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Los Angeles based chemistry major-turned-viral sensation-turned-youtuber-turned-musician Jacob Rabon IV, known to his YouTube empire as Alpharad which has accumulated over 1 Billion views, but to music fans as the audio-visual project Ace of Hearts has released his new single Deadbeat Boulevard, a fun pop-rock song about watching a close friend start a relationship that you know will not turn out well. This is the first single off his forthcoming full-length album, Frozen in Time due out on December 10th.

Frozen Time follows two EP ‘s Scorpion Queen and Monophobia, both released in 2020 which collectively went on to amass over 10 Million Streams. Inspired by artists such as the Black Keys, MIKA, Marina, Death Cab for Cutie, Wallows, this new album is a culmination of everything that has mattered to Rabon in the past year. Each song is a reference to a journal entry from the past year. For Rabon the vulnerability of sharing his innermost thoughts on the album has been both exhilarating and terrifying at the same. With the writing of Frozen in Time Rabon, took a hold all the things he felt were holding him back, and took a headwind and turned it into a tailwind. He hopes for this album, and the level of honesty it puts forth is that he will be able to help someone, even just one person, feel a little bit less alone.

Born in Oklahoma City, OK Rabon has had a lifelong passion for video and cinematography. He created his main YouTube channel in 2014 and Since its creation, he has made various gaming videos on his channel. Rabon attended the University of Oklahoma while making YouTube videos as a full-time job.His original goal was to be a writer, director, or editor of some kind, but soon learned that in being someone else's editor he couldn't have as much creative freedom as he could making his own content. Alpharad’s YouTube channel has grown to over 2.5 Million subscribers and yielded over 1 Billion views.

Frozen in Time (Album out 12/10)

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