{"id":1804596,"date":"2026-03-03T17:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T14:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1804596"},"modified":"2026-03-03T17:01:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T14:01:00","slug":"a-starter-pack-guide-to-the-lore-of-2hollis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1804596","title":{"rendered":"A starter pack guide to the lore of 2hollis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1200\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/9\/1439954.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"main-article standard \">\n<div class=\"article-main-content article-wrapper has-media-but-its-an-image\" data-status=\"loaded\" data-primary-article=\"true\" data-url=\"\/music\/article\/69795\/1\/a-starter-pack-guide-to-2hollis-spring-2026-issue-hair\" data-article-id=\"69795\">\n<header class=\"article-header has-landscape-image no-media\">\n<div class=\"wrapper dg-max-width\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<figure class=\"main-img has-figcaption\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"1.5\" data-template=\"Standard Article\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"1431138.jpg\" class=\"img\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1400\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/9\/1439954.jpg\" width=\"2400\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"inner\"><span class=\"credit\">Photography The Cobrasnake<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"inner\"><time datetime=\"2026-03-03T17:01:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"03 March 2026\"><span class=\"month\">March<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"3\">3,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"titles\">\n<div class=\"tags\">\n<div class=\"sections\"><a class=\"category vertical - music\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\">Music<\/a><br \/>\n\/<br \/>\n<a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/feature\">Feature<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"standard-tag-container\"><a class=\"standard-category\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\">Music<\/a> \/<br \/>\n<a class=\"standard-series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/feature\">Feature<\/a><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"title\"><span>A starter pack guide to the lore <span class=\"nowrap\">of 2hollis<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"standfirst\">\n<h2>As the internet\u2019s EDM prince becomes Dazed\u2019s latest cover boy, we\u2019ve rounded up the key lore essential for any <span class=\"nowrap\">2hollis newgen<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-03-03T17:01:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"03 March 2026\"><span class=\"month\">March<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"3\">3,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-03-03T17:01:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"03 March 2026\"><span class=\"month\">March<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"3\">3,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/p>\n<div class=\"providers\">\n<div class=\"contributors\"><span class=\"contributor\" data-contributor-role=\"Text\"><span class=\"contributor-role\">Text<\/span><a class=\"contributor-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/user\/TiarnaMeehan\">Tiarna<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p>If you\u2019re not terminally online, keeping up with music\u2019s new guard can feel impossible. New stars flash into the mainstream still slightly pixelated, glitching and tethered to the underground pits they rose from. No exception to that rule is the internet\u2019s elvish prince, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/2hollis\">2hollis<\/a> \u2013 real name Hollis Frazier-Herndon \u2013 whose music has been tunnelling into the eardrums of cool kids the world over for the past few years.<\/p>\n<p>Known for his crushing EDM-trap-rap and bone-rattling production, Hollis stacks chaotic, emotional distortion onto basslines built to blow out just about any soundsystem they burrow into. Essentially, it&#8217;s music production if it necked a bottle of Elvanese and locked the fuck in. So if you&#8217;re new to his game, or want a refresher, here&#8217;s the 2hollis starter pack to get you up to speed on the latest Dazed cover star.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"src-youtube video-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-youtube\" data-id=\"SuCYsNERsgA\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen frameborder height=\"422\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SuCYsNERsgA\" webkitallowfullscreen width=\"750\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h1>SOCIAL MEDIA<\/h1>\n<p>An obvious one no doubt, but Hollis has been vocal about growing up tethered to the digital world; after all, this is a guy who cites Minecraft as one of his biggest inspirations. After being gifted Ableton Live music production software as an 11th birthday gift from his parents, Hollis learned how to use it by browsing Reddit, Discord, and YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>Later releasing under the now-retired alias Drippysoup in 2018, Hollis\u2019s ascent into stardom is inseparable from the internet. His glitchy beats and EDM-rage snippets, primed for TikTok clips and grid posts, began to swell into a devout audience during the pandemic. It<span>\u2019<\/span>s a relationship that the artist has been vocal about, acknowledging the internet<span>\u2019<\/span>s role in catalysing his fame but also its toxicity and ability to flatten art. In his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/article\/69802\/1\/2hollis-arca-in-conversation-dazed-spring-2026-issue\">Dazed cover story<\/a>, he suggested that the internet had in some ways been a\u00a0<span>\u201cbad parent\u201d to him.