A Nashville-based singer/songwriter with a knack for crafting dark-toned, melancholic pop, James Droll had a rapid rise to streaming success in the late 2010s with tracks like "Wall" and "Take a Walk," as well as featuring on the Justin Caruso hit "Caving." His steady stream of singles continued into the next decade with the 2020 Caro collaboration "The First One."
Raised on a llama farm in conservative rural Ohio, Droll quietly used music as a form of self-expression during his teenage years, later joining a pop-punk band while studying at the University of Cincinnati. After...