Maggie Rogers has lastly met the fan who posted the viral video with Pharrell Williams that launched her music profession.

In 2016, a clip went viral of Pharrell marvelling at Rogers’ track ‘Alaska’ throughout a songwriting masterclass at New York College.

“I’ve zero, zero, zero notes for that,” he stated within the video, being visibly moved by the track. “I’ve by no means heard anybody such as you earlier than, and I’ve by no means heard something that appears like that.”

The video was uploaded by a fan named Dimitri to Reddit, with Rogers then occurring to signal to a significant label, launch two albums and headline gigs the world over.

“So clearly my profession began seven years in the past with that video of me and Pharrell Williams at NYU blah blah blah,” she informed followers in a video message posted to Instagram. “However a few years in the past I acquired put in contact with this man named Dimitri, who, seven years in the past, was the unique person who uploaded that video to Reddit.

“I had no thought who he was or what he was like and we saved emailing through the years, and I really acquired to fulfill him for the primary time at my present in Toronto the opposite evening.”

“It was actually emotional to catch up,” she added. “It was actually loopy that there was this one who basically made my life pivot.”

Elsewhere, Rogers has confirmed that she has completed writing and recording her third album. As revealed in a brand new Instagram publish, the follow-up to final 12 months’s ‘Give up’ LP was laid down at Electrical Girl Studios in New York.

Rogers is at the moment out on her largest US tour up to now, that can see her enjoying alongside Soccer Mommy and Alvvays.

See the remaining dates under.

AUGUST 2023
9 – Morrison, CO, Purple Rocks Amphitheatre#
10 – Orem, UT, UCCU Middle#
13 – Los Angeles, CA, Hollywood Bowl#
16 – Seattle, WA, WaMu Theater#
17 – Troutdale, OR, McMenamins Edgefield#
29 – Washington, D.C., The Atlantis

* with Soccer Mommy
# with Alvvays