Arshia Nicholas Fattah (born: April 18, 1998), better known by his stage name Aries, is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, and YouTuber. He is best known for his songs that gained popularity off of his YouTube channel. He is the founder of the record label Wunderworld previously known as Chapter 9, that includes himself, Biskwiq, and possibly Matt Mems and Slippery Salazar. He was born in Wichita, Kansas and moved to Orange County, California, where he grew up. He attended Aliso Niguel High School.
Early music career[]
Aries began producing around late 2012-early 2013 when he was in high school. He didn't know how to play any instruments when he first began his producing career and used rock music as his muse. He would go with his friends and smoke weed with them before freestyling raps with them since this was the music he realized he wanted to make. He stopped smoking after suffering a series of panic attacks resulting in him deciding to sit alone in his room. He learned how to create melodies by himself, not knowing anything about music theory, but making videos and remaking instrumentals of popular songs helped him learn what kind of music he wanted to make, which resulted in him doing what he does today.
Music[]
The first song that he has ever released that is still on his YouTube channel today, mr. FANTASTIC. Since then, he released LIMELIGHT and MILES & MILES. He has collaborated with Matt Mems to make three songs, <(less than) FRIENDS, RED LIGHTS, and PLANET X. He has collaborated with Slippery Salazar on songs like RACECAR, IF EVERYTHING IS EVERYTHING, UR NOT PRECIOUS, and SANTA MONICA. Many songs that have made it onto his YouTube channel and Soundcloud, but not Spotify are less popular because of this. His second Soundcloud account, WUNDERWORLD, is where he posts full versions of the songs made off of his YouTube content.
Aries is currently holding a large YouTube fan base with a verified artist channel, but all of this started after he put out the song that got many of his YouTube fans into his music, CAROUSEL. Not long after this song was released, he made a breakdown of the instrumental and put this out on his channel as well. On June 24, 2018, he released his most popular song, SAYONARA. On April 18, 2019, he released his debut album, WELCOME HOME, which featured his previous singles and five new songs, one of which he completed and posted the music video for. He went on a US & Europe tour after this, posting the full experience on YouTube. Throughout and near the end of this video, Aries teases new music, even mentioning WELCOME HOME as "just a warmup," telling his fans that there is more to come. About one year and seven months later, his tracks FOOL'S GOLD and CONVERSATIONS were released in November and December of 2020, respectively, including the new music video, instrumental breakdown, and behind the scenes of FOOL'S GOLD. He stated in an instagram live Q&A that his new music would be different from his past tracks, since WELCOME HOME just "didn't make him happy anymore." He continued working on new music, planning to release his second album in the future. About one year after the release of FOOL'S GOLD, on November 12th, 2021, he released his second album, BELIEVE IN ME, WHO BELIEVES IN YOU. This new album included three previous songs: DITTO, KIDS ON MOLLY, and ONE PUNCH. In total, he dropped 8 new songs with this album, featuring WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT, ETA, RIDING, EASY, DESPERADO, OUTDATED, and BOUNTY HUNTER. With the release of the album, he uploaded a music video for his new song RIDING to his YouTube channel. The song ETA had previously been teased on his Europe & America tour and snippets of it had gone viral. He has also revealed that he is going on another America & Europe tour, starting on the 15th of January of 2022. For sure, the 23-year-old artist is looking to keep his momentum throughout 2022 and we are all excited to see what he has to offer for the future.