{{Short description|American singer-songwriter and record producer (born 2000)}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{infobox musical artist | name = Quickly, Quickly | image = | caption = | birth_name = Graham Jonson | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|8|4}} | birth_place = Portland, Oregon {{Infobox person | child=yes | education = }} | alias = | genre = {{flatlist| *Lo-fi hip hop *indie folk *indie pop *jazz fusion}} | occupation = | years_active = 2014–present | label = Ghostly International | past_member_of = | spouse = | partner = | website = {{URL|https://quicklyquickly.co/}} }} '''Graham Jonson''' (born August 4, 2000), also known as '''Quickly, Quickly''', is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. Based in Portland, Oregon, he originally created instrumental beats on SoundCloud. In 2021, he signed to Ghostly International and has since released two studio albums under the label, ''The Long and Short of It'' in 2021 and ''I Heard That Noise'' in 2025.
==Early life== Graham Jonson was born on August 4, 2000,<ref name="apple">{{Cite web |title=Apple Music |url=https://music.apple.com/lv/artist/quickly-quickly/1227355025 |access-date=2025-06-30 |website=Apple Music}}</ref> in Portland, Oregon. He would frequently use his family's piano, even as a toddler, and his mother, a special-education teacher, played musicians such as John Denver, Dan Fogelberg, and James Taylor in their household. Jonson began to be interested in creating music after his cousin played "Harlem Shake" to his enjoyment. It led to him Googling trap music and eventually finding a community of producers on SoundCloud.<ref name="sherburne">{{Cite web |last=Sherburne |first=Philip |date=2022-01-11 |title=Quickly, Quickly's Technicolor Pop Bursts Beyond the Algorithm |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/rising/quickly-quickly-the-long-and-short-of-it-interview/ |access-date=2025-06-30 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US |archive-date=January 24, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250124114208/https://pitchfork.com/features/rising/quickly-quickly-the-long-and-short-of-it-interview/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Career== Jonson initially gained recognition as a teenager through his lo-fi hip hop instrumental beats that he released on SoundCloud. One such beat, "getsomerest/sleepwell", was reposted to a lo-fi YouTube channel and became very popular. Jonson moved to Los Angeles to try to garner connections, but he was unable to find any, eventually only making beats the whole time, and moved back after eleven months.<ref name="sherburne"/>
After signing to Ghostly International in 2021,<ref name="ghostly">{{Cite web |title=Quickly, Quickly |url=https://ghostly.com/artists/quickly-quickly |access-date=2025-06-30 |website=Ghostly International |language=en |archive-date=September 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910235429/https://ghostly.com/artists/quickly-quickly |url-status=live }}</ref> he released his first studio album, ''The Long and Short of It'', on August 20, 2021. He had to cancel the album's tour midway through due to financial concerns. On April 18, 2025, he Jonson released ''I Heard That Noise'', his second album.<ref name="bromfield"/><ref name="conaton">{{Cite web |last=Conaton |first=Chris |date=2025-04-23 |title=Quickly Quickly Offers Catchy Hooks and Layered Arrangements |url=https://www.popmatters.com/quickly-quickly-heard-that-noise |access-date=2025-06-30 |website=PopMatters |language=en-US |archive-date=May 12, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250512093256/https://www.popmatters.com/quickly-quickly-heard-that-noise |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Influences and artistry== Jonson describes his music as "Portland Music", characterized by its lofty, eclectic, and hard-to-categorize sound. He has stated that, in his new music, he wants to shed his previous reputation of a "Lo-Fi Beats To Study To" musician.<ref name="rynaski">{{Cite web |last=Rynaski |first=Nate |title=Quickly, Quickly releases "I Am Close to the River" |url=https://www.flaunt.com/blog/quickly-quickly-premiere |access-date=2025-06-30 |website=Flaunt |archive-date=January 31, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240131054914/https://www.flaunt.com/blog/quickly-quickly-premiere |url-status=live }}</ref> Jonson frequently includes what he calls "musical jumpscares," where the song abruptly switches direction, in his music. He was inspired to do this by other Pacific Northwest-based artists such as The Microphones, Elliott Smith, Grouper, and Loscil.