LOS ANGELES – Earlier this week on Wednesday, October 14, multi-platinum, rising global artist SAINt JHN performed a fiery rendition of his massive hit single “Roses” at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards. Gracing a stage built ‘in the round’, a larger-than-life 3D custom visual of the skeleton on a motorcycle frequented in SAINt’s artwork cruising in flames designed by electronic artist deadmau5 added nuance to imposing effect.
deadmau5’ custom visual design for SAINt JHN utilized Epic Games’ Unreal Engine, the world’s most open and advanced real-time 3D creation tool. Continuously evolving to serve not only its original purpose as a state-of-the-art game engine, today Unreal gives creators across industries the freedom and control to deliver cutting-edge content, interactive experiences, and immersive virtual worlds.
Over the last decade, fans were privy to deadmau5’ (Joel Zimmerman) artistry via his various cube productions. The most recent—cubev3–toured in late 2019/early 2020 to packed venues across America impacting in the Top 10 Pollstar global touring charts.
About SAINt JHN:
SAINt JHN is a professional rapper, singer, songwriter and producer from Brooklyn, NY who went from growing up in Guyana to collaborating with the likes of Beyonce (“Brown Skin Girl”), Usher, Meek Mill, Lenny Kravitz and more. He is best known for his song “Roses,” which was featured on the Billboard Hot 100 charts for over 13 weeks, peaking at #4. His first single, “1999” dropped in 2016. A year later, he had begun earning plaudits from Billboard, The Fader, XXL and more for his enigmatic blend of hip-hop energy, R&B sensuality and rock’n’roll spirit. SAINt’s independent singles “3 Below,” “Reflex,” and “Roses” each broke the 10 million mark on Spotify within a year as the maverick quietly collated his first studio album, COLLECTION, VOL. 1. Steeped in warped noir imagery rife with allusions to sex, drugs, and everything else society craves in silence, he spins one intriguing tale after another blurring the lines between genre and beckoning what borders on cult fascination with this introductory body of work. In Summer 2019, SAINt released his second studio album, GHETTO LENNY’S LOVE SONGS with songs featuring Meek Mill, Lil Baby, Lenny Kravitz and A Boogie wit da Hoodie. SAINt JHN was recently named Billboard’s Breakout Artist of the Year.
About deadmau5:
Joel Zimmerman, more commonly known as deadmau5 (pronounced ‘dead mouse’), is one of the world’s most respected electronic music producers of modern times.