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h1>SYMBOLISM<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instagram-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-instagram\" data-script-depends=\"instagram-embeds\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>Look across 2hollis\u2019 discography and you\u2019ll find symbolism everywhere. To begin with, the \u201c2\u201d in his moniker is a number he\u2019s said has appeared persistently throughout his life since high school. Then there\u2019s the text-talk love heart flipped into his own shorthand, \u201c2&gt;\u201d, stamped across merch and visuals. The cover of his album s<em>tar <\/em>is layered with the Flower of Life \u2013 the geometric pattern often described as a blueprint for creation. Then, digging further back into his Hollis-coded world, there\u2019s a singular plus sign that populates two projects, and an emoji-adjacent spiel of symbols that feel in need of an IOS update on his 2023 EP <em>whiplash\/cliche<\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h1>THE HAIR<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instagram-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-instagram\" data-script-depends=\"instagram-embeds\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p>\u201cHair can make or break your aura \u2013 2hollis vs 2hollister,\u201d as one viral TikTok put it. 2hollis has become synonymous with his chest-length, bleached-blonde hair (yes, it\u2019s a wig), often paired with a chiselled six-pack and occasionally experimental or black line eye makeup. The look pushes him firmly into fantasy-LARP, EDM-elf territory.<\/p>\n<h1>A STAR-STUDDED UPBRINGING<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instagram-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-instagram\" data-script-depends=\"instagram-embeds\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>Dig into 2hollis\u2019s footprint, and you will find an appearance in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/skrillex\">Skrillex<\/a> video at age 12, a meeting with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/justin-bieber\">Justin Bieber<\/a> in the pop star\u2019s <\/span><em><span>One Less Lonely Girl <\/span><\/em><span>era, and a few more star-studded encounters from a childhood spent backstage. These aren\u2019t exactly chance occurrences, with Hollis\u2019s dad being a musician and his mum, Kathryn Frazier, being the founder of a PR firm and co-founder (with Skrillex) of record label OWSLA. Maybe it was written in the stars (the ones already around him), but Hollis has been vocal about his upbringing around the industry while making clear that the pursuit was always his own.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1>THE SOUND<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"src-youtube video-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-youtube\" data-id=\"CWQNWbRiC6I\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen frameborder height=\"422\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CWQNWbRiC6I\" webkitallowfullscreen width=\"750\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>It wouldn\u2019t be a starter pack without some direction on where to actually begin. Sure, there\u2019s probably a Reddit thread somewhere with the sacred Drippysoup files archived by a die-hard fan, but if you\u2019re starting from scratch, his most popular tracks are popular for a reason.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>His sound is best described as a high-speed collision of genres: sugary EDM, hyperpop gloss, flickers of PC Music sheen, melodic rage rap and digicore distortion \u2013 and that\u2019s only scratching the surface.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The internet\u2019s self-appointed messiah first pulled serious attention with 2022\u2019s <\/span><em><span>White Tiger<\/span><\/em><span>, before singles like \u201ccrush\u201d and \u201cjeans\u201d rode the algorithm into wider rotation. His latest album, <\/span><em><span>Star<\/span><\/em><span>, leans further into maximalism, with breakout tracks \u201cflash\u201d and \u201csidekick\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>If you need a starting point, check out \u201ccrush\u201d, \u201cteenage soldier\u201d, \u201csidekick\u201d and \u201ctrust\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"newsletter-inline-last\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-small\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<h1 class=\"newsletter-title\">Escape the algorithm! Get The Drop<\/h1>\n<div class=\"meta-row\">\n<p class=\"meta\">Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"confirmation\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p class=\"confirmation-title\">Thank you. 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Get The Drop<\/h1>\n<div class=\"meta-row\">\n<p class=\"meta\">Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"confirmation\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p class=\"confirmation-title\">Thank you. You have been subscribed<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p>If you\u2019re not terminally online, keeping up with music\u2019s new guard can feel impossible. New stars flash into the mainstream still slightly pixelated, glitching and tethered to the underground pits they rose from. No exception to that rule is the internet\u2019s elvish prince, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/2hollis\">2hollis<\/a> \u2013 real name Hollis Frazier-Herndon \u2013 whose music has been tunnelling into the eardrums of cool kids the world over for the past few years.<\/p>\n<p>Known for his crushing EDM-trap-rap and bone-rattling production, Hollis stacks chaotic, emotional distortion onto basslines built to blow out just about any soundsystem they burrow into. Essentially, it&#8217;s music production if it necked a bottle of Elvanese and locked the fuck in. So if you&#8217;re new to his game, or want a refresher, here&#8217;s the 2hollis starter pack to get you up to speed on the latest Dazed cover star.