LustSickPuppy

{{Short description|American rapper, artist and model (born 1997)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = LustSickPuppy

| birth_name = Tomasyn Hayes

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1997|01|02}}

| birth_place = New York City, U.S.

| other_names = Tommy Hayes

| nationality =

| occupation = {{hlist|Rapper|painter|make-up artist|model}}

| years_active = 2017–present

| module = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes

| background = person

| genre = {{hlist|Digital hardcore|hip hop}}

| instrument = Vocals

| label =

}}

Tomasyn Hayes (born January 2, 1997), known professionally as LustSickPuppy (sometimes stylized as Lust$ickPuppy), is an American rapper, painter, make-up artist, and model. Their{{efn|Hayes uses they/them pronouns.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-18 |title=TikTok - Make Your Day |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@lustsickpuppy/video/7303974311990267178?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7325247626009560608 |access-date=2024-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118014522/https://www.tiktok.com/@lustsickpuppy/video/7303974311990267178?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7325247626009560608 |archive-date=2024-01-18 }}{{Cite web |title=TikTok - Make Your Day |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@lustsickpuppy?lang=en |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=www.tiktok.com}}}} debut extended play, Cosmic Brownie, was released in 2020, and their second EP, As Hard As You Can, was released in 2022. Their self-released and self-produced debut studio album, Carousel from Hell, was released in 2024. Their music has been described as genre-bending, featuring a fusion of digital hardcore with genres such as hip hop, breakcore, and harsh noise.

Life and career

Tomasyn Hayes was born on January 2, 1997{{Cite Instagram |user=lustsickpuppy |postid=C1m9iGiOYf0 |title=Happy birthday kiddo. We made it further than we thought we could 🖤 |date=January 2, 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Date |first1=Isabel Slone |title=How Mutant Alien Cyborg Beauty is Challenging What it Means to be Human |url=https://fashionmagazine.com/style/alien-cyborg-beauty/ |website=Fashion |access-date=January 11, 2024 |date=May 28, 2019}} in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, where they were also raised. As a child, they wrote raps and attended rap cyphers. Hayes has described themself during their youth as "a raw ass kid growing up too fast".{{cite web |last1=Moran |first1=Justin |title=LustSickPuppy: A 'Shape-Shifting Sex Canine From Outer Space' |url=https://www.papermag.com/lustsickpuppy-cosmic-brownie-interview |website=Paper |access-date=January 11, 2024 |date=August 30, 2020}} While teaching prosthetic makeup at a middle school, Hayes began working professionally as a painter and make-up artist in 2017, also working as a model.{{cite web |last1=Okwodu |first1=Janelle |title=These Wonderfully Weird Instagram Artists Are Totally Mesmerizing |url=https://www.vogue.com/vogueworld/article/new-generation-performance-artists-transforming-beauty-fashion-instagram |website=Vogue |access-date=January 11, 2024 |date=February 27, 2018}}{{cite web |last1=Crooked |first1=Emily |title=Tomasyn Hayes is the MUA leading the next generation of beauty hellraisers |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/beauty/article/43326/1/tomasyn-hayes-mua-beauty-hellraisers-community |website=Dazed |access-date=January 11, 2024 |date=February 16, 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Moen |first1=Matt |title=QUALIATIK's Creatures Come to Life in 'Mother Tongue' |url=https://www.papermag.com/qualiatik-mother-tongue#rebelltitem26 |website=Paper |access-date=January 11, 2024 |date=May 31, 2019}}

