Rat Boy

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Jordan Cardy (born 21 February 1996), also known as Rat Boy on stage, is an English musician from Chelmsford, Essex.

Early life

Cardy was born in Chelmsford, England, on February 21, 1996. He attended Chelmer Valley High School in Chelmsford and then moved to Colchester Institute to study Art. Despite being dyslexic, he started writing songs in his spare time, releasing songs on SoundCloud under the name "Rat Boy," a term used to describe him by his schoolmates who said he looked like a rat. Cardy was recruited and then fired from Wetherspoons, which inspired his first appearance on SoundCloud, The Mixtape.

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Career

Rat Boy created "The Mixtape," a 5 track mix on which he performed vocals, keyboard, and bass, which he performed in his own home. He sent "The Mixtape" to various record companies, and in reaction Drew McConnell (bassist for Babyshambles) arranged for Rat Boy to meet with him, Cardy, and his band, which were later signed to Parlophone records in early 2015. In addition,, "The Mixtape" was featured in NME Magazine and broadcast by radio stations including BBC Radio 1, Radio X (formerly XFM) and BBC Radio 6.

Rat Boy was included in the BBC Sound Of 2016 Longlist, an annual survey in which over 100 Music Specialists select artists they think will be profitable within the next 12 months. MTV also announced Brand New for 2016, an annual publication and webseries containing artists, which will be worth watching out for during the forthcoming year. Rat Boy was shortlisted along with ten other artists, including Bonkaz, Jack Garratt, and Rationale. He was also selected by NME magazine for the Best New Artist 2016 award, which he later received, in addition to performing his single "Move" at the awards ceremony.

Cardy's song "Knock Knock" was sampled on Kendrick Lamar's song "Lust," his fourth studio album, Damn, in April 2017. He expressed his admiration for the sample when he learned about it on Twitter.

Rat Boy's long-awaited debut album Scum debuted on August 11th, 2017 in the United States. The album was initially released with 13 tracks, but a deluxe 25-track version was also available. More than 15 minutes of skits, samples, and interludes were included in the Deluxe Version, as well as a bonus song "Sad Sad" featuring fellow indie musician Mallory Merk. The album reached number 15 on the UK album chart.

On his UK solo tour in December 2017, Cardy benefited Liam Gallagher.

Rat Boy released the studio album Internationally Unknown on January 25, 2019 which was not released in 2018.

Rat Boy appeared on McFly's "Young Dumb Thrills" as a member of the same name.

Rat Boy performed songs on the radio in the 2020 game Cyberpunk 2077, using the name IBDY. One song, Who's Ready for Tomorrow, appeared in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, a anime based in the same universe.

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