LustSickPuppy

American rapper, artist and model (born 1997)
  • Rapper
  • painter
  • make-up artist
  • model
Years active2017–presentMusical careerGenres
  • Digital hardcore
  • hip hop
InstrumentVocals
Musical artist

Tomasyn Hayes (born January 2, 1997), known professionally as LustSickPuppy (sometimes stylized as Lust$ickPuppy), is an American rapper, painter, make-up artist, and model. Their[a] debut extended play, Cosmic Brownie, was released in 2020, and their second EP, As Hard As You Can, was released in 2022. Their self-released and self-produced debut studio album, Carousel from Hell, was released in 2024. Their music has been described as genre-bending, featuring a fusion of digital hardcore with genres such as hip hop, breakcore, and harsh noise.

Life and career

Tomasyn Hayes[3] was born on January 2, 1997[4][5] in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, where they were also raised. As a child, they wrote raps and attended rap cyphers. Hayes has described themself during their youth as "a raw ass kid growing up too fast".[6] While teaching prosthetic makeup at a middle school, Hayes began working professionally as a painter and make-up artist in 2017, also working as a model.[7][8][9]

Hayes released their debut single as LustSickPuppy, "Goatmeal", and an accompanying music video in May 2020, which preceded their debut extended play, Cosmic Brownie, released on June 1, 2020.[3] Their single "BustDuster" was released in July 2021.[10] In 2022, they toured as an opening act, first for Dorian Electra and later for Machine Girl, and released their second EP, As Hard As You Can.[11] After it was announced in March 2024, their self-produced first studio album, Carousel from Hell, was released on April 26 of the same year.[12] It was preceded by the singles "Blisster", "Chokehold", and "Exes".[13]

Artistry

For Vogue, Janelle Okwodu described Hayes's art as "impulsive, convoluted, and chaotic".[7] They frequently wear smiley or juggalo-inspired clown face paint while performing.[14][15] Hayes based their stage name on their Instagram username, which they had put "no real thought" into until they started to perform music.[16]

Hayes has described their music as "pretty genre-less" and has called their combination of genres "genrefucking".[6] Raphael Helfand of The Fader described their music as "a combination of hellacious beats and cracked, unhinged vocals" and described their "sex-crazed-canine persona" as having "an extremely specific self-mythology".[17][18] For the Chicago Reader, Micco Caporale described their music as "a perfect marriage between club-kid uncanniness and Juggalo attitude"; Leah Mandel, for Pitchfork, wrote that their music "typically exerts a hyper-confident lusty indignation" and "always [has] humor". Their music is largely digital hardcore and hip hop and also has elements of heavy metal, jungle, breakcore, nu metal, harsh noise, and electronic music.[19][11][20][13][10] They have cited Missy Elliott as an influence on their music and image.[16]

Discography

Albums

List of albums, with release date and label shown
Title Details
Carousel from Hell

Extended plays

List of extended plays, with release date and label shown
Title Details
Cosmic Brownie
As Hard As You Can
  • Released: January 21, 2022
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Digital download, streaming

Singles

List of singles as lead artist with title, year, and album
Title Year Album
"Goatmeal" 2020 Cosmic Brownie
"Thirst"
(with Bonnie Baxter) 		2021 Non-album singles
"Bustduster"
"Ego Bruiser" As Hard As You Can
"Might B" 2022 Non-album singles
"Ride It"
(with Machine Girl) 		2023
"Chokehold"
"Exes"
 2024 Carousel from Hell
"Blisster" Non-album singles

Guest appearances

Title Year Artist(s) Album
"Suck Shit" 2020 Machine Girl, Rafia U-Void Synthesizer
"Amnesia" 2021 Death Tour, Ghoulavelii, Kamiyada+, Prxjek, WhoKilledXIX Scared? (0.5)
"Creepy Crawlers" 2023 Tripp Jones, Loko Los Gladiator Season, Vol. 3

Notes

  1. ^ Hayes uses they/them pronouns.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ "TikTok - Make Your Day". web.archive.org. 2024-01-18. Retrieved 2024-06-03.
  2. ^ "TikTok - Make Your Day". www.tiktok.com. Retrieved 2024-06-03.
  3. ^ a b Peters, Alex (May 15, 2020). "Watch Lustsick Puppy transform into an OAP gone wild in 'Goatmeal' video". Dazed. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  4. ^ @lustsickpuppy (January 2, 2024). "Happy birthday kiddo. We made it further than we thought we could 🖤" – via Instagram.
  5. ^ Date, Isabel Slone (May 28, 2019). "How Mutant Alien Cyborg Beauty is Challenging What it Means to be Human". Fashion. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  6. ^ a b Moran, Justin (August 30, 2020). "LustSickPuppy: A 'Shape-Shifting Sex Canine From Outer Space'". Paper. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  7. ^ a b Okwodu, Janelle (February 27, 2018). "These Wonderfully Weird Instagram Artists Are Totally Mesmerizing". Vogue. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  8. ^ Crooked, Emily (February 16, 2019). "Tomasyn Hayes is the MUA leading the next generation of beauty hellraisers". Dazed. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  9. ^ Moen, Matt (May 31, 2019). "QUALIATIK's Creatures Come to Life in 'Mother Tongue'". Paper. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  10. ^ a b Farrell, Margaret (July 1, 2021). "Lust$ickPuppy Gifts Us with More Hypnotic Chaos on 'BustDuster'". Flood. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  11. ^ a b Caporale, Micco (July 3, 2023). "LustSickPuppy will sever you from the everyday with their feral, alien party music". Chicago Reader. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  12. ^ "New Music Friday: Stream new projects from Sega Bodega, LustSickPuppy, Anitta, and more". The Fader. April 26, 2024. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
  13. ^ a b Bloom, Madison; Monroe, Jazz (April 26, 2024). "9 Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
  14. ^ Rex, Hatti (November 23, 2018). "Why clown make-up is the latest beauty trend". Dazed. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  15. ^ Lauffenburger, Rebecca (January 26, 2024). "Burning the Midnight Oil at A2B2's Night of Fire". Ringtone. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  16. ^ a b Gorman-Buckley, Isobel. "LustSickPuppy: Unhinged, Feral Bliss". Metal. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  17. ^ Helfand, Raphael (August 29, 2022). "Song You Need: LustSickPuppy reclaims their iconography". The Fader. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  18. ^ Helfand, Raphael (October 17, 2022). "Song You Need: LustSickPuppy wants to eat you whole". The Fader. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  19. ^ Mandel, Leah (April 29, 2024). "LustSickPuppy: Carousel from Hell". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
  20. ^ MacRae, Meghan (November 10, 2021). "Experience the Techno Punk Terror of LustSickPuppy". CVLT Nation. Retrieved January 11, 2024.