Hayes released their debut single as LustSickPuppy, "Goatmeal", and an accompanying music video in May 2020, which preceded their debut extended play, Cosmic Brownie, released on June 1, 2020.{{cite web |last1=Peters |first1=Alex |title=Watch Lustsick Puppy transform into an OAP gone wild in 'Goatmeal' video |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/beauty/article/49250/1/watch-lustsick-puppy-transform-into-an-oap-gone-wild-in-goatmeal-video |website=Dazed |access-date=January 11, 2024 |date=May 15, 2020}} Their single "BustDuster" was released in July 2021. In 2022, they toured as an opening act, first for Dorian Electra and later for Machine Girl, and released their second EP, As Hard As You Can.{{cite web |last1=Caporale |first1=Micco |title=LustSickPuppy will sever you from the everyday with their feral, alien party music |url=https://chicagoreader.com/music/lustsickpuppy-feral-alien/ |website=Chicago Reader |access-date=January 11, 2024 |date=July 3, 2023}} After it was announced in March 2024, their self-produced first studio album, Carousel from Hell, was released on April 26 of the same year.{{cite web |title=New Music Friday: Stream new projects from Sega Bodega, LustSickPuppy, Anitta, and more |url=https://www.thefader.com/2024/04/26/new-music-friday-stream-new-projects-from-sega-bodega-lustsickpuppy-anitta-and-more |website=The Fader |access-date=August 4, 2024 |date=April 26, 2024}} It was preceded by the singles "Blisster", "Chokehold", and "Exes".

Artistry

For Vogue, Janelle Okwodu described Hayes's art as "impulsive, convoluted, and chaotic". They frequently wear smiley or juggalo-inspired clown face paint while performing.{{cite web |last1=Rex |first1=Hatti |title=Why clown make-up is the latest beauty trend |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/beauty/article/42320/1/why-clown-make-up-is-the-latest-beauty-trend |website=Dazed |access-date=January 11, 2024 |date=November 23, 2018}}{{cite web |last1=Lauffenburger |first1=Rebecca |title=Burning the Midnight Oil at A2B2's Night of Fire |url=https://www.ringtonemag.com/articles/burning-the-midnight-oil-at-a2b2s-night-of-fire |website=Ringtone |access-date=January 11, 2024 |date=January 26, 2024}} Hayes based their stage name on their Instagram username, which they had put "no real thought" into until they started to perform music.

Hayes has described their music as "pretty genre-less" and has called their combination of genres "genrefucking". Raphael Helfand of The Fader described their music as "a combination of hellacious beats and cracked, unhinged vocals" and described their "sex-crazed-canine persona" as having "an extremely specific self-mythology".{{cite web |last1=Helfand |first1=Raphael |title=Song You Need: LustSickPuppy reclaims their iconography |url=https://www.thefader.com/2022/08/29/song-you-need-lustsickpuppy-reclaims-her-iconography |website=The Fader |access-date=January 11, 2024 |date=August 29, 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Helfand |first1=Raphael |title=Song You Need: LustSickPuppy wants to eat you whole |url=https://www.thefader.com/2022/10/17/song-you-need-lustsickpuppy-feeding-frenzy |website=The Fader |access-date=January 11, 2024 |date=October 17, 2022}} For the Chicago Reader, Micco Caporale described their music as "a perfect marriage between club-kid uncanniness and Juggalo attitude"; Leah Mandel, for Pitchfork, wrote that their music "typically exerts a hyper-confident lusty indignation" and "always [has] humor". Their music is largely digital hardcore and hip hop and also has elements of heavy metal, jungle, breakcore, nu metal, harsh noise, and electronic music.{{cite web |last1=Mandel |first1=Leah |title=LustSickPuppy: Carousel from Hell |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/lustsickpuppy-carousel-from-hell/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=August 4, 2024 |date=April 29, 2024}}{{cite web |last1=MacRae |first1=Meghan |title=Experience the Techno Punk Terror of LustSickPuppy |url=https://cvltnation.com/experience-the-techno-punk-terror-of-lustsickpuppy/ |website=CVLT Nation |access-date=January 11, 2024 |date=November 10, 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Bloom |first1=Madison |last2=Monroe |first2=Jazz |title=9 Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/9-new-albums-you-should-listen-to-now-st-vincent-thom-yorke-justice/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=August 4, 2024 |date=April 26, 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Farrell |first1=Margaret |title=Lust$ickPuppy Gifts Us with More Hypnotic Chaos on 'BustDuster' |url=https://floodmagazine.com/90334/watch-lustickpuppy-bustduster/ |website=Flood |access-date=January 11, 2024 |date=July 1, 2021}} They have cited Missy Elliott as an influence on their music and image.{{cite web |last1=Gorman-Buckley |first1=Isobel |title=LustSickPuppy: Unhinged, Feral Bliss |url=https://metalmagazine.eu/post/lustsickpuppy |website=Metal |access-date=January 11, 2024}}

