Active Child
Biography Active Child
Patrick James Grossi aka ACTIVE CHILD
With an inimitable pairing of lush, layered arrangements and choral-style vocals, Active Child creates screen-worthy soundscapes informed by a multifarious swath of influences. The brainchild of singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Patrick Grossi, he first introduced his eloquent songcraft with 2011’s debut full-length, You Are All I See, garnering extensive critical acclaim from BBC, Interview, Noisey, NPR, Pitchfork, SPIN, Stereogum, The FADER, Variety, and more. With his sophomore album, Mercy (2015), Active Child amassed upwards of 50 million streams in just a few years. In 2019, Active Child signed to Sony Music Masterworks and released his label debut LP, In Another Life (2020), receiving rave reviews from Billboard, The FADER, Pitchfork, and NPR, including All Songs Considered and a Tiny Desk performance. Touching down for headline tours and festivals across four continents, Active Child has toured alongside James Blake and M83 as well as officially remixing tracks from Lana Del Rey, Marina and the Diamonds, and Angus and Julia Stone. His considerable list of cosigns also extends to top producers like Jim-E Stack (Lorde), who remixed Active Child’s 2020 song “Cruel World,” and pop superstars, including Khalid, for whom he co-wrote and co-produced the song “New Normal”; and Ellie Goulding, who notably covered his song “Hanging On” on her platinum-certified, chart-topping album Halcyon and was later featured on his single "Silhouette." Following a 5-year hiatus, Active Child now gears up for the next chapter in his already illustrious music career with the release of his new single “Coming Up,” out now on Sony Music Masterworks.
