Jhariah

Jhariah showed interest in music from an early age, releasing his first song, a 20-second electronic track called "Electrolite" in October 2012.{{cite AV media |title=Shinyswordstorm - Electrolite |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8kntj8k4IM |access-date=2023-12-05 |language=en}} The song, along with a handful of others was uploaded on his YouTube Channel under the name "ShinySwordStorm", a moniker he used for many years creating videos on YouTube.

He went on to study 2D animation at the Brooklyn campus of the Pratt Institute in New York.{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Tommy |date=2020-11-27 |title=Jhariah Shares Video For "Needed A Change of Pace" |url=https://ghettoblastermagazine.com/features/song-premiere/single-premiere-jhariah-change-of-pace/ |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=Ghettoblaster Magazine |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2021-03-11 |title=Digital Arts Students Animate the Work of Nonprofits, from Border Reunions to Quarantine Pets |url=https://www.pratt.edu/news/digital-arts-students-animate-the-work-of-nonprofits-from-border-reunions-t/ |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=Pratt Institute |language=en-us}} It was there that he formed the illustration techniques that were used to create some of his album and singles' covers.{{Cite web |title=Jhariah Clare |url=https://shiny.myportfolio.com/projects |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=shiny.myportfolio.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Center for Equity & Inclusion |url=https://www.pratt.edu/about/offices/office-of-diversity-equity-inclusion/center-for-equity-inclusion/ |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=Pratt Institute |language=en-us}}

He made his first appearance with his 2017 single "Catch Me If You Can", which was part of the first ever songs he wrote, excluding his previous electronic music tracks, in the concept album that he released in 2018, titled The Great Tale of How I Ruined It All, that tells the story of a character that is the last one standing in an apocalyptic wasteland where everyone else has been brainwashed by a cult.{{Cite web |title=Jhariah |url=https://www.masqueradeatlanta.com/attraction/jhariah/ |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=The Masquerade |language=en-US}} Clare's first release that gained significant traction was the 2020 single "Needed a Change of Pace", which was part of his EP, A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO FAKING YOUR DEATH, which tells the story of a man who fakes his death to escape from his old life, but fears that his past will catch up to him and he will have to pay for the consequences. He has accredited this success to the traction it gained on TikTok.{{Cite web |date=2021-07-23 |title=EP: Jhariah releases the evocative and dynamic genre-defying 'A Beginners Guide To Faking Your Own Death' |url=https://www.backseatmafia.com/ep-jhariah-releases-the-evocative-and-dynamic-genre-defying-a-beginners-guide-to-faking-your-own-death/ |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=Backseat Mafia |language=en-GB |first=Nicolle |last=Maroulis}}

Clare's 2023 single, "Risk, Risk, Risk!", which he wrote about his need to live up to his potential, was followed up by a collaboration with the Baltimore punk band Pinkshift in his next single, "Eat Your Friends", which criticizes the music industry's ability to pit him and his friends against one another, igniting jealousy and competition rather than creating space.{{Cite web |first=Alessandra |last=Rincon |url=http://www.onestowatch.com/en/blog/jhariah-and-pinkshift-come-for-the-music-industry-on-explosive-single-eat-your-friends |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=Ones to Watch |language=en |title=Jhariah And Pinkshift Come For The Music Industry On Explosive Single 'EAT YOUR FRIENDS'}}{{Cite web |last=Neville |date=2023-10-31 |title=See Jhariah fight Pinkshift in "EAT YOUR FRIENDS" video |url=https://www.altpress.com/jhariah-pinkshift-eat-your-friends-video-watch/ |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=Alternative Press Magazine |language=en-US}} This led to the two parties announcing the collaborative "Eat Your Friends Tour".{{Cite web |title=Pinkshift Announces 'The Eat Your Friends Tour' With JHARIAH And Pollyanna |url=https://idobi.com/high-life/pinkshift-announces-the-eat-your-friends-tour-with-jhariah-and-pollyanna/ |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=idobi Network |language=en-US |first=Maggie |last=Schneider}}

In late 2023 Clare announced The Tooth Pact Tour, which ran from February to April 2024.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9mhvi9iNXc |title=The Tooth Pact Tour 2024 |date=2023-11-16 |last=Clare |first=Jhariah |type=Video |access-date=2024-04-30 |via=YouTube}} On April 19, shortly after the tour finished, he surprise released the album Trust Ceremony which contains the songs after which both the tour and album were named, "Tooth Pact" and "Trust Ceremony". It also contained his previously released songs "Risk Risk Risk", "Eat Your Friends", and "Pin-Eye".{{Cite web |title=Trust Ceremony |url=https://musicbrainz.org/release/fb9ab983-2dba-425a-aa88-e35cbc7b282f |access-date=2024-04-30 |website=MusicBrainz |language=en-US}}{{Unreliable source?|date=May 2024|reason=Anyone can edit MusicBrainz.}}

Jhariah is non-binary, and uses they/he pronouns.{{Cite web |title=The all nonbinary lead singer line up was exactly as chaotic stylish and diva as one would expect |url=https://x.com/pinkshiftmd/status/1732513661489410224 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240828085234/https://x.com/pinkshiftmd/status/1732513661489410224 |archive-date=2024-08-28 |access-date=2024-08-28 |website=X (formerly Twitter) |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-08-28 |title=JHARIAH FINISHED THE ALBUM on X: "HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!!! :) I've been t… |url=https://x.com/JhariahClare/status/1664316992533430275 |access-date=2024-08-28 |website=archive.ph |archive-date=2024-08-28 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240828090936/https://x.com/JhariahClare/status/1664316992533430275 |url-status=bot: unknown }}

• The Great Tale of How I Ruined It All (2018)
• TRUST CEREMONY (2024)

• To Mend the Sun (2020)
• A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO FAKING YOUR DEATH (2021) {{efn|A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO FAKING YOUR DEATH is listed as an album on streaming services, but it is confirmed to be an EP by Jhariah.{{cite AV media |title="The streaming platforms automatically mark it as an album(...)" |url=https://x.com/JhariahClare/status/1885384643412693456 |language=en}}}}
• A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO LUCK AND LIABILITY (2023)

• "Catch Me If You Can" (2017)
• "The Marching Dolls" (2018)
• "City of Ashes" (2018)
• "Sunshine Rollin'" as Whomst? (2019)
• "SPLIT!" (2020)
• "Knives Are Dangerous, Kid, So Cut the Theatrics!" (2020)
• "Needed a Change of Pace" (2020)
• "Forget Me" as Whomst? (2020)
• "DEBT COLLECTOR" (2021)
• "Spilling My Guts" as Whomst? (2021)
• "Flight of the Crows" (2021)
• "Selfstarter A.E." with Telethon (2021)
• "The View from Halfway Down" with Henry D'Arthenay (2022)
• "A Lesson in Dramatics" with Save Face (2023)
• "RISK, RISK, RISK!" (2023)
• "EAT YOUR FRIENDS" with Pinkshift (2023)
• "PIN-EYE" (2024)

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• [https://www.jhariah.com/ Official website]

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