Noise Pop: Goody Grace

From the northern suburbs of Winnipeg, singer/songwriter Goody Grace combines his love of hip-hop and acoustic guitar into a style influenced as much by Wiz Khalifa and Gucci Mane as Bob Dylan and Morrissey. Born in Selkirk, the Canadian artist sings, raps, and plays guitar. He started when he was four years old, later finding an audience as a teenager with covers of artists like the Weeknd and Taylor Swift. He co-wrote “Flower” for Cody Simpson and “That One Song” with gnash, eventually appearing on tracks by Huey Mack (“Things Change”), Hoodie Allen (“Heartbreak”), and gnash (“Two Shots”). His debut single, “Memories,” arrived in 2015. “Pretend,” “So, What Does This All Mean?,” and “Memorie$” featuring Jesse Rutherford and A$AP Ant followed in 2016. The next year, he continued with the release of “April” and “Strange Times.”