Exclusive track premiere of ‘Hey You’ by Paper Idol, taken from the upcoming album, ‘The Playground’, out November 18th.

This year, electro-pop artist Paper Idol (Matan KG) is set to release his most ambitious project to date: ‘The Playground’. The LP will chronicle eight stages of childhood in eight tracks, from the days of sidewalk hopscotch to teenage nihilism and everything in between. The music was produced in both the United States and Israel, the two countries in which Matan spent his formative years. In an attempt to keep the tracks raw and authentic, Matan wrote, produced, and mixed all the tracks himself in collaboration with his bandmate Adam Rochelle. The album artwork was created by Matan as well, which pulls inspiration from minimalism and analogue collage to create surreal playgrounds out of notebook paper. “The songs are definitely based on my own upbringing,” he says, “but I’m telling stories anyone will be able to relate to.” The first few singles from the project, released this summer, have already gained hundreds of thousands of streams.

Paper Idol’s live set combines electronic samplers and real instrumentation and has graced both ballrooms and dancefloors. Featuring former classmate Adam Rochelle (keys), Paper Idol has performed the Fonda Theater, The Teragram Ballroom, and an official showcase at South By Southwest. He will be sharing the stage with Sylvan Esso, Two Feet, Lewis Del Mar, and Washed Out in festivals across the US this fall.