A Mission artistBԪַs song has hit 1 billion plays on Spotify, and is on track to become the most popular song to ever come out of the Fraser Valley.
PowfuBԪַs BԪַdeath bed (coffee for your head) ft. beabadoobeeBԪַ came out in April, 2020, and has already smashed past the number of Spotify plays on Carly Rae JepsenBԪַs BԪַCall Me Maybe,BԪַ which has 664,500,000 plays.
Powfu now joins the ranks of other Canadian artists to have billion-play songs on Spotify, such as Drake, Justin Bieber and The Weeknd.
Jepsen (also from Mission) still holds the popularity record for her 2013 song, when considering its music video has 1.3 billion views on YouTube.
PowfuBԪַs music video, much of it filmed at AbbotsfordBԪַs Mill Lake Park, has 362 million views on YouTube.
But BԪַdeath bedBԪַ is outpacing BԪַCall Me Maybe.BԪַ Just under a year ago, it only had 440 million views on Spotify and 90 million YouTube views.
The song was originally released on his SoundCloud page in 2019, and exploded in popularity on TikTok during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Powfu, or Isaiah Faber, is the son of David Faber, the lead singer of the Juno-nominated Canadian punk band Faber Drive.
patrick.penner@missioncityrecord.com
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