Randy Findell (b. December 17, 2001), known by his stage name brakence, is an emerging pop-electronic act out of Columbus, Ohio. He rose to awareness in the ‘anti-pop’ scene in 2018, due in-part to his striking stylistic similarities to artists such as EDEN and Jeremy Zucker. His style has recently developed into an ambitious and upbeat haze of melodics which are marked by ‘clean’ distortion, emotive vocals, and idiosyncratic production.

In 2019, brakence started his freshman year at Ohio State University. After just two weeks, he dropped out. This event became a pivotal theme to his debut record, punk2, which released in March 2020 to critical acclaim.

On April 20th, 2020, Manager Danny Rakow announced a partnership deal between brakence and Columbia Records, as well as a [rerelease] of punk2. brakence has collected a cult following. After spending most of 2021 and 2022 releasing singles from his forthcoming album, ​hypochondriac, he is more poised than ever for breakout success.