"This is a Jam"
Quest Love - Musician
"He's being faithful to the past but doing something new. I was blown away"
Lorne Balfe - Composer, Top Gun Maverick
"We love you over here"
Tommy Brown - Producer, Ariana Grande
"this could be in beverly hills cop"
Mark Molloy - director, Axel F
"Every track is an anthem"
Zach Robinson - composer, Cobra Kai
80s pop & cinematic instrumentals
with main character energy
"LOVE HIS SHIZZ"
Taika Waititi - Director, Thor: Love & Thunder
About Sunglasses Kid
Sunglasses Kid is a British, London-based producer, composer and electronic musician, specialising in retro cinematic music, pop, synthwave and nostalgic instrumentals inspired by the 80s and 90s.
His signature production has been heard on Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F and Cobra Kai (Season 6).
In 2023, he blew up with his "P.O.V: It's the 80s" series gaining over 20 million Instagram plays that year.
His Tik Tok videos were Liked 1 million times and music used in posts and reels by The Oscars, FIFA, Rugby Union, Rugby World Cup, Liverpool FC, and hundreds more brands, influencers and creators.
Sunglasses Kid's growing online presence gained the attention of Grammy-winning producers, composers, actors and filmmakers, with his content covered on BBC Radio 2's Scott Mills, ABC Australia, The Wrap, Forbes and WGN Morning News Chicago.
In 2024, Sunglasses Kid worked with composer Lorne Balfe on the score for the Netflix number one movie, Beverly Hills Cop 4: Axel F including the track Axel's Return. He also teamed up with composer duo Zach Robinson and Leo Birenberg for the soundtrack to Cobra Kai Season 6, on the epic cue "Heart Of The Cobra".
Origins
Sunglasses Kid's debut EP, Unpredictable (2013) and albums, Graduation (2015) Sophomore (2020) and Nightlife (2022) - earned him a cult following as one the original producers defining the early sounds of synthwave and retrowave.
He has collaborated with film composer Lorne Balfe (Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F), saxophonist Tim Cappello (The Lost Boys), guitarist Myrone, Emmy winning Zach Robinson (Cobra Kai), and Ollie Wride on their hit track "Stranger Love" featured on "Made In Chelsea".
As a composer, Sunglasses Kid has written music for brands including Vogue, Tens sunglasses and Friday The 13th the game.
As a Sound designer, he has created preset-packs for Baby Audio's BA-1 Synth and UJAM's Stranger expansion for their USYNTH VST.
Sunglasses Kid has performed live on billings with College and Timecop 1983 at Melkweg for Amsterdam Dance Event and has opened for Brit Award-winning rapper, Cas Is Dead, at London’s South Bank Centre, Here At Outernet, Koko Camden, and Rough Trade Records in 2022 and 2023.