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Crash Adams
Crash Adams
Origin	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres	Pop music
Years active	2019-present
Labels	Warner Music Canada
Members	Rafaele Massarelli; Vince Sasso
Website	crashadamsmusic.com

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Crash Adams is a Canadian pop music duo from Toronto, Ontario, most noted as Juno Award nominees for Breakthrough Group of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2024.^[1]

Music career

The duo, consisting of Rafaele "Crash" Massarelli and Vince "Adams" Sasso, began making music together in the 2020s, but struggled to get attention until hitting on a social media strategy that involved transporting Massarelli's grandmother's red couch to unexpected locations to create short TikTok videos.^[2] With a quickly expanding fanbase, they released a number of singles over the next few years until signing to Warner Music Canada, which released the four-song EP California Girl in early 2023.^[3]

In 2023, they also participated in the Artists for Feel Out Loud supergroup cover of Serena Ryder's "What I Wouldn't Do".^[4]

Discography

EP’s

California Girl (2023)
Crashing Into Your Living Room, Vol. 1 (2024)

References

^ "Here are all the 2024 Juno nominees". CBC Music, February 6, 2024.
^ Lisa Power, "Someone just put a sofa in the middle of a downtown Toronto street". BlogTO, July 11, 2020.
^ Michael Major, "Crash Adams Release Sun-Kissed Single 'California Girl'". Broadway World, February 17, 2023.
^ Brent Furdyk, "Feel Out Loud: Alessia Cara, Serena Ryder & More Canadian Artists Collaborate On New Single Promoting Youth Mental Health Initiative". Entertainment Tonight Canada, March 2, 2023.

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[1] "Here are all the 2024 Juno nominees". CBC Music, February 6, 2024.

[2] Lisa Power, "Someone just put a sofa in the middle of a downtown Toronto street". BlogTO, July 11, 2020.

[3] Michael Major, "Crash Adams Release Sun-Kissed Single 'California Girl'". Broadway World, February 17, 2023.

[4] Brent Furdyk, "Feel Out Loud: Alessia Cara, Serena Ryder & More Canadian Artists Collaborate On New Single Promoting Youth Mental Health Initiative". Entertainment Tonight Canada, March 2, 2023.

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+{{Infobox musical artist
-'''Crash Adams''' is a [[Canada|Canadian]] pop music duo from [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], most noted as [[Juno Award]] nominees for Breakthrough Group of the Year at the [[Juno Awards of 2024]].<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/juno-awards-2024-nominations-charlotte-cardin-daniel-caesar-talk-1.7105439 "Here are all the 2024 Juno nominees"]. [[CBC Music]], February 6, 2024.</ref>
+| genre             = [[Pop music]]
+| years_active      = 2019-present
-== Origins ==
+| label             = [[Warner Music Canada]]
-During their performance of "Give me a kiss" on stage at Let's Celebrate 2024 in Singapore, it was explained that the bands name comes from a movie about a doctor that heals with laugher, love positivity and good vibrations.
+| origin         = [[Toronto, Ontario, Canada]]
+|website = {{url|crashadamsmusic.com}}
-Although the movie name was not mentioned, based on the synopsis it can be assumed the movie the band is referring to is ''[[Patch Adams (film)|Patch Adams]]''.
+| current_members   = Rafaele Massarelli<br>
+Vince Sasso
+}}
+'''Crash Adams''' is a [[Canada|Canadian]] pop music duo from [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], most noted as [[Juno Award]] nominees for [[Juno Award for Breakthrough Group of the Year|Breakthrough Group of the Year]] at the [[Juno Awards of 2024]].<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/juno-awards-2024-nominations-charlotte-cardin-daniel-caesar-talk-1.7105439 "Here are all the 2024 Juno nominees"]. [[CBC Music]], February 6, 2024.</ref>
 == Music career ==
-The duo, consisting of Rafaele "Crash" Massarelli and Vince "Adams" Sasso, began making music together in the 2020s, but struggled to get attention until hitting on a [[social media]] strategy that involved transporting Massarelli's grandmother's red couch to unexpected locations to create short [[TikTok]] videos.<ref>Lisa Power, [https://www.blogto.com/music/2020/07/someone-just-put-sofa-middle-downtown-toronto-street/ "Someone just put a sofa in the middle of a downtown Toronto street"]. ''BlogTO'', July 11, 2020.</ref> With a quickly expanding fanbase, they released a number of singles over the next few years until signing to [[Warner Records/Warner Music Canada]], which released the four-song [[extended play|EP]] ''California Girl'' in early 2023.<ref>Michael Major, [https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Crash-Adams-Release-Sun-Kissed-Single-California-Girl-20230217 "Crash Adams Release Sun-Kissed Single 'California Girl'"]. ''[[Broadway World]]'', February 17, 2023.</ref>
+The duo, consisting of Rafaele "Crash" Massarelli and Vince "Adams" Sasso, began making music together in the 2020s, but struggled to get attention until hitting on a [[social media]] strategy that involved transporting Massarelli's grandmother's red couch to unexpected locations to create short [[TikTok]] videos.<ref>Lisa Power, [https://www.blogto.com/music/2020/07/someone-just-put-sofa-middle-downtown-toronto-street/ "Someone just put a sofa in the middle of a downtown Toronto street"]. ''BlogTO'', July 11, 2020.</ref> With a quickly expanding fanbase, they released a number of singles over the next few years until signing to [[Warner Music Canada]], which released the four-song [[extended play|EP]] ''California Girl'' in early 2023.<ref>Michael Major, [https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Crash-Adams-Release-Sun-Kissed-Single-California-Girl-20230217 "Crash Adams Release Sun-Kissed Single 'California Girl'"]. ''[[Broadway World]]'', February 17, 2023.</ref>
-In 2023, they also participated in the Artists for Feel Out Loud [[supergroup (music)|supergroup]] cover of [[Serena Ryder]]'s "[[What I Wouldn't Do]]{{reflist}}
+In 2023, they also participated in the Artists for Feel Out Loud [[supergroup (music)|supergroup]] cover of [[Serena Ryder]]'s "[[What I Wouldn't Do]]".<ref>Brent Furdyk, [https://web.archive.org/web/20230302170512/https://etcanada.com/news/972900/feel-out-loud-alessia-cara-serena-ryder-more-canadian-artists-collaborate-on-new-single-promoting-youth-mental-health-initiative/ "Feel Out Loud: Alessia Cara, Serena Ryder & More Canadian Artists Collaborate On New Single Promoting Youth Mental Health Initiative"]. ''[[Entertainment Tonight Canada]]'', March 2, 2023.</ref>
-== Viral success ==
+==Discography==
+===EP’s===
-During one of their street performances of "Caroline" on Santa Monica pier, a rapper by the name of Jaree spontaneously hopped on the end of the track with a freestyle rap.
+*''California Girl'' (2023)
+*''Crashing Into Your Living Room, Vol. 1'' (2024)
+==References==
-The clip quickly went viral on social media platform TikTok with over 49 million views, and shot the band into the spotlight.
+{{reflist}}
-A few months later, a similar occurrence happened again in the same location while the band was performing their song "Destination". Rapper Kingvvibe5285 performed a freestyle rap which quickly gained popularity on TikTok.
-This viral popularity has led to the band creating their recent "Can you rap in public" series, where the video that achieves the most votes on YouTube will appear within the official remix.
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 [[Category:Musical groups from Toronto]]
+{{Canada-band-stub}}