Her work has previously appeared in the Austin Chronicle, the Dallas Observer, NPR, ESPN, Bitch, and the Village Voice. Id never met her before that, so I just go out ofjuvieand immediately get dropped off at this new house Ive never been to with this new person and these other people in the house Ive never met before., New York magazine questioned Hobo Johnsons lyrical focus on unrequited female attraction, but that didnt keep the publication from making a firm prediction in the form of the articles headline: Hobo Johnson Is About to Be Huge.. Being kicked out of his house might have been the best thing that ever happened to Frank Lopes. It appears he made a song about "the Friend Zone" that the tumbr crowd found to be problamatic and they went nuts and doxxed him and his family among other things. He keeps getting Death threats, his apartment was broken into and his mom possibly being doxxed are majority of what I keep seeing. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. His car is a 1994 Toyota Corolla. Audra Schroeder is the Daily Dots senior entertainment writer, and she focuses on streaming, comedy, and music. There were seven people) and Fox & Goose Public House (That was a much older crowd. I think you'll be surprised by some of his picks. He's not directly saying this to a specific person (presumably) and the song doesn't really glorify this kind of 'nice guy' perspective--especially with his delivery, it comes off as kind of silly and self-deprecating. (Photo by Max Whittaker), Also on Lopes sleevewell, OK, his right armis a string of six small, freshly tattooed hearts, one for himself and each of the five members of the Lovemakers, his other family: Derek Lynch (guitar), Jordan Moore (guitar, keyboards), David Baez-Lopez (bass guitar), Ben Lerch (drums) and Jmsey (keyboards, guitar), each of whom, he says, has the same tattoo set. Press J to jump to the feed. They would wake me up in the middle of the night and I would just sit on the curb. After a month, he had had enough. To appreciate why requires understanding just how Frank Lopes Jr. became Hobo Johnson in the first place. I have to make public statements. He eventually posted a lengthy apology on Facebook that yielded more than 5,000 likes and over 250 comments, the majority supportive. Yet, as Lopeswhose last name rhymes with hopesgets ready for The Falls mid-Septemberrelease and a summer tour that includes a hometown appearance at Concerts in the Park and performances at Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza, the stress of finishing up his inaugural major-label album may very well pale in comparison with the emotional changes that surround him buying his own home. I had a few drunk-in-publics. First, the music snobs. You dont even understand whats going on. [22], On 1 August 2021 he released the Album Hobo Johnson Alienates His Fanbase. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, I use the internet too much not to think I know. Reaching over 10 million views on YouTube, the video of the band performing Peach Scone had everyone hooked on Lopes Jr.s feelings for an unnamed girl who is dating somebody else. Last time, we tried to bring out a dominatrix to hit me onstage, but they didnt want us to do that, Lopes says. Speaking about these topics seems so important to me now, and makes me wonder why anyone liked my older music.. Yes, but after watching, you know how eccentric he is; plus, it was the first official music video the band made, so who can blame the insanity? Thats the ultimate piece of art, in my opinion.. What happened afterwards? "This is nothing to be ashamed of, except he took off the condom while having sex with my friend, without her knowing, after one of his meet and greets. He cites none other than Shane Carruthdirector of the mind-melting, low-budget (and, yes, polarizing) time-travel film Primeras his role model. I AM A BOT | REPLY !IGNORE AND I WILL STOP REPLYING TO YOUR COMMENTS. You can even shout them with him and get all your feelings out. I took it upon myself to go be something, and [start] this big adventure, he says of going it alone after getting kicked out. Jade Ehlers/Courtesy of the artist hide caption ", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hobo_Johnson&oldid=1133731629, Wikipedia pending changes protected pages, Short description is different from Wikidata, Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Frank Lopes Jr. lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, production, This page was last edited on 15 January 2023, at 07:06. Life has changed a lot over the past few years for Frank Lopes Jr. I feel bad for the guy. I haven't seen it so I can't say what it's like either way but it's still a disproportionate response to pretty much anything. A subreddit to help you keep up to date with what's going on with reddit and other stuff. Newsletter: DoorDash driver confronts bad tippers, We would always have to say no: Former Chipotle worker speaks out about nacho hack, I wont deliver somewhere else because I wont get paid: DoorDash driver says customer used fake address to skirt Pizza Huts delivery radius, Ive never been a server. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Frank Lopes Jr. (born December 22, 1994), known professionally as Hobo Johnson, is an American vocalist and former frontman of Hobo Johnson & the LoveMakers.