Jane Remover | |
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 Jane Remover performing in April 2025 | |
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| Born | (2003-09-26)September 26, 2003 (age 22)[1] Newark, New Jersey, United States[2] |
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| Occupation | Musician |
| Works | Discography |
| Years active | 2017–present |
| Labels | DeadAir |
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Jane Remover (born September 26, 2003) is an American musician. They[b] made their debut withTeen Week in 2021, aprogressive pop anddigicore EP with themes ofadolescence. The same year, they released their debut studio album,Frailty, acoming of age album following the similar themes ofTeen Week, but encompassing a wide range of genres.[6][7] After coming out astransgender, they released their second studio album,Census Designated, in 2023, ashoegaze andpost-rockconcept album inspired by a "near-death experience" on a road trip.[8][9] In 2025, they released their third studio album,Revengeseekerz, with influence from digicore andEDM.[10]
They pioneered the "dariacore"microgenre onSoundCloud with theiralbum of the same name, in 2021, released under thepseudonymLeroy. Under the aliasVenturing, they released the albumGhostholding in 2025.[11]
Remover, along with their twin sister, was born inNewark, New Jersey, living there until they moved toClark, NJ around 2011.[12][13] They attendedThe College of New Jersey for one semester before leaving to pursue music full-time.[6] They formerly made music under the pseudonymDltzk. They came out publicly as atrans woman in 2022, creating their new name, Jane Remover, as they left theirdeadname behind.[3] In September 2024, they stated they have no pronoun preference.[14] In early 2025, they stated that they arenon-binary; in a 2025 interview withNME, they said: "I'm not not trans, but I'm not a trans woman."[4]
Remover's interest inmusic production stems back as far as 2011, inspired bydubstep producers includingSkrillex,Kill the Noise, andVirtual Riot.[15] They would later produce different styles ofEDM in the mid-2010s, citingPorter Robinson as their biggest influence.[16] Fromelectronic music, Remover's production became moretrap-centric around 2018; they cited artists such asTrippie Redd,Earl Sweatshirt, andTyler, the Creator as inspirations.[16] Guest production then became a large part of Remover's early career, with them being a member of multipleSoundCloud collectives including PlanetZero and Graveem1nd. Their production gradually became moredigicore-oriented.[16]
In late 2019, Remover began self-producing andreleasing their own works on SoundCloud. One of Remover's first solo releases, "What's My Age Again?", gained popularity after being shared onTwitter.[16] Their debut EP,Teen Week, was released on February 26, 2021, under the pseudonym Dltzk (stylized as "dltzk", pronounced "delete zeke").[17] The track "Homeswitcher", featuring Kmoe, reached 100,000streams on SoundCloud within the first two weeks of its release.[18]
After the release of several more non-album singles, Remover began teasing the release of their debut studio album,Frailty, and releasing singles for it in June 2021. After the release of the tracks "How to Lie", "Pretender", and "Search Party",Frailty was released viaDeadAir Records on November 12, 2021.[19] The album was acclaimed by various publications, such asPitchfork, who placed the album at #47 on their list of the best albums of 2021, withthe Fader stating the album established them as "the face of digicore".[6][20]
On June 27, 2022, Remover announced the retirement of the Dltzk pseudonym, and introduced the name Jane Remover. On the same date, they released the single "Royal Blue Walls". In Remover's statement, they said "the stage name Dltzk has never sat right with me" and that it "reminds me of a period of my life I'd like to move past". They also announced that theTeen Week EP would be abridged, as they had become uncomfortable with the project as it was originally released.[21][22] This change went into effect on October 10, 2022, and four songs were removed from the EP.[17] Remover's second single, released under the name Jane Remover, "Contingency Song", was released on November 16, 2022.[23] They were the opening act forBrakence's Hypochondriac tour from November 26 to December 20, 2022.[24]