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"src-youtube video-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-youtube\" data-id=\"SuCYsNERsgA\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen frameborder height=\"422\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SuCYsNERsgA\" webkitallowfullscreen width=\"750\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h1>SOCIAL MEDIA<\/h1>\n<p>An obvious one no doubt, but Hollis has been vocal about growing up tethered to the digital world; after all, this is a guy who cites Minecraft as one of his biggest inspirations. After being gifted Ableton Live music production software as an 11th birthday gift from his parents, Hollis learned how to use it by browsing Reddit, Discord, and YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>Later releasing under the now-retired alias Drippysoup in 2018, Hollis\u2019s ascent into stardom is inseparable from the internet. His glitchy beats and EDM-rage snippets, primed for TikTok clips and grid posts, began to swell into a devout audience during the pandemic. It<span>\u2019<\/span>s a relationship that the artist has been vocal about, acknowledging the internet<span>\u2019<\/span>s role in catalysing his fame but also its toxicity and ability to flatten art. In his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/article\/69802\/1\/2hollis-arca-in-conversation-dazed-spring-2026-issue\">Dazed cover story<\/a>, he suggested that the internet had in some ways been a\u00a0<span>\u201cbad parent\u201d to him.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h1>SYMBOLISM<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instagram-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-instagram\" data-script-depends=\"instagram-embeds\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>Look across 2hollis\u2019 discography and you\u2019ll find symbolism everywhere. To begin with, the \u201c2\u201d in his moniker is a number he\u2019s said has appeared persistently throughout his life since high school. Then there\u2019s the text-talk love heart flipped into his own shorthand, \u201c2&gt;\u201d, stamped across merch and visuals. The cover of his album s<em>tar <\/em>is layered with the Flower of Life \u2013 the geometric pattern often described as a blueprint for creation. Then, digging further back into his Hollis-coded world, there\u2019s a singular plus sign that populates two projects, and an emoji-adjacent spiel of symbols that feel in need of an IOS update on his 2023 EP <em>whiplash\/cliche<\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h1>THE HAIR<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instagram-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-instagram\" data-script-depends=\"instagram-embeds\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p>\u201cHair can make or break your aura \u2013 2hollis vs 2hollister,\u201d as one viral TikTok put it. 2hollis has become synonymous with his chest-length, bleached-blonde hair (yes, it\u2019s a wig), often paired with a chiselled six-pack and occasionally experimental or black line eye makeup. The look pushes him firmly into fantasy-LARP, EDM-elf territory.<\/p>\n<h1>A STAR-STUDDED UPBRINGING<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instagram-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-instagram\" data-script-depends=\"instagram-embeds\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>Dig into 2hollis\u2019s footprint, and you will find an appearance in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/skrillex\">Skrillex<\/a> video at age 12, a meeting with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/justin-bieber\">Justin Bieber<\/a> in the pop star\u2019s <\/span><em><span>One Less Lonely Girl <\/span><\/em><span>era, and a few more star-studded encounters from a childhood spent backstage. These aren\u2019t exactly chance occurrences, with Hollis\u2019s dad being a musician and his mum, Kathryn Frazier, being the founder of a PR firm and co-founder (with Skrillex) of record label OWSLA. Maybe it was written in the stars (the ones already around him), but Hollis has been vocal about his upbringing around the industry while making clear that the pursuit was always his own.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1>THE SOUND<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"src-youtube video-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-youtube\" data-id=\"CWQNWbRiC6I\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen frameborder height=\"422\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CWQNWbRiC6I\" webkitallowfullscreen width=\"750\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>It wouldn\u2019t be a starter pack without some direction on where to actually begin. Sure, there\u2019s probably a Reddit thread somewhere with the sacred Drippysoup files archived by a die-hard fan, but if you\u2019re starting from scratch, his most popular tracks are popular for a reason.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>His sound is best described as a high-speed collision of genres: sugary EDM, hyperpop gloss, flickers of PC Music sheen, melodic rage rap and digicore distortion \u2013 and that\u2019s only scratching the surface.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The internet\u2019s self-appointed messiah first pulled serious attention with 2022\u2019s <\/span><em><span>White Tiger<\/span><\/em><span>, before singles like \u201ccrush\u201d and \u201cjeans\u201d rode the algorithm into wider rotation. His latest album, <\/span><em><span>Star<\/span><\/em><span>, leans further into maximalism, with breakout tracks \u201cflash\u201d and \u201csidekick\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>If you need a starting point, check out \u201ccrush\u201d, \u201cteenage soldier\u201d, \u201csidekick\u201d and \u201ctrust\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"newsletter-inline-last\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-small\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<h1 class=\"newsletter-title\">Escape the algorithm! Get The Drop<\/h1>\n<div class=\"meta-row\">\n<p class=\"meta\">Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"confirmation\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p class=\"confirmation-title\">Thank you. 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