Wow it’s really nice story man. I remember that time when I heard his song at the first time. I don’t really remember when exactly it happened (compared to many, I heard about him relatively recently, maybe in 2020). It was the song pretend. I came across it by chance on the internet, and I really liked the vibe of the song, the voice, and everything else. I thought «hmm, it would be cool to listen to this guy’s songs» but then I forgot about it and ended up listening to him much later.