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Lauv Embraces How He's Feeling

Lauv has toured around the world and gathered billions of streams. He's finally releasing his debut album, ~how i'm feeling~.
Lauv performs onstage at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 13, 2019 in New York City. His new album <em>~how i'm feeling~ </em>tackles feelings of depression and anxiety.

Ari Leff is better known as Lauv. And he's been quietly gaining fans around the world with his pop music.

Leff has released singles and EPs, garnering billions of streams over the last five years.

He's finally releasing a full album: ~how i'm feeling~, stylized in the lowercase and accompanying tildes that are common in youth Internet parlance.

"I think this album is for everybody, but I think it's especially for people around my age," he says. "And people younger than me, I think especially people who grew up with the budding Internet.

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