In between, Robinson featured on high-profile collaborations with Logic (“1-80”), Calvin Harris (“Rollin”) and Normani (“Love Lies,”) among others. alone.) In 2017, he released American Teen, a celebratory but bittersweet mix of synth-pop and neon-lit R&B that garnered five Grammy nominations-proof that you’re rarely an outsider alone. (His breakout single, 2016’s “Location”, was recorded during spring break of his senior year a few weeks after it came out, he won Prom King within a couple of years, the song had sold more than five million copies in the U.S. Self-described as “an awkward teen,” he picked up songwriting primarily to stave off loneliness, sharing music through SoundCloud and quickly catching the ears of both his peers and the industry. A military kid, Robinson split his childhood between Georgia, Kentucky, upstate New York and Heidelberg, Germany, eventually settling in El Paso, Texas-a pattern of dislocation that often made him feel like an outsider. About a year later, he proved them right.
In 2016, Khalid Robinson was voted Most Likely to Go Platinum by his high school class.
