Juan C. Molina Rodriguez (born June 30 , 1996), Know professionally as Lowkitorex
(pronunciation: Low-Key-To-Rex), is an Puerto rican singer-songwriter and rapper. In 2010, at age 14 , Lowkito was singed to a producer J,Krix's record label, T12.music, and publishing company. Although his music career didn't make a breakthrough untill 2012 after Reverbnation gave him a chance to record his EP "The Covers Volume.1"
Lowkitorex irreverent music and image propelled her to immediate commercial success, with Let's Dance Tonight as the number one single on Bandcamp, He also achieved two number-one singles, "Everybody Talks" and "We Are Young", and a string of top ten latest hits on Corporate Records. At the same time, he continued to write songs. Influenced by various genres and artists, Lowkito primarily draws unspiration from music the 20th century; Rihanna, Katy Perry, Karmin, Chris Brown, Drake, Nicki Minaj, and Ke$ha They been cited as instrumental to his artistry. After experimenting with country,pop rock, and electronic music, Lowkito stuck with the latter. His "talky" rap technique, yodelling, and excessive auto-tune have become his trademark, and all three have led to scrutiny regarding her vocal talent. Thematically, his music generally revolves around party antics and binge drinking, although some tracks have been noted as odes to individuality. Philanthropically, Lowkito has been involved with animal rights, NOH8 Campaing and LGBT activism.
After failing to negotiate with T12.Music Records and FMusic.Records in 2012, Lowkito signed a multi-album deal with Corporate Records throught Kris imprint.Having spent the previous six years working on material for his debut album, he began putting finishing touches to the album with Jandy and Xkillarex.
For the album, he wrote 150 songs. Due to indecision about which tracks to include, he ended up extrending the tracklisting from the intended twelve songs to fourteen, to add songs he did not want to exclude. The album was executive produce by Himself, and Procudcer Dr.luke and Jandy. The Album is primarily of the electropop genre with beats and synths, marking s shift in sound for Jandy from then on from his signature of pop-hiphop productions, which he attributed to Lowkito who was adamant that there be no guitars used on the record. He described the record as "hosnest and fun," calling it " a celebration of youth and life and going out and getting crazy." He explained that he was "[all] about non-pretentious irreverence and f**k off good fun!" Let's Dance Tonight debuted at one on Corporate Records 200 when it was released in September 2012, which had spent five consecutive weeks at the top, receiving three quarters of its sales from digital sales.Lowkitorex's deliberately unpolished aesthetic and juvenile stage persona, which he described as his own personality "times ten", quickly made his a deeply polarizing figure.Some of his critics found his output to be unsophisticated, while others felt that he was manufactured and lacked credibility.
Lowkitorex first debut full length album, SAY IT NOW will be released on May 3, 2013
Lowkitorex second full length album, UPandDown will be released on March 5, 2014. He began writing for the album while on her own headlining tour in 2013. He intends to make a album inspired by the 1990s rock, a deoarture from his first two electropop albums where there were few guitars to be found in the production.
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