Introduction
Isaiah Faber (born March 31, 1999), known professionally as Powfu, is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is the son of Dave Faber from the band Faber Drive. He amassed popularity following the release of his first charting single, "Death Bed (Coffee for Your Head)", featuring Beabadoobee, which peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Career
In February 2020, he released the song "Death Bed (Coffee for Your Head)", which featured a sample of Beabadoobee's debut single "Coffee". The single has received over 1 billion streams on Spotify as of June 2021, and peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 after amassing popularity through the video-sharing app TikTok. After re-releasing the single a year after, Powfu signed with Columbia Records in the US, in conjunction with Robots + Humans in the United Kingdom. The song appeared on the EP Poems of the Past, which was released on May 29, 2020.
On December 2, 2022, Powfu released his first full-length album, Surrounded by Hounds and Serpents, which included a cover of Taylor Swift's "Mine". In an interview with Billboard, he stated that this album title describes his search to spot "people who are fake or only want [him] for the wrong reasons".
Discography
Studio albums
- Surrounded by Hounds and Serpents (2022)
Extended plays
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN | FRA | US | USAlt. | USHeat. | |||||
| Some Boring Love Stories |
| — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Some Boring Love Stories, Pt. 2 |
| — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Some Boring Love Stories, Pt. 3 |
| — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Some Boring Love Stories, Pt. 4 |
| — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Poems of the Past |
| 53 | 57 | 134 | 5 | 1 | |||
| Some Boring Love Stories, Pt. 5 |
| — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Drinking Under the Streetlights |
| — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Tell Me Your Feelings and I Won't Tell You Mine |
| — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Tell Me Your Feelings and I Won't Tell You Mine Pt. 2 |
| — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes a recording that has not charted | |||||||||
Singles
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN | AUS | BEL | DEN | FRA | IRE | NL | NZ | UK | US | ||||
| "Letters in December" (with Rxseboy) | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Dead Eyes" (with Promoting Sounds and Ouse!) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Hide in Your Blue Eyes" (with Thomas Reid) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Laying on My Porch While We Watch the World End." (with Rxseboy and Slipfunc) | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Don't Fall Asleep Yet" (with ENRA) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Death Bed (Coffee for Your Head)" (featuring Beabadoobee) | 11 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 23 |
| Poems of the Past | |
| "I'm Used to It" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "I'll Come Back to You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Eyes" (with Lilyung & Chrisbeats) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| "17again" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Some Boring Love Stories Pt. 5 | ||
| "Stay4ever" (featuring Mounika.) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "When the Hospital Was My Home" (with Rxseboy) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "The Way That You See Me" (with Rxseboy and Sarcastic Sounds featuring Ayleen Valentine) | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Drinking Under the Streetlights | |
| "Survivor" (with Known. and Kultargotbounce) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| "The Long Way Home" (with Sarcastic Sounds and Sara Kays) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Drinking Under the Streetlights | ||
| "Mario Kart" (with Travis Barker) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Losing Sleep" (with Dvbbs) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sleep | ||
| "Fault in the Stars" (with the Chainsmokers) | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Feel That Again" (Happily Sad featuring Powfu) | 2018 | Non-album singles |
| "fall in love"
| 2019 | |
| "When We Were 16"
| ||
| "Eyes Blue Like the Atlantic, Pt. 2" (Sista Prod featuring Alec Benjamin, Rxseboy and Powfu) | 2020 | |
| "Tell Me When You Change" (Jay Sek featuring Powfu) | ||
| "Some Nights"
| Evidence I Exist | |
| "How to Live"
| 2021 | Non-album singles |
| "Speed Limit"
| ||
| "Too Many Problems"
| Crying In Camo | |
| "Hold Somebody"
| Joke's on You | |
| "Contigo"
| 2022 | Serotonin Dreams |
Accolades
| Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | iHeartRadio Music Awards | Best New Rock/Alternative Rock Artist | Won | |
| Juno Awards | Breakthrough Artist of the Year | Nominated |