<ref name="walker">{{Cite web |last=Walker |first=Jerad |date=2021-10-23 |title=A former teenage SoundCloud phenom grows up on ‘The Long And Short Of It’ |url=https://www.opb.org/article/2021/10/23/the-long-and-the-short-of-it-soundcloud-quickly-quickly-graham-jonson-portland-oregon-music/ |access-date=2025-06-30 |website=Oregon Public Broadcasting |language=en |archive-date=February 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226151229/https://www.opb.org/article/2021/10/23/the-long-and-the-short-of-it-soundcloud-quickly-quickly-graham-jonson-portland-oregon-music/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Jonson describes Mount Eerie as his favorite musician. When he was only making instrumental music, Jonson only listened to beats and was influenced by artists such as J Dilla, Madlib, The Pharcyde, and Burial,<ref name="pitchfork">{{Cite web |last=Bromwich |first=Jonah |date=2021-08-25 |title=Quickly, Quickly: The Long and Short of It |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/quickly-quickly-the-long-and-short-of-it/ |access-date=2025-06-30 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US |archive-date=February 18, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250218054430/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/quickly-quickly-the-long-and-short-of-it/ |url-status=live }}</ref> but started listening to much of The Beatles and D'Angelo when venturing into songwriting.<ref name="bromfield">{{Cite web |last=Bromfield |first=Daniel |date=2025-04-18 |title=Quickly, Quickly's Slow, Steady Transformation |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2304698/quickly-quickly-i-heard-that-noise/interviews/qa/ |access-date=2025-06-30 |website=Stereogum |language=en |archive-date=April 20, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250420221432/https://www.stereogum.com/2304698/quickly-quickly-i-heard-that-noise/interviews/qa/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Other influences include Dijon Duenas and Nick Drake.<ref name="crandall">{{Cite web |last=Crandall |first=Kevin |date=2025-03-19 |title=Quickly, Quickly Shares a Plea for Change with New Single “Take It From Me” |url=https://floodmagazine.com/189945/quickly-quickly-take-it-from-me-first-listen/ |access-date=2025-06-30 |website=Flood |language=en |archive-date=March 19, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250319153427/https://floodmagazine.com/189945/quickly-quickly-take-it-from-me-first-listen/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="wolf">{{Cite web |last=Wolf |first=Erin |date=2025-02-03 |title=Best new music: Quickly, Quickly throw everything into ‘Enything’ |url=https://radiomilwaukee.org/show/whats-all-this/2025-02-03/best-new-indie-music-quickly-quickly-enything |access-date=2025-06-30 |website=Radio Milwaukee |language=en |archive-date=February 18, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250218192830/https://radiomilwaukee.org/show/whats-all-this/2025-02-03/best-new-indie-music-quickly-quickly-enything |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="chelosky">{{Cite web |last=Chelosky |first=Danielle |date=2025-01-22 |title=Quickly, Quickly Announces New Album 'I Heard That Noise': Hear "Enything" |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2293844/quickly-quickly-enything/music/ |access-date=2025-06-30 |website=Stereogum |language=en}}</ref>
==Discography== ===Studio albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title ! scope="col" style="width:18em;"| Details |- ! scope="row"| ''Quickly Quickly, Vol. 1'' | * Released: April 16, 2017 * Label: Self-released * Formats: Digital download |- ! scope="row"| ''Paths'' | * Released: March 1, 2018 * Label: Radio Juicy * Formats: Digital download |- ! scope="row"| ''The Long and Short of It'' | * Released: August 20, 2021 * Label: Ghostly International * Formats: Digital download, LP |- ! scope="row"| ''I Heard That Noise'' | * Released: April 18, 2025 * Label: Ghostly International * Formats: Digital download, LP |- |}
===Extended plays=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title ! scope="col" style="width:18em;"| Details |- ! scope="row"| ''Over Skies'' | * Released: August 3, 2018 * Label: 823 Records * Formats: Digital download |- ! scope="row"| ''Easy Listening'' | * Released: May 26, 2023 * Label: Ghostly International * Formats: Digital download |- |}
===Singles=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! scope="col" style="width:15em;"| Title ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Album |- ! scope="row" | "Gorge" | rowspan="1" | ''2017'' | rowspan="5" {{Non-album singles}} |- ! scope="row" | "Solace" | rowspan="3" | ''2018'' |- ! scope="row" | "Stay Up" |- ! scope="row" | "Grave/Luvagain" |- ! scope="row" | "Lesson on Counting" | rowspan="1" | ''2019'' |- ! scope="row" | "Satellite" | rowspan="2" | ''2023'' | rowspan="2" | ''Easy Listening'' |- ! scope="row" | "Falling Apart Without You" |- ! scope="row" | "From The Morning" | rowspan="1" | ''2024'' | rowspan="1" {{Non-album singles}} |- ! scope="row" | "Enything" | rowspan="3" | ''2025'' | rowspan="3" | ''I Heard That Noise'' |- ! scope="row" | "Raven" |- ! scope="row" | "Take It From Me" |}
==References== {{reflist}}
Category:Living people Category:2000 births Category:21st-century American male musicians Category:American hip-hop record producers Category:Ghostly International artists Category:Musicians from Portland, Oregon Category:Record producers from Oregon