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Terror Jr

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Terror Jr

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| genre = Pop

| years_active = {{start date|2016}}–present

| label = {{hlist|Grape Music/Opposition|Atlantic|Effess}}

| associated_acts = Lil B, Father, Kid Froopy, Ryan Riback

| website = {{URL|http://terrorjunior.com/}}

| current_members = * David "Campa" Benjamin Singer-Vine

  • Lisa Vitale

| past_members =

  • Felix Snow

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Terror Jr is an American pop duo formed in 2016 founded by former The Cataracs band member David "Campa" Benjamin Singer-Vine, Lisa Vitale, and Felix Snow, who left the group in late 2017.{{cite web|title=Electropop Group Terror Jr Reveal Lisa & Release Concluding Bop City EP|url=http://celebmix.com/terror-jr-reveal-lisa-release-last-bop-city-installment/|website=CelebMix|access-date=2 October 2017|date=30 September 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thefader.com/2016/04/01/kylie-jenner-lip-gloss-commercial-song|title=No, That's Not Kylie Jenner Singing In Her Lip Gloss Commercial}}{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2016/04/kylie-jenner-new-video-glosses|title=Here's the Mysterious Group Behind the Song In Kylie Jenner's New Lip Gloss Music Video|website=Complex Networks}} Their single "Come First" peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Spotify Velocity chart, number 6 on the Billboard Hot Dance/Electronic songs chart, number 54 in the Czech Republic, and number 59 in Slovakia.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/who-are-terror-jr-the-mysterious-pop-trio-rumoured-to-be-fronted-by-kylie-jenner|title=Who Are Terror Jr, The Mysterious Pop Trio Rumoured To Be Fronted By Kylie Jenner? - NME.COM|last=NME.COM|website=NME|date=5 September 2016 }}

Background

Members Felix Snow and David "Campa" Benjamin Singer-Vine met through Twitter in 2014 and first worked together on a project called Momma, releasing a 4 track EP.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/pop-music-for-the-average-schmuck-campa-of-the-cataracs-is-back/|title="I Make Pop Music for the Average Schmuck" - A Piece of the Cataracs Returns, as Momma|date=27 October 2014 }} They reconnected the following year working with singer Kiiara on her single "Gold". In 2016, they started Terror Jr as a "social experiment", with Singer-Vine adding "It's a puzzle, and we're gonna give out pieces with each song."{{cite news|last1=Mahadevan|first1=Tara|title=New Label EFFESS Is Something Special — Just Ask Gallant, SZA and Kylie Jenner|url=http://www.laweekly.com/music/new-label-effess-is-something-special-just-ask-gallant-sza-and-kylie-jenner-6888123|website=L.A. Weekly|access-date=10 November 2016|date=9 May 2016}} The group released their debut extended play Bop City on October 21, 2016.{{cite web|last1=Sonis|first1=Rachel|title=Kylie Jenner's Rumored Band Terror Jr To Release New Project 'Bop City' {{!}} Idolator|url=http://www.idolator.com/7648205/terror-jr-kylie-jenner-bop-city-announcement|website=Idolator|publisher=Hive Media|access-date=October 20, 2016|date=12 October 2016}}

In November 2016, Kylie Jenner was rumored to be the lead singer of Terror Jr.{{Cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/kylie-jenner-follows-kim-kardashians-9211782|title=Kylie Jenner NOT CONFIRMED as lead singer of Terror Jr.|last=Haigh|first=Joshua|date=2016-11-07|newspaper=mirror|access-date=2016-11-07}} Jenner denied being a part of the group in a Snapchat post on November 9, 2016.{{cite web|last1=Marquina|first1=Sierra|title=Kylie Jenner Denies She's Terror Jr Singer|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/kylie-jenner-denies-shes-terror-jr-singer-w449637|website=Us Weekly|date=10 November 2016|access-date=10 November 2016}}

Terror Jr released the song "Heartbreaks" through their YouTube channel on November 24, 2016.{{cite web|title=Watch a Schoolgirl's Solo Parking Lot Dance-Off in Terror Jr's "heartbreaks" Video|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/terror-jr-heartbreak-music-video/|website=Thump|date=24 November 2016 |access-date=20 December 2016}} On February 14, 2017, the group released a remix package of "Come First".{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/71595-listen-to-terror-jrs-new-song-with-lil-b-and-father/|title=Listen to Terror Jr's New Song With Lil B and Father {{!}} Pitchfork|last1=Strauss|first1=Matthew|website=pitchfork.com|date=13 February 2017|language=en|access-date=15 March 2017}}

In May 2017, the group released "Caramel" and "Death Wish" as the first two songs from Bop City 2: TerroRising, released on June 16, 2017.{{cite web|title=Terror Jr's 'Caramel' contains 7 seconds of a fly buzzing at the start|url=https://www.projectu.tv/terror-jrs-caramel-contains-7-seconds-of-a-fly-buzzing-at-the-start/|website=Project U|access-date=5 May 2017|date=5 May 2017|archive-date=19 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119230824/https://www.projectu.tv/terror-jrs-caramel-contains-7-seconds-of-a-fly-buzzing-at-the-start/|url-status=dead}}

