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15 Facts About Chaz Cardigan

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Chaz Cardigan's father was an electrical contractor, his mother was a travel agent.

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For most of his teen years, Cardigan commuted daily to Nashville to pursue his career as an artist while attending Elizabethtown High School.

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Chaz Cardigan was active in theater and his school's debate club.

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Chaz Cardigan has mentioned that he planned to study film in college.

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Chaz Cardigan made a living in Nashville working "every part-time job you can think of" and honing his production skills as a member of a hip hop collective called The Diatribe.

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Chaz Cardigan released his first single under the moniker Spazz Cardigan in 2016 before releasing his debut LP I The album was released independently on January 20,2017.

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Chaz Cardigan was invited to perform at a string of unofficial South by Southwest showcases in 2017 following the album's release.

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Chaz Cardigan became a fixture of Nashville's blossoming local pop songwriting scene.

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Chaz Cardigan self-released a series of singles throughout 2018 that continually were placed on Spotify's New Music Friday editorial playlist.

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Chaz Cardigan signed with Capitol Records at the beginning of that same year, becoming the first artist signed jointly to Capitol and Loud Robot.

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Chaz Cardigan writes and releases a weekly web-series called Wild World, condensing history, science, and philosophy ideas into 60-second episodes.

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In 2021, Variety reported that Chaz Cardigan was an inaugural signee of an indierecord label Nvak Collective.

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Chaz Cardigan released "we Look So Good" through Nvak Collective on September 17,2021.

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Chaz Cardigan is the composer and lyricist for the new musical, The Brass Teapot, based on the 2012 independent film of the same name.

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Chaz has stated that the name Spazz Cardigan was a reaction to being called "spaz" in childhood.