[2]. While publicly known as Hobo Johnson, his actual name is Frank Lopes Jr. Johnson is a California native who's been making music since 2015. The cops would come and wake you up and tell you to move, but sometimes theyll just search your sh-t. How a Sacramento Hobo racked up millions of views with his music video, Minnesota indie bands fight for rights to 90s recordings: We get the runaround, 12-year-old is now an amputee after a 10-hour wait in the ER, New Mexico lawsuit says, How long will sunshine last in Sacramento? "Peach Scone" is still on YouTube. Hobo Johnson is different than myselfits like me on the internet and me in real life are two very separate things.. Subscribe to the channel: https://youtube.com/c/HoboJohnson?sub. One artist, Hobo Johnson and The LoveMakers, is an up-and-coming star in the indie hip-hop scene. A native of Loomis, Lopes lived in Oak Park . He was apprehended atChanaHigh in Auburn for the accumulated violations and delivered to a nearby detention center, where he stayed for four long months. When he eventually settles in, itll feel like coming home in more ways than oneinking the deal means putting down roots not just in his new neighborhood, but in his adopted town, something else that he had dreamed of. I also happen to love his stuff because it's honest and he really just loves doing what he does. ill sell them both for $25, dm me to talk abt it :). Nobody says "I just really hope that she doesn't get hurt" out of the blue without the ulterior motive of threatening somebody. Alleged victim recanted the whole story and attributed this kerfuffle to "miscommunication". The living situation wasnt a good fitMe and my dad didnt see eye to eyeand he eventually left for an aunts in Visalia for a while (his mom was living in San Diego by this point) before coming back, and then got kicked out for good at age 19. Oh, and dont forget to bring your mom. Asked if the filters on his voice give him a little distance from the autobiographical material, he agrees. On the new The Fall of Hobo Johnson, by contrast, his voice is often contorted by filters and effects. I keep seeing his name on Facebook but I have no idea who he is and why he's getting so much negative attention. Of course, the hometown fans come first. I didnt get very good responses there). Hobo has signed labels with several recording studios and his band has an impressive fan base. talked to some people near the mural. A hobo is a migrant worker or homeless vagrant, especially one who is impoverished. He keeps getting Death threats, his apartment was broken into and his mom possibly being doxxed are majority of what I keep seeing. There was drama i saw about a month ago or so with hobo johnson, apparently he gave a girl stds and supposedly raped her or something along those lines? Do Consumers or Corporations Impact Climate Change More? Like almost 6,000 other artists, Hobo Johnson entered the Tiny Desk Contest in 2018. Anyways, I need to look up an interview of him to see if hes like that day to day, or just when he performs. More video and audio effects were added to this one, making it a bit more entertaining to watch than Peach Scone, but dont worry, Lopes Jr.s personality still shines through. The song tells an in-depth sinuous story; However, Outro sounds like an infomercial for the next album to be released. (Theres also a messy, ongoing debate about how much he and his band resemble an earlier next-big-thing Sacramento act, namely Cake. These include one titled Ode to Justin Bieber (named for the former teen sensation, in which Lopes sings,Its really weird, you want the whole world to love you / I think its pretty bad for my life, my relationships / Sometimes I walk in public and instantly think that the public fking hates me, sh-t), another titled Happiness (which exudes anything but), and a politically tinged song that imagines what occurs when Earth is inherited by comically evolved cockroaches after an (unnamed) orange president causes a civilization-ending nuclear war. The dissolution of his parents relationship took its toll on Lopes, whose earlier years were troubled. You dont even understand whats going on. He was at NPR's studios in Culver City, Calif. and I was in D.C. We discussed the making of his album and played some of the music that has inspired him over the years. Its a lot of pressure, Lopes says. I was thinking, he says of the titles, about doing The Rise, The Fall, The Revenge, The Death. Then after that, maybe I do something else., Hobo Johnson & the Lovemakers perform at Concerts in the Park in 2017. 35 1 81 81 comments Best Add a Comment Join. Who would have thought that a. In the meantime, there is The Fall of Hobo Johnson to finish, and a tour to get underway. I think he has a great amount of growth to do like any other artist but I cant wait to be there for the ride. In another tweet, she said the friend attempted to go to the authorities years ago when it happened, but nothing came of it., The original tweet has now been deleted, as has the account, but the accusation started conversations about sexual assault, cancel culture, and the context of Johnsons lyrics. Another song off The Rise, plainly titled Father, begins, My dad taught me bout / The story bout the birds and the bees / When the bees turn into wasps and take half of everything / He sounded sure, that a bird doesnt need a full nest. [19], In 2019 he released the singles "Typical Story" and "UglyKid" from the album The Fall of Hobo Johnson, which was released by Warner Records on September 13, 2019. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Each song tells its own story alluding to this theme. Copyright The Spectator 2023, All Rights Reserved, Hobo Johnson seeks revenge with his fifth album. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. 3,483 Views. The consent submitted will only be used for data processing originating from this website. Hobo Johnson is otherwise known as Frank Lopes Jr. His new album, out now on Warner Records, is The Fall of Hobo Johnson. 3) Posts must contain something Frank-related. They're just kind of assholes. 