Forever Makes Everything Last
Forever
Forever doesn’t believe in half-steps. Born in the Ivory Coast and raised in Leesburg, Virginia, he grew up balancing two cultures at once, his parents urging him to stay rooted in his heritage, while his daily life was shaped by suburban America. That tension turned into fuel. “If you’re foreign, you’re gonna understand,” he says. “It’s difficult. But once you find what you love, it chases you. You don’t chase it.”
Music found him in an unlikely place: a dare to join a school musical. Theater gave him stage confidence, but more importantly, it gave him clarity. Soon he was experimenting with his own sound, drawing from the sonics of Travis Scott. Not imitating, but studying the way frequencies, beats, and atmospheres could shape entire worlds.
That sense of risk carried into his career. In 2020, Forever packed his bags for Los Angeles without a blueprint. “That was the biggest risk I had to take,” he says. “But it built community. It put me in the rooms that set me up for everything I know today.” Since then, his passport has filled: London, France, and plans to spend months living in Europe to immerse himself in culture. “When you travel, you learn perspectives. You meet people who change the way you see the world. That’s what fuels the music.”
On stage, Forever is most at home. He recalls his performance at Lyrical Lemonade’s Summer Smash in Chicago as a turning point. With no mic, he raised his hands to the crowd and they roared back. “I felt like Michael Jackson,” he laughs. “That moment will stick with me forever.”
His catalog carries that same energy. Songs like Angels (his breakout), Mad Hatter, and Backroads show his range; atmospheric, energetic, and unafraid to blur boundaries.
But Forever’s vision stretches beyond tracks and performances. His upcoming project We All Tryin’ is built around universality. “That title means something everybody can relate to,” he says. “We’re all trying. I want people to feel involved.”
For Forever, two words drive everything: community and duplication. Build your people, stay consistent, and respect the process. “Who’s gonna cheer you on if you don’t cheer yourself on?” he asks. “You gotta push through. The music’s inevitable. We just keep on making it.”