{{Short description|Swedish lo-fi artist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox musical artist | image = Weatherday LIVE @ Althangrund 12.07.2025.jpg | caption = Sputnik performing live in Vienna in 2025 | alias = {{hlist|Sputnik|Lola's Pocket PC|Rana Plastic Bubbles|Five Pebbles}} | origin = Sweden | genre = {{hlist|Emo|noise pop|lo-fi|electronic|shoegaze}} | years_active = 2019–present | label = Topshelf | module = {{Infobox person|embed=yes | signature = Sputnik sig.svg }} }} '''Sputnik''' is the alias of a Swedish lo-fi musician who has been involved in numerous solo projects, most notably, '''Weatherday'''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Caporale |first=Micco |date=2022-06-24 |title=Cult emo experimentalist Weatherday arrives in Chicago |url=http://chicagoreader.com/music/cult-emo-experimentalist-weatherday/ |access-date=2022-09-25 |website=Chicago Reader |language=en-US |archive-date=23 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423215655/https://chicagoreader.com/music/cult-emo-experimentalist-weatherday/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Matthopoulos |first=Nick |date=2020-04-09 |title=The Unpredictable but Intriguing Sounds of Weatherday's 'Come In' |url=https://atwoodmagazine.com/wyci-weatherday-come-in-album-review/ |access-date=2022-09-25 |website=Atwood Magazine |language=en-US |archive-date=5 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605172654/https://atwoodmagazine.com/wyci-weatherday-come-in-album-review/ |url-status=live }}</ref> They have also released music under the aliases '''Five Pebbles''', '''Lola's Pocket PC''', and '''Rana Plastic Bubbles'''.
== History == Sputnik started attempting music production around 2015 before releasing their debut album, ''Come In'', on Bandcamp in 2019, under the name Weatherday. After gaining underground popularity, the album was re-released on Topshelf Records.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Deville |first=Chris |date=2021-12-20 |title=Stream Weatherday's New EP As Five Pebbles, 'forgetmenot' |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2171355/five-pebbles-forgetmenot/music/ |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=Stereogum |language=en |archive-date=5 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605192818/https://www.stereogum.com/2171355/five-pebbles-forgetmenot/music/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On 19 March 2025, the second album by Weatherday, ''Hornet Disaster'', was released via Topshelf Records.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Topshelf Records - Weatherday - Hornet Disaster |url=https://www.topshelfrecords.com/products/848107-weatherday-hornet-disaster |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Topshelf Records |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Weatherday, “Hornet Disaster” |url=https://floodmagazine.com/189931/weatherday-hornet-disaster/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=FLOOD |language=en}}</ref>
== Personal life == Sputnik reveals little about their personal life on social media or in interviews. They are non-binary and attracted to all genders.<ref>{{Cite interview |last=Sputnik |interviewer=Young Fenimore Lee |title=The New Face of Lo-Fi |url=https://jellybones.net/2019/10/24/The-New-Face-of-Lo-Fi.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210313073946/https://jellybones.net/2019/10/24/The-New-Face-of-Lo-Fi.html |archive-date=March 13, 2021 |work=Jellybones |date=October 24, 2019}}</ref>
== Discography == === Albums === * ''Come In'' (2019) * ''Hornet Disaster'' (2025)
=== EPs === * ''Lola's Pocket PC'' (2019; as Lola's Pocket PC) * ''We Will Always Have'' (2019; as Lola's Pocket PC) * ''forgetmenot'' (2021; as Five Pebbles) * ''Kraków Angels'' (2021; as Rana Plastic Bubbles) * ''Weatherglow'' (2022), with Asian Glow * ''Edema Ruh'' (2022) * ''Always Tangerine'' (2023; as Rana Plastic Bubbles)
=== Singles ===
* ''Only Us and Linger On'' (2018) * ''All the Hand-Made Gifts We Planned to Make'' (2019; as Lola's Pocket PC) * ''But We Get By'' (2019; as Rana Plastic Bubbles) * ''Take the Opportunity'' (2020; as Rana Plastic Bubbles)
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