1 fan, and talks glowingly about their close-knit family, rounded out by his older sister, who, like Frank, lives in Sacramento. He majorly earns from the sales of his songs and albums. I dont know. Make way for the new sounds of music. Frank Lopes Jr. (born December 22, 1994), known professionally as Hobo Johnson, is an American vocalist and former frontman of Hobo Johnson & the LoveMakers. And the whole impostor syndrome is the weird one, where its like I dont deserve any of this. Totally agree, (and maybe this is me just justifying it) but I don't think the song's lyrics are meant to be taken at face value. Many great hit albums have been Whos Next by The Who, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath by Black Sabbath, Aretha by Aretha Franklin and Bobby by Bobby Brown. So Im going to build a studio in the garage and double-wall it, Lopes says of his plans for his just-purchased house in Elmhurst. We entered this contest for NPR, which I really love, then out of nowhere we started getting an insane amount of views and our whole band took off. COVID really allowed me, and a lot of people it seems, the time to reevaluate the country and society we live in, explained Johnson in a statement. But, as he says, at the top of his Tiny Desk Contest entry, he doesn't care about rules. hobo johnson continues his 3 album running streak of making the worst music imaginable. What's going on with the classified documents being found Whats up with the I didnt do it for you videos with What is up with Redditors vehemently denying trebuchets What is going on with the Jordan Peterson situation now? ", "Sacramento Rapper Hobo Johnson's Tiny Desk Contest Entry Goes Viral", "Heatseekers Albums: Up and Coming Musicians Chart", "Watch Sacramento's Hobo Johnson On NPR's 'Tiny Desk Concert' (Spoiler: There's Scones)", "Hobo Johnson Goes Jazzy On New Single 'UglyKid' From His Next Album", "Hobo Johnson returns with new single 'I Want To See The World', "Hobo Johnson | 'The Revenge Of Hobo Johnson', "Hobo Johnson Fanpage on Instagram: "From Reddit -SWIPE- Hobo Johnson canceled his Europe tour to focus on school & he doesn't like touring He is wearing a University of Texas hoodie He still has his Subaru Crosstrek | | #hobojohnson #lovemakers #peachscone #hoboherd", "Hobo Johnson Fanpage on Instagram: "So Hobo Johnson and the Lovemakers are broken up. Required fields are marked *. At age 15, Lopes began performing music and hip-hop. Last night's crowd more than made up for its size by shouting along to every idiosyncratic word that came out of his mouth, gamely cheering on an impromptu (and terrible) cover of Kelly Clarkson's. Maybe in this album, hell sing more about his depression and thoughts, which would make his songs even more relatable to fans. Were the allegations true? He and his band The Lovemakers just released The Fall of Hobo Johnson, their first major-label album. A note is added near the end of the video acknowledging that it could have been better and that it didnt really work out; however, the song is about not working out, so it technically fits. Embrace it. 1 1y thefinschise199 63 Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. What happened to the drug bust case with Kai Wachi? For now, though, theyre touring the world with their Bring Your Mom Tour. 5 1y MAN 0 Let's just pretend that this never happened and just move on. Well, thats your opinion. Tags #VSUSpectator album review entertainment evie webb hobo johnson madison gruber Valdosta State University. My son told me he wanted to be a part of that, so were kind of making it a family project., Alvarez comes across as Lopes No. I wonder what will happen now, is this the end of Hobo Johnson? The net worth of Hobo Johnson is mentioned to be $212 thousand as of 2022. I pissed dirty at school (meaning a urine test showed hed been drinking while on probation). I dont mean that in a disrespectful way, but his erratic speech and movements made me think that maybe he suffered from some spectrum of autismmaybe a High functioning form like Aspergers. On April 22, Black Lives Matter Sacramento posted a criticism of Hobo Johnson to Facebook, including a "set of demands" to the musician. Subreddit dedicated to poet and musician Frank "Hobo Johnson" Lopes out of Sacramento, California. [18], In 2018, the band toured North America and Europe and appeared at Australia's Falls Music & Arts Festival. Yeah, so its Johnson. As to why he wanted a stage name in the first place, he says, I think there isnt anything too interesting about my [real] name, so that was the main reason. Reflecting on his new life in the public eye, he adds, And Im glad in retrospect. I dont know if I should do that, but director, writer, score [composer], director of photography. There was drama i saw about a month ago or so with hobo johnson, apparently he gave a girl stds and supposedly raped her or something along those lines? Case in point, this past April, the artist was named Best Local Musician in the annual Best of Sac State poll, but just a year earlier, an editorial in the schools student newspaper, The State Hornet, asserted that Sacramentos most popular rapper really cant rap. A few months after the op-ed was published, the Chicago Tribune praised the utter cacophony of a Hobo Johnson concert thusly: Everything was held together by this feeling of unbridled joy, the truly satisfying kind that happens when a person has created and executed their vision of their craft exactlyno matter what anyone else thinks of it., And as 2018 was coming to an end, no less than New York magazine took it upon itself to question Hobo Johnsons lyrical focus on unrequited female attraction. All of which said, the criticism didnt keep the publication from making a firm prediction in the form of the articles headline: Hobo Johnson Is About to Be Huge., People just dont like me for some reason, Lopes says. The hoping she doesn't get hurt is about the relationship she's in. The first of his chosen names, Hobo, comes from severe life circumstances at the time of his self-anointment. 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