Y2K
Birth nameAri David Staraced
Also known asY2K2Y
Born (1994-07-27) July 27, 1994
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Record producer
  • songwriter
Instrument(s)Ableton Live[1]
Years active2013–present
LabelsColumbia
Websitey2k2y.com

Ari David Starace[2] (born July 27, 1994), professionally known as Y2K, is an American record producer and songwriter.[3] He is best known for his hit song "Lalala", with Canadian rapper bbno$, which Y2K produced himself. However, he has also produced tracks for other prominent artists, most notably Doja Cat, Polyphia and Yung Gravy.[4]

Early life

Y2K was introduced to music at an early age; his mother owned a music store in Arizona,[5] which he has said was where his interest in music began.[5]

Career

According to Y2K, his introduction to music production was from California rapper, Lil B, who introduced him to Clams Casino.[5] Following this, Y2K began to work on music, making remixes exclusively for a few years before making the decision to start producing for others, such as bbno$, Yung Gravy and lil aaron.

Influences

Y2K began listening to Gorillaz, The Wiggles and Tears for Fears, which he has mentioned were his earliest influences in music.[5] As he got older, he began listening to bands such as My Chemical Romance, and Say Anything.[5]

Discography

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[6]		 US
R&B
/HH
[7]		 US
Rap
[8]		 AUS
[9]		 CAN
[10]		 FRA
[11]		 IRL
[12]		 NZ
[13]		 SWE
[14]		 UK
[15]
"Money Conversation"
(with bbno$)[16]		 2018 —————————— Non-album single
"Thankful"
(with bbno$ and Lewis Grant)[17]		 —————————— Recess
"Pouch"
(with bbno$)[18]		 2019 —————————— Non-album singles
"Lalala"
(with bbno$ or with bbno$, Carly Rae Jepsen and Enrique Iglesias)[19]		 55221916101236165532
"Go Dumb"
(with the Kid Laroi featuring Blackbear and Bankrol Hayden)[26]		 2020 ————————[upper-alpha 1]——
"Oh No"
(with Killy)[28]		 ——————————
"Damage Is Done"
(with JoJo)[29]		 ——————————
"Wawawa"
(with bbno$)[30]		 ——————————
"Dirt"
(with JPEGMafia)[31]		 2022 — — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

Produced by Y2K

Year Artist Album/EP Title Co-Producers
2016 Pollari[32] Yacht Club How U Feel —
lil aaron[33] GLOING PAIN$ NIGHTRIDER Brenton Duvall, JUDGE & Dylan Brady
SRONGER
4 MORE DRINKS / PINK FENTY SLIDES
NOBODY
DRUGS Felix Snow, Brenton Duvall, JUDGE & Dylan Brady
GO 2 HELL Brenton Duvall, JUDGE, Aaron Zuckerman & Dylan Brady
GLOING PAIN$ JUDGE, Polyphia, Brenton Duvall & Dylan Brady
2017 Polyphia[34] The Most Hated Loud Iophile, JUDGE & Scott LePage
Icronic
Goose
40Oz
Crosty
The Worst
lil aaron[33] Non-album singles HOT TOPIC —
TOP 8
LIT
blackbear[35] do re mi X do re mi (Y2K Remix)
Aaron Cartier[36] Aaron Cariter Best Rapper Last Album... Maybe HaHa!! Options
350Z
Louis Kicks Dylan Brady
Smrtdeath[37] Non-album singles Porcelain —
Yo Gotti[38] Rake It Up (Y2K Remix)
Ro Ransom[39] Momentum See Me Fall (Y2K Remix)
Smrtdeath & lil aaron[33][37] Non-album singles Smrtdeath & lil aaron
josh pan[40] Selfish JUDGE & Dylan Brady
2018 Lewis Grant[41] Make Me Scared Again (Deluxe Edition) Bad Batch Pt. 2
Daniel Lewis Grant & Dylan Brady
Myouçeej[42] Non-album single Swum creeks Myouçeej
KILLY[43] KILLSTREAK HELLRAISER WondaGurl
Surrender Your Soul Doomsday
Pray for Me
No Sad No Bad —
Smrtdeath[37] Non-album singles Caught Up
Nessly WHOHASIT (Y2K Remix)
lil aaron[33] ROCK$TAR FAMOUS QUIT Dr. Luke, Ryan Ogren & DallasK
Non-album single STUDDED GUCCI BELT —
Polyphia[34] New Levels New Devils G.O.A.T JUDGE
O.D
Nasty
Yas Tim Henson
Bad Scott LePage
Death Note Iophile
Yung Bans[44] Yung Bans Waterslide —
Yung Bans, Vol. 5 Ridin Billy Cigarette
Head in the Clouds Red Rubies —
88rising, Rich Brian, Yung Bans, Young Pinch, Higher Brothers and Don Krez[45][44][46][47][48][49]
Khary[50] Non-album singles DEAD Alexander Lewis
bbno$[51] money conversation —
recess thankful
2019 stucco
Dream Eater Lalala
i don't care at all pouch
slop
I DON'T CARE AT ALL CAUSE I GOT MONEY!!!!!!
bad thoughts
pop song
it gon'last
gone
Lil Mayo & bbno$[51] jimmy neutron
Lewis Grant & bbno$[51][41] on god Lewis Grant
Yung Gravy & Lil Mayo[52] Sensational E.T —
Yung Gravy, Pouya, Ramirez & TrippythaKid[52] The Boys Are Back in Town Yung Gravy & swvde
Yung Gravy[52] Charlene Boston and Nick Seeley
Sea Shanties for Thots Tampa Bay Bustdown —
Baby Gravy 2 shining on my ex
bbno$ & Yung Gravy[52][51]
iann dior[53] Industry Plant Lately Nick Mira
2020 Leyla Blue[54] Non-album single Peppa Pig —
Yung Gravy[52] Baby Gravy 2 Welcome to Chilis Popnick
Yung Gravy & bbno$[52][51] Myrtle Beach Summer 1974 —
Bandsville
2021 Doja Cat[55] Planet Her Payday ft. Young Thug N/A
Get Into It (Yuh) Sully
I Don't Do Drugs ft. Ariana Grande Sully
Options ft. JID Mayer Hawthorne
Why Why ft. Gunna Sully
2022 Polyphia[56] Remember That You Will Die Genesis (feat. Brasstracks) —
Playing God
The Audacity (feat. Anomalie)
Reverie
ABC (feat. Sophia Black)
Memento Mori (feat. Killstation)
Fuck Around and Find Out (feat. $NOT)
All Falls Apart
Neurotica
Chimera (feat. Lil West)
Bloodbath (feat. Chino Moreno)
Ego Death (feat. Steve Vai)
2023 Doja Cat[57] Scarlet Attention Rogét Chahayed