In March 2023, Remover became an official resident ofNTS Radio, where they performed monthly hour-long sets, entitled "Wait Watch This", on the station's second channel.[25] They retired their residency in December 2024. On August 14, 2025, they appeared on the station once more, performing a mix for "deadAir -Transmissions"[26] titledjane_remover_paintjob.zip.[27][28]
On August 23, 2023, Remover shared the single, "Lips", from their second album,Census Designated, which was released on October 20 of that year.[29] On September 20, the album's title track, "Census Designated", was released along with an accompanying music video directed byQuadeca.[30] The album saw their move away frombitcrushing andsampling towards a "blend of shoegaze andbedroom pop", guitar rock anthems with slow buildup and deafening noisy climaxes. APitchfork review ofCensus Designated compared this iteration of their sound to music acts such asEthel Cain,My Bloody Valentine,Slowdive andyeule.[31]
In February 2024, Remover began the Designated Dreams tour, co-headlining alongside their labelmateQuannnic. Playing 12 dates across the US, thetour promoted both artists' albums released the year before, beingCensus Designated andStepdream, respectively.[32]
Through August and September 2024, Remover opened for American rapperJPEGMafia'sLay Down My Life tour.[33] In December 2024, Remover announced theTurn Up or Die tour, their first as the sole headliner. The tour featured Dazegxd, as well as special guestsd0llywood1 and Lucy Bedroque.[34] On January 1, 2025, Remover announced their third studio album,Revengeseekerz, alongside the release of its lead single, "JRJRJR". On February 26, the second single for the album was released, titled "Dancing with Your Eyes Closed". The album released on April 4, 2025. It features 12 tracks, including a guest appearance fromDanny Brown. Remover is scheduled to supportTurnstile on theirNever Enough Tour, from September to October 2025.
On May 22, 2025, Remover released "Supernova" to streaming services, an exclusive track from the CD edition ofRevengeseekerz. It features North Carolina rapper Funeral.[35] On August 15, they released a remix ofThat Kid’s “Calvin Klein”.[36]
On August 18, 2025, Remover released a mixtape titledIndie rock with no prior announcement. It was made available through an alternate SoundCloud account with a blank name.[37] They had utilized sounds influenced from therage microgenre oftrap music, likely inspired from the works of artistsChe andKen Carson. The project was taken down approximately two hours after its release; it features 17 tracks and has a runtime of around 40 minutes.[38]
Leroy is a side project by Remover, under which they create sample-heavy EDM mashups. These releases sample a wide range of sounds, includingpop songs of the 2010s, viral videos, and even Remover's own music. They released a series of albums with the name "dariacore", thefirst of them on May 14, 2021. The cover art for each album released under the Leroy moniker were screenshots from the TV seriesDaria, which led to the term "dariacore" being used to describe the unique production style that Remover used for these releases.[18] The genre was described by Raphael Helfand ofThe Fader as "takinghyperpop's silliest tendencies to their logical conclusions".[39] ThreeDariacore albums were released under the pseudonym "leroy" from December 2020 to May 2022,[40] after which the moniker was officially retired in June 2022 with the release of a DJ mix titled "leroy & dltzk Memorial Service".[41] This series of albums has since inspired many artists to adopt a similar style of production, releasing short sample-based EDM tracks themed around popular media.[15]
On July 21, 2023, Remover released the fourth studio album under the Leroy pseudonym,Grave Robbing, which premiered on NTS Radio.[42] Remover made a surprise return in June 2025 after a near two-year hiatus, releasing multiple Leroy singles on their SoundCloud account.[43] They are set to release a project titledStatus Update Music.[44]
Venturing is a side project of Jane Remover. It initially started as a fictionalindie rock band created by Remover.[45][46] They released several tracks under the Venturing alias ontoSoundCloud throughout 2022 and 2023, before releasingArizona, their official debut EP as Venturing, onto streaming platforms on May 19, 2023.[47][48] Remover officially announced the project's debut studio album,Ghostholding, on December 5, 2024. It was released on February 14, 2025.[45][46]
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