Royel Jr deconstruct the turbulent experience of coming into adulthood and life. Their music carries you through both mundane and visceral themes of sexuality, love lost, and addiction. The relationship between lyrics and music is shaped carefully to bring all to an almost meditative state.

The ambition began in a small Irish hospital and a near death experience, with words flowing from Irish vocalist and songwriter Roy Gilmartin, “I don’t want to die having never shared my music”. Months later, he met producer and composer Jacob Elias in an east London flat and began what is now known as Royel Jr. It was there the sounds of the city; passing cars & working late nights in queer spaces that inspired Roy on an almost subconscious level to write the music. Jacob and Roy came to the same conclusions about music and what they wanted from it. Their artistic practice flows comfortably across genres, weaving groovy hip hop instrumentals in ‘Over by the rain’ and shifting into a dreamy pop 80’s production in ‘Don’t Know Why’. The duo are constantly evolving, drawing from nearby thinkers and collective spaces. In a world of total disarray, Royel Jr are a colorful and abstract explosion.