Ouse featuring Powfu) |
2021 | Crying In Camo |
"Hold Somebody"
(guccihighwaters featuring Sarcastic Sounds, Powfu) |
2021 | joke's on you |
"Contigo"
(BoyWithUke featuring Powfu) |
2022 | Serotonin Dreams |
Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2021 | iHeartRadio Music Awards | Best New Rock/Alternative Rock Artist | Won | [55] |
Juno Awards | Breakthrough Artist of the Year | Nominated | [56] | |
I'm 20 years old.