Discography

=Albums=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" \|+List of albums, with release date and label shown ! scope="col" rowspan="1"\| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="1"\| Details
scope="row"\| Carousel from Hell \| Released: April 26, 2024 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+List of albums, with release date and label shown

! scope="col" rowspan="1"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="1"| Details

scope="row"| Carousel from Hell

Released: April 26, 2024
Label: Self-released
Format: Digital download, streaming

=Extended plays=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" \|+List of extended plays, with release date and label shown ! scope="col" rowspan="1"\| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="1"\| Details
scope="row"\| Cosmic Brownie \| Released: June 1, 2020 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming
scope="row"\| As Hard As You Can \| Released: January 21, 2022 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+List of extended plays, with release date and label shown

! scope="col" rowspan="1"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="1"| Details

scope="row"| Cosmic Brownie

Released: June 1, 2020
Label: Self-released
Format: Digital download, streaming

scope="row"| As Hard As You Can

Released: January 21, 2022
Label: Self-released
Format: Digital download, streaming

=Singles=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" \|+ List of singles as lead artist with title, year, and album ! scope="col" style="width:15em;"\| Title ! scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Album
scope="row"\| "Goatmeal" \| 2020 \| Cosmic Brownie
scope="row"\| "Thirst" {{small\|(with Bonnie Baxter)}} \| rowspan="3"\| 2021 \| rowspan="2" {{N/A\|Non-album singles}}
scope="row"\| "Bustduster"
scope="row"\| "Ego Bruiser" \| As Hard As You Can
scope="row"\| "Might B" \| 2022 \| rowspan="2" {{N/A\|Non-album singles}}
scope="row"\| "Ride It" {{small\|(with Machine Girl)}} \| rowspan="2"\| 2023
scope="row"\| "Chokehold" \| rowspan="3" \| Carousel from Hell
scope="row"\| "Exes" \| rowspan="2"\| 2024
scope="row"\| "Blisster"

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+ List of singles as lead artist with title, year, and album

! scope="col" style="width:15em;"| Title

! scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Album

scope="row"| "Goatmeal"

| 2020

| Cosmic Brownie

scope="row"| "Thirst"
{{small|(with Bonnie Baxter)}}

| rowspan="3"| 2021

| rowspan="2" {{N/A|Non-album singles}}

scope="row"| "Bustduster"

scope="row"| "Ego Bruiser"

| As Hard As You Can

scope="row"| "Might B"

| 2022

| rowspan="2" {{N/A|Non-album singles}}

scope="row"| "Ride It"
{{small|(with Machine Girl)}}

| rowspan="2"| 2023

scope="row"| "Chokehold"

| rowspan="3" | Carousel from Hell

scope="row"| "Exes"

| rowspan="2"| 2024

scope="row"| "Blisster"

=Guest appearances=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! scope="col" style="width:9em;" \|Title ! scope="col" \|Year ! scope="col" \|Artist(s) ! scope="col" \|Album
scope="row"\| "Suck Shit" \| 2020 \| Machine Girl, Rafia \| U-Void Synthesizer
scope="row"\| "Amnesia" \| 2021 \| Death Tour, Ghoulavelii, Kamiyada+, Prxjek, WhoKilledXIX \| Scared? (0.5)
scope="row"\| "Creepy Crawlers" \| 2023 \| Tripp Jones, Loko Los \| Gladiator Season, Vol. 3

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

! scope="col" style="width:9em;" |Title

! scope="col" |Year

! scope="col" |Artist(s)

! scope="col" |Album

scope="row"| "Suck Shit"

| 2020

| Machine Girl, Rafia

| U-Void Synthesizer

scope="row"| "Amnesia"

| 2021

| Death Tour, Ghoulavelii, Kamiyada+, Prxjek, WhoKilledXIX

| Scared? (0.5)

scope="row"| "Creepy Crawlers"

| 2023

| Tripp Jones, Loko Los

| Gladiator Season, Vol. 3

LustSickPuppy

Life and career

Artistry

Discography

=Albums=

=Extended plays=

=Singles=

=Guest appearances=

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