Notes

  1. ↑ "Go Dumb" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 29 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[27]

References

  1. ↑ "Making a beat with my new synths! - YouTube". YouTube.
  2. ↑ Glennon, Jen (April 17, 2020). "Producer Y2K: "My 15-year-old self would think that none of this is that cool."". Inverse. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Y2k". Discotech. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
  4. ↑ Doja Cat – Get Into It (Yuh), retrieved 2023-01-29
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Cleasby, C. (2020, March 11). Personal interview with Starace, A.
  6. ↑ "Y2K Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Y2K Chart History: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Y2K Chart History: Hot Rap Songs". Billboard. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Y2k & bbno$ – Lalala". australian-charts.com.
  10. ↑ "Y2K Chart History: Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Discographie Y2K". lescharts.com. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Discography Y2K". irish-charts.com. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  13. ↑ "The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music NZ.
  14. ↑ "Discography Y2K". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  15. ↑ "UK Top 100 | Sep 27, 2019". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 28, 2019.
  16. ↑ "Money Conversation – Single by bbno$ & Y2K on Apple Music". 16 November 2018 – via iTunes.
  17. ↑ "Thankful – Single by bbno$, Y2K & Lewis Grant on Apple Music". 28 December 2018 – via iTunes.
  18. ↑ "Pouch – Single by bbno$ & Y2K on Apple Music". 17 May 2019 – via iTunes.
  19. ↑ "Carly Rae Jepsen Joins Enrique Iglesias, Y2K, and bbno$ on "Lalala" Remix: Listen". Pitchfork. 2019-10-30. Retrieved 2021-10-25.
  20. ↑ "American certifications – Y2K". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
  21. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2019 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  22. ↑ "British single certifications – Y2k & Bbnos – Lalala". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  23. ↑ "Canadian single certifications – Y2K & bbno$ – Lalala". Music Canada. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
  24. ↑ "New Zealand single certifications – Y2K and bbno$ – Lalala". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  25. ↑ "French certifications – Y2K" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  26. ↑ "Go Dumb (feat. blackbear and Bankrol Hayden) – Single by Y2K & The Kid LAROI". Apple Music. 15 April 2020. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  27. ↑ "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. April 27, 2020. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  28. ↑ "Oh No – Single by KILLY & Y2K on Apple Music". 10 July 2020 – via iTunes.
  29. ↑ "Damage is Done – Single by Y2K & JoJo on Apple Music". 31 July 2020 – via iTunes.
  30. ↑ "Wawawa by Y2K & bbno$ on Apple Music". 11 December 2020 – via iTunes.
  31. ↑ DIRT (feat. JPEGMAFIA), 2022-10-28, retrieved 2022-11-18
  32. ↑ "Pollari". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  33. 1 2 3 4 "lil aaron". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  34. 1 2 "Polyphia". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  35. ↑ "blackbear". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  36. ↑ "Aaron Cartier". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  37. 1 2 3 "Smrtdeath". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  38. ↑ "Yo Gotti". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  39. ↑ "Ro Ransom". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  40. ↑ "josh pan". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  41. 1 2 "Lewis Grant". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  42. ↑ "myouçeej". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  43. ↑ "KILLY". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  44. 1 2 "Yung Bans". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  45. ↑ "88rising". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  46. ↑ "Rich Brian". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  47. ↑ "Yung Pinch". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  48. ↑ "Higher Brothers". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  49. ↑ "Don Krez". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  50. ↑ "Khary". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  51. 1 2 3 4 5 "bbno$". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  52. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Yung Gravy". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  53. ↑ "iann dior". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  54. ↑ "Leyla Blue". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  55. ↑ "Credits / Planet Her / Doja Cat". listen.tidal.com. June 25, 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  56. ↑ Remember That You Will Die, 2022-10-28, retrieved 2022-11-19
  57. ↑ Pappis, Konstantinos (2023-06-16). "Doja Cat Shares Video for New Single 'Attention'". Our Culture. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
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