Meet The Thai 'Lover Boy' Who Won Hearts At Unlimited Grooves Festival 2018

Phum lived in New Zealand before moving back to Thailand at 18 years old.

The singer-songwriter has ticked off performing in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, the United States, and Europe!

According to New Zealand-based RNZ, Phum's international tours happened because of interest from venues, and not initiated by his label, Rats Records.

Phum: I started making covers of songs I liked when I was 15 or 16 years old, and I posted them on YouTube just for fun. A couple years later, I realised I was rearranging the songs a lot, changing their chords and key and through that, I developed my own style. 

Then I thought, hey, why not try writing music? So at 17 years old I began writing my own songs.

Phum: They saw me on YouTube, and approached me when I was starting my first year of college in Thailand asking, "Hey, we're just two people making an artist collective, wanna give us a try?" 

I said,"Cool! That suits me really well,". I've been with them ever since and it's been three to four years. It's been a really great working relationship.

Phum: I think it was 'Long Gone'. For the longest time, I was making music in English but I was stuck in my own country, so it wasn't until 'Long Gone' opened doors to me internationally. That was a true life-changing moment for me.

Phum: I'm like, really good at FIFA! I'm really, really good.

I may not beat you, but if you play with me in the best out of five, I'm 80% sure I can beat you. laughs

Phum: One day I woke up to a message from 88rising asking me if it was cool to have 'Lover Boy' on their album. I was like, cool, of course! It's a great opportunity.

They also asked if it was okay for them to collaborate on it so I sent the track over, they remixed it in three days and I was like cool let's do it! And the rest is history. laughs