On September 8, 2017, Terror Jr released a new single "Holding Your Tongue". The single was quickly followed by the announcement of the group's third LP, Bop City 3: The Girl Who Cried Purple, released September 29, 2017.{{cite web|last1=Gore|first1=Sydney|title=Terror Jr Bites Back On "Holding Your Tongue"|url=https://www.thefader.com/2017/09/10/terror-jr-holding-your-tongue|website=The FADER|date=8 September 2017 |access-date=15 September 2017|language=en}} They released the song "Sad Sad Girl" in December 2017.{{cite web|last1=Gore|first1=Sydney|title=Terror Jr's "Sad Sad Girl" Is A Dark, Twisted Christmas Carol|url=http://trl.mtv.com/news/3052302/terror-jr-sad-sad-girl/?xrs=_s.tw_news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213010614/http://trl.mtv.com/news/3052302/terror-jr-sad-sad-girl/?xrs=_s.tw_news|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 13, 2017|website=MTV News|access-date=12 December 2017|language=en}}

In 2018, they released the singles "Heaven Wasn't Made For Me" and "A-OK (Everything's Perfect)".{{cite web |last1=Gore |first1=Sydney |title=Terror Jr's "Heaven Wasn't Made For Me": Listen |url=https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/terror-jr-heaven-wasnt-made-for-me/ |website=Highsnobiety |access-date=2 January 2019 |date=2 January 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Dommu |first1=Rose |title=Bops Only: Terror Jr Channels Political Exhaustion On New Track 'A-OK' |url=https://www.out.com/music/2018/9/30/bops-only-terror-jr-channels-political-exhaustion-new-track-ok |website=www.out.com |access-date=2 January 2019 |language=en |date=30 September 2018}}

Their debut album Unfortunately, Terror Jr was released on January 25, 2019.{{cite web |title=We really did it . . . Our debut album is available for pre-order now . . . Unfortunately, Terror Jr will be yours on 1.25.19 |url=https://twitter.com/terrorjrmusic/status/1084873061642383361/video/1 |website=@terrorjrmusic |access-date=14 January 2019 |language=en |date=14 January 2019}} That same year, the duo departed Atlantic Records. On October 4, they released the single "9 2 5". On November 8, 2019, the group released the EP Come Outside and Break Your Heart, their first release under their own label, Grape Music.{{Cite web|url=https://www.papermag.com/terror-jr-925-premiere-2640844873.html?rebelltitem=5#rebelltitem5?rebelltitem=5|title=Terror Jr Talk Leaving Atlantic and Their New Horny Bop|date=2019-10-04|website=PAPER|language=en|access-date=2019-11-08}} On November 13, 2020, they released the EP Bloody Waters.{{Cite web|date=2020-11-13|title=Terror Jr are in "Bloody Waters" in Pensive New Release|url=https://celebmix.com/terror-jr-bloody-waters/|access-date=2020-11-16|website=CelebMix|language=en-GB}} Three days later, they announced on their social media that their upcoming album, Rancho Catastrophe, would be released later that week on November 20.{{Cite tweet |user=terrorjrmusic |url=https://twitter.com/terrorjrmusic/status/1328374881147252742 |number=1328374881147252742 |access-date=2023-04-26 |title=Proud to announce our new album... |url-status=live |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116181128/https://twitter.com/terrorjrmusic/status/1328374881147252742 |language=en}}

Discography

=Albums=

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scope="col" style="width:12em;"| Title

! scope="col" style="width:21em;"| Album details

scope="row"| Unfortunately, Terror Jr

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  • Released: January 25, 2019
  • Label: Atlantic, Effess
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
scope="row"| Rancho Catastrophe{{cite web |author=Terror Jr|title=The description under the music video for "Would It Make You Feel Better?" |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dErZ13xXgAE&ab_channel=TerrorJr. |website=YouTube |access-date=25 September 2020 |language=en |date=25 September 2020}}

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  • Released: November 20, 2020{{cite web |last1=Jr. |first1=Terror |title=Thank you for electing Terror Jr as your leaders of the United Grapes of America. We assure you we will uphold our campaign promise of dropping an album this month. . .|url=https://twitter.com/terrorjrmusic/status/1324757246819987462/video/1 |website=@terrorjrmusic |access-date=14 November 2020 |language=en |date=6 November 2020}}
  • Label: Grape Music / Opposition
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
scope="row"| Road to Grapeness

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  • Released: November 19, 2021
  • Label: Grape Music / Opposition
  • Format: Digital download, streaming

=Extended plays=

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scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title

! scope="col" style="width:21em;"| EP details

scope="row"| Bop City

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  • Released: October 21, 2016{{cite web|title=Bop City by Terror Jr on Apple Music|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/bop-city/1165457525|website=iTunes|date=21 October 2016|access-date=February 15, 2017}}
  • Label: Atlantic, Effess
  • Format: Digital download
scope="row"| Bop City 2: TerroRising

