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РІР‚СљI kind of self-taught myself, like, let me watch other singers, picking up on accents and how they portray their emotions.РІР‚Сњ His list of favorite musicians includes Fleetwood Mac (heРІР‚в„ўs called РІР‚СљDreamsРІР‚Сњ one of his all-time jams), Adele, Bill Withers, Aaliyah and Father John Misty. At school he performed in musicals РІР‚вЂњ РІР‚СљI was Cornelius in Hello, Dolly Seaweed in HairsprayРІР‚Сњ РІР‚вЂњ and at home he studied YouTube clips of virtuoso singers like Andrea Bocelli, the pop-opera don. Army band and chorus, and he grew up duetting with her at home. РІР‚СљThatРІР‚в„ўs probably why I matured a lot faster than a lot of people my age, because I already lost something super-close to me.РІР‚Сњ Beyond that, he felt strains from the unsettled life of РІР‚Сљa military child, where youРІР‚в„ўre constantly moving and you donРІР‚в„ўt really have any form of stability.РІР‚Сњ РІР‚СљI was very upset, mad РІР‚вЂњ the stages of grief,РІР‚Сњ he says. His parents separated when he was РІР‚Сљvery young,РІР‚Сњ he says, and when he was in second grade his father was killed: РІР‚СљHe got hit by a car РІР‚вЂњ drunk driver, didnРІР‚в„ўt stop.РІР‚Сњ By that point, Khalid was living in Germany with his mother, Linda, who recently retired as a sergeant first class in the U.S. When Khalid was about seven, his life veered intotragedy. РІР‚СљMoving makes me sadand excited at the same time РІР‚вЂњ itРІР‚в„ўs a mind-fuck.РІР‚Сњ Today, he keeps the walls bare inhis apartment, because, he says, РІР‚СљI get attached to things like that, and if I get attached, I wonРІР‚в„ўt want to leave.РІР‚Сњ At the same time, he adds a moment later, he canРІР‚в„ўt sit still anywhere for long: РІР‚СљI always get restless and sad if I stay in one place РІР‚вЂњ like, РІР‚ВI wanna see something else.'РІР‚Сњ I tell him that he seemingly just contradicted himself, and he nods. Before El Paso, he lived in Carthage, New York, a small town upstate before that, he lived in Heidelberg, Germany Georgia and Kentucky: He was an Army brat, and all the moving left a mark on him.

A few months ago, he bought himself a pre-owned BMW 428i drop-top in El Paso, Texas, where he attended high school his senior year, and drove west to be closer to the music industry. He rents an apartment in Studio City, in the Valley. Khalid is new to Los Angeles, but heРІР‚в„ўs already come to see the art at LACMA РІР‚Сљa couple times,РІР‚Сњ posting shots of himself among the sculptures and paintings on his Instagram. In a few months heРІР‚в„ўll hit the road with Lorde, who called KhalidРІР‚в„ўs РІР‚СљYoung, Dumb and BrokeРІР‚Сњ РІР‚Сљfucking gorgeous,РІР‚Сњ and whose music has a similarly potent combination of zoomed-in specificity and generational sweep. Khalid has appeared on tracks with Kendrick Lamar and Future, and heРІР‚в„ўs befriended Kylie Jenner, who gave his breakout hit, РІР‚СљLocation,РІР‚Сњ a crucial boost when she played it on her Snapchat. American Teen debuted at Number Nine and is already certified gold. Technology references РІР‚вЂњ cellphone photo albums, ride-share apps, GPS pins РІР‚вЂњ pop up constantly, sometimes enabling connections, sometimes crippling them.

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The album is full of fragile relationships РІР‚вЂњ friends having a blast only to grow apart lovers yearning for one another only to get caught up in passive-aggressive mind games. His debut album, American Teen, came out a few months ago, and although it pulses with euphoric dance beats, Eighties synths and tales of marijuana-and booze-fueled high school raging, melancholy is never far away, either. Khalid is a 19-year-old pop prodigy with a lovely, leathery voice and a knack for big, breezy sing-songs.