North Carolina-based artist glaive makes wistful, confessional songs combining influences like Midwestern emo, trap, pop, and EDM. While the upbeat melodies and genre fluidity of releases such as 2020's Cypress Grove and 2021's All Dogs Go to Heaven have caused listeners to lump glaive in with the hyperpop scene, his music sidesteps the irony of much of the movement, with the majority of his lyrical content focusing on disappointment and depression. He has collaborated frequently with ericdoa, as on 2021's Then I'll Be Happy.

Residing in a small town in North Carolina, glaive connected with friends through Discord and became a member of the slowsilver03 collective, along with other hyperpop-affiliated musicians such as osquinn and kurtains. He started releasing music in early 2020, including solo singles like "Life Is Pain" and "Clover," as well as making guest appearances on tracks by artists such as ericdoa and Savage Ga$p. After gaining an online following, glaive signed to Interscope when he was still a sophomore in high school and released his debut EP, Cypress Grove, in November. Another barrage of singles appeared in 2021, including "Detest Me" and "I Wanna Slam My Head Against the Wall," both of which appeared on glaive's second EP, All Dogs Go to Heaven. He then released Then I'll Be Happy with ericdoa. In 2022, glaive guested on Machine Gun Kelly's "More Than Life," then released "Minnesota Is a Place That Exists." ~ Paul Simpson, Rovi