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  • Released: June 16, 2017
  • Label: Atlantic, Effess
  • Format: Digital download
scope="row"| Bop 3: The Girl Who Cried Purple

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  • Released: September 29, 2017{{cite web|title=Bop 3: The Girl Who Cried Purple by Terror Jr on Apple Music|url=https://music.apple.com/ca/album/bop-3-the-girl-who-cried-purple/1288684657|website=itunes|access-date=29 September 2017|language=en-ca|date=29 September 2017}}
  • Label: Atlantic, Effess
  • Format: Digital download
scope="row"| Come Outside and Break Your Heart

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  • Released: November 8, 2019
  • Label: Grape Music
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
scope="row"| Bloody Waters

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  • Released: November 13, 2020
  • Label: Grape Music
  • Format: Digital download, streaming

= Singles =

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scope="col" style="width:10em;" rowspan="2"| Title

! scope="col" style="width:1em;" rowspan="2"| Year

! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions

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scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| US
Dance
{{cite magazine|title=Billboard – Hot Dance/Electronic Songs|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/terror-jr/chart-history/dan/|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 25, 2020|language=en}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| CZE
{{cite web|title=ČNS IFPI|url=http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparada/index.php?hitp=R|website=Hitparáda – Digital Top 100 Oficiální|publisher=IFPI Czech Republic|access-date=October 24, 2016|language=cs}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| SLK
{{cite web|title=SNS IFPI|url=http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparadask/index.php?hitp=R|website=Hitparáda – Singles Digital Top 100 Oficiálna|publisher=IFPI Slovakia|access-date=October 31, 2016|language=sk}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| SWE
Heat.
{{cite web|title=Veckolista Heatseeker – Vecka 42, 21 oktober 2016|url=http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/netdata/ghl002.mbr/lista?liid=215&dfom=20161014|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=March 9, 2018|language=sv}}

scope="row"| "3 Strikes"{{cite web|title=3 Strikes - Single by Terror Jr on Apple Music|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/3-strikes-single/id1113242156|website=iTunes|access-date=September 17, 2016}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

| rowspan="4"| 2016

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| rowspan="4"| Bop City

scope="row"| "Sugar"{{cite web|title=Sugar - Single by Terror Jr on Apple Music|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sugar-single/id1118117037|website=iTunes|access-date=September 17, 2016}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

| — || — || — || —

scope="row"| "Say So"{{cite web|title=Say So - Single by Terror Jr on Apple Music|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/say-so-single/id1135657990|website=iTunes}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

| 45 || — || — || —

scope="row"| "Come First"{{cite web|title=Come First - Single by Terror Jr on Apple Music|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/come-first-single/id1152676753|website=iTunes|access-date=October 14, 2016}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

| — || 54 || 59 || 1

scope="row"| "Caramel"

| rowspan="5"| 2017

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| rowspan="3"| Bop City 2: TerroRising{{cite web|title=Bop City 2: TerroRising by Terror Jr on Apple Music|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/bop-city-2-terrorising/1241369431|website=iTunes|access-date=2 June 2017}}

scope="row"| "Death Wish"

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scope="row"| "Appreciation"

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scope="row"| "Holding Your Tongue"

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| rowspan="2"| Bop 3: The Girl Who Cried Purple

scope="row"| "Useless"

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scope="row"| "Heaven Wasn't Made for Me"

| rowspan="4"| 2018

| — || — || — || —

| rowspan="4"| Unfortunately, Terror Jr{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

scope="row"| "A-OK (Everything's Perfect)"

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scope="row"| "Pretty"

| — || — || — || —

scope="row"| "Terrified"

| — || — || — || —

scope="row"| "9 2 5"

| rowspan="4"| 2019

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| rowspan="4"| Come Outside and Break Your Heart{{cite web |last1=Goldfine |first1=Jael |title=TERROR JR Debut "9 2 5" And Talk Leaving Atlantic |url=https://www.papermag.com/terror-jr-925-premiere-2640844873.html> |website=Paper Magazine |access-date=7 October 2019 |date=4 October 2019}}

scope="row"| "Crowded Rooms"

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scope="row"| "Enemies"

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scope="row"| "Straight from the Bottle"

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scope="row"| "Mona Lisa"

| rowspan="6"| 2020

| — || — || — || —

| rowspan="6"| Rancho Catastrophe

scope="row"| "Fun"

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scope="row"| "Dinner Plate"

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scope="row"| "Would It Make You Feel Better?"

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scope="row"| "Running from the Sun"{{cite web |title=Terror Jr drops teaser for 'Running From The Sun' music video, why was Kylie Jenner included in snippet? |url=https://meaww.com/terror-jr-lisa-vitale-new-music-video-teaser-single-running-from-the-sun-fan-reactions |access-date=25 November 2020 |language=en |date=21 October 2020}}

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scope="row"| "Bloody Waters"

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External links

  • [http://terrorjunior.com/ Official website]

References

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