Landon Sears (born January 30, 1997) is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, musician, and producer raised in Danville, Kentucky, and based out of Nashville, Tennessee. He is most recognized for his work on Bren Joy's "Sweet" in 2019, which has accumulated over 20 million streams on Spotify, as of Dec 1, 2024. Sears has additionally gained recognition through his work as a songwriter and composer for South Korean acts such as NCT 127, Kang Daniel, CIX, NCT Dream and NCT DoJaeJung. NCT DoJaeJung's "Perfume", co-written by Sears, peaked at number 4 on the South Korean single charts. Sears's credits on Kang Daniel's EP, Yellow earned him his first platinum record, with NCT Dream's EP, Candy, delivering his second, reaching number 1 on Circle Chart and amassing sales of 1,395,187 copies by December 2022. His work on NCT 127's "Walk" secured Sears a second number 1 in South Korea, with the lead single's eponymous album going 3× Platinum. His work with notable contemporary American artists includes Young Buck, Jason Derulo, Bubba Sparkxxx, Leven Kali, Innanet James, Felly, Rexx Life Raj, and Connor Stankevich (better known as Conswank) of 99 Neighbors. He specializes in the genres of hip-hop and R&B, with his style being self-described as "harmony rap".
Early life and career Initially a violinist, he became fascinated with hip-hop at a young age, attributing his time spent navigating iTunes & YouTube to developing his taste in music. He would overdub recordings of him playing violin onto instrumentals of well-known songs, burn them to CDs and sell them at school. At the age of 13, he began learning to rap and produce using GarageBand, attempting to copy other artists he found on DatPiff, then moving onto Logic Pro once he began attending high school. He eventually moved from his hometown of Danville, Kentucky to Nashville, Tennessee to attend Belmont University and find a more fitting music scene. He began posting to online music platforms such as SoundCloud and Bandcamp before releasing his first single, "Bonnie & Clyde", to music streaming services via DistroKid on December 5, 2016.
Discography Landon Sears has released three independent albums, Autumn Icarus which was released on 19 December 2017, 88.1, released on 30 January 2021, and Call Collect X, released on 28 October 2022.
Albums +List of Studio albumsTitleAlbum detailsAutumn Icarus Released: December 19, 2017 Label: Landon Sears (self-released) Format: Digital download88.1 Released: January 30, 2021 Label: Engine House Records Format: Digital downloadCall Collect X Released: October 28, 2022 Label: GoodCopBadCop LLC Format: Digital downloadAll Men Lie Released: August 23, 2024 Label: GoodCopBadCop LLC Format: Digital downloadTo Hide What's Real Released: January 31, 2025 Label: GoodCopBadCop LLC Format: Digital download
Extended plays +List of Extended playsTitleExtended play detailsCall Collect, Vol.1 Released: March 9, 2018 Label: Landon Sears Format: Digital downloadCall Collect, Vol.2 Released: April 27, 2018 Label: Landon Sears Format: Digital downloadCall Collect, Vol.3 Released: June 29, 2018 Label: Landon Sears Format: Digital downloadCall Collect, Vol.4 Released: September 14, 2018 Label: LAZYIRENE Format: Digital downloadCall Collect, Vol.5 Released: December 14, 2018 Label: LAZYIRENE Format: Digital downloadCall Collect 6 Released: April 23, 2021 Label: Engine House Records Format: Digital downloadCall Collect 7 Released: June 18, 2021 Label: GoodCopBadCop LLC Format: Digital downloadCall Collect 8 Released: September 3, 2021 Label: GoodCopBadCop LLC Format: Digital downloadCall Collect 9 Released: June 15, 2022 Label: GoodCopBadCop LLC Format: Digital download
Singles
As lead artist +List of singles as lead artistTitleYearAlbum / EP"Bonnie & Clyde"2016Non-album singles"Backwoods & Lipstick"2017"Cuba Libre""Blueberry Cadillac""Moet on the Balcony""She Wants Those Eyes""Wake Up""Nobody Awake"Autumn Icarus"Show My Work"2018Call Collect, Vol.3"Sabrina Claudio"Call Collect, Vol.4"Oxygen"2019Non-album singles"Broadcast" (featuring Estef)"Half an Hour""Kick It / Eucalyptus""Slide""Watch"2020"TI-83""Sunday""Gwen Stacy""Walking Distance""Amaretto""Next Time We're Flying" (featuring Bren Joy)88.1"Money" (Talia Stewart & Landon Sears)2021Keep Coming Back!"Prada" (Danny Polo, Landon Sears, & CUBE)Non-album singles"Against Me" (featuring Claire Maisto)2022"Rotten Apple""Old School" (Valid Point. & Landon Sears)"No Matter" (Chase Murphy & Landon Sears)"Solid""Under My Skin" (Chris Scalco & Landon Sears)Boy Bands & Boom Bap"Shut Me Up"2022Call Collect X"Incentivized" (Landon Sears & Innanet James)2023To Hide What's Real"Bat Ur Eyes"Non-album single"Passport Luvr"To Hide What's Real"Pool Day" (Landon Sears & DJ Grumble)All Men Lie"I Wanna" (Landon Sears, Alex Slay, Chase Williams)Non-album single"When We Kiss" (Landon Sears & Alex Slay)2024To Hide What's Real"Exfoliate" (Landon Sears, Rexx Life Raj, Chase Murphy)All Men Lie"Chrome On The Wheels" (Landon Sears, Bubba Sparxxx, Young Buck)"Lets Be Alone" (Chase Williams, Landon Sears, Cadillac Dale)TBA
As a featured artist +List of singles as a featured artistTitleYearArtistAlbum"Walk Around"2017C-TroxNon-album singles"Cabernet"Gretchen"Speed Up"2018Pink SlipProject Pink"Sweet"2019Bren JoyNon-album singles"Goin' Up (Remix)"2020Owen Mack"Skittles"Csztr"Higher"Kirk Tegtmeier"Reroute"2022Chase WilliamsDowntempo"Corner of My Eye"Dizzy SpinsFalse Permanence"So Rich"Sara SturmNon-album singles"Mid-October"Ryan Tucker"I've Been"2023J. SeussIf You Really Wanna Know"Miss U More"Curv MoonNon-album single"2 Artists"2024Danny PoloKahlo"Corner of My Eye (Radio Edit)"Dizzy SpinsNon-album singles"Intuition (Remix)"Arlana"The City"Soul TapesThe Soul Tapes
Production and songwriting credits +List of songs co-written and co-produced by Sears for other artists.TitleYearArtistAlbumcredits"Imagine"2019CIXHello Chapter 1: Hello StrangerCo-writer"Black Out"Hello Chapter 2: Hello, Strange PlaceCo-writer"Revival"2020Pinky SwearCo-writer"All Gone" (featuring The Hive)2020LackhoneyNon-album singleCo-writer, co-producer"How We Live" (featuring Sokodomo)2022Kang DanielThe StoryCo-writer"Tangerine Love (Favorite)"2022NCT DreamCandyCo-writer"When Love Sucks" (featuring Dido)2023Jason DerluoNu KingViolinist, string arranger"Body Count"Co-writer"Atrocity's Building"2024Dizzy SpinsNon-album singleEngineer"Walk"NCT 127WalkCo-writer"Thrill Of The Risk"Dizzy SpinsAll Titles TemporaryCo-writer, spoken word
References
External links Landon Sears at AllMusic Landon Sears discography at MusicBrainz Landon Sears on YouTube