Over the past few years, Randy Finell—the enigmatic 21-year-old Ohioan releasing music as Brakence—has avoided interviews and other press appearances while racking up tens of millions of streams.

Around three years ago, a teen pop artist from Ohio named brakence started to experience a relentless, nagging headache that lasted for months. This chronic pain, and brakence's broader ...

The innovative and dynamic Columbus producer Brakence releases debut record punk2, with Gen Z anthem "fuckboy" a standout. There’s not much on the internet to know about Brakence. A stream of ...

brakence, a 20-something from Ohio, flitted around its margins when he first emerged: his 2018 project hypnagogia reflected an immersion in the beats of Soulection and Kaytranada, while punk2 (his ...