PARTYOF2

Uncompromising and with the bravado of a success-hungry youth gang, PARTYOF2 burst onto the vibrant LA rap scene at the beginning of the new twenties. The trio’s wacky, eclectic pop rap incorporates alternative R&B with dirty rawness, neo-psychedelia with trap, experimental beat structures with hip-house in the rear-view mirror, instantly going viral across all platforms. No empty hype, but rather a reflection of the attitude towards life of American youth ensures that the combo are secure in their dominance of the most important rap playlists across the board. Now renamed Grouptherapy, the project strike a nerve that was persistently tickled a few years ago by the Brockhampton collective – and any comparisons are therefore no coincidence. But with the semi-biographical ‘I Was Mature For My Age, But I Was Still A Child’ (2023), PARTYOF2 have launched a style monster that is unparalleled, and to the acclaim of all the arts pages. As an artistic liberation and emancipatory soundtrack for Gen Z, it is both musically and lyrically a product of our era, in which the hypocrisy of Western culture threatens to burst under its own weight. Their latest EP, ‘We Owe You An Explanation’ (2025), was also born out of this attitude towards life.