Romanian-born and New York City raised Vlad Holiday has made a career of romanticizing the past, the human condition, and looking at love and relationships through realistically dark tinted lenses. With downtempo crooner tracks all tinged with melancholy, Vlad has built a sonic world of his own that tries to find comfort in accepting the darker moments in life. Having gained nearly 40 million streams as a completely independent artist, it seems as if he’s resonating with a subculture of people that are also trying to do the same.