1. Travis Tatum Mills was born on April 12,1989, in Riverside, California.
30 Facts About Travis Mills
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At the age of 5, Mills' uncle gave him his first guitar and at the age of 15 Mills stopped playing sports to start a punk rock band.
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Travis Mills started uploading his music on MySpace and intentionally posted "provocative" photos on the platform to stir interest.
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At the age of 17, Travis Mills began writing songs in his bedroom, using music software such as Apple's Garage Band.
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At the age of 18, Travis Mills began posting some of his music on his Myspace page.
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In 2008, Travis Mills signed a deal to the indie record label Uprising Records.
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In 2011, Travis Mills signed a deal to Columbia Records, following him signing a deal, he began recording his second and first major-label album.
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On July 22,2011, Travis Mills released a mixtape, titled Leaving Home.
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On December 6,2011, Travis Mills announced that he would be repackaged as a 5-track EP, under its same name as his mixtape through Columbia Records.
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In March 2012, Travis Mills was nominated for the Best New Artist at the MtvU's Woodie Awards.
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On July 23,2012, Travis Mills released his second mixtape, called Thrillionaire.
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Travis Mills later announced that he is planning on releasing the sequel for his second mixtape, called Thrillionaire 2.
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In 2013, Travis Mills announced that the release date for his second major-label album has been slated for the second quarter of 2013.
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On February 15,2013, Travis Mills announced that his first single for his second major-label album will be coming soon.
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Travis Mills later said that "the hook for the song was one of his favorites out of all the hooks, he has ever written".
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On June 27,2013, Travis Mills was featured on Mike Posner's remix to "We Own It ", along with Sammy Adams and Niykee Heaton.
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In June 2013, Travis Mills was on tour with We the Kings, and the fellow supporting acts The Ready Set and Breathe Carolina on the 2013's SummerFest.
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On February 18,2014, Travis Mills announced the release to his third EP, titled All I Wanna Do.
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On February 24,2014, while starting his promotional tour for his third EP, Travis Mills released the audio to its title track "All I Wanna Do".
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On January 22,2016, Travis Mills announced the release of his new single, called "Don't Need Much".
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Travis Mills signed a new label deal with First Access Entertainment and released his fourth EP under the label, titled While You Wait on April 8,2016.
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Travis Mills walked in the New York and Paris fashion shows in July 2016, and was named one of the best dressed by GQ Magazine.
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In 2020, Travis Mills formed the band Girlfriends with Nick Gross, with the duo citing Blink-182,5 Seconds of Summer and All Time Low as the band's musical influences.
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Travis Mills' music has been described as genre-blending due to his mix of singing and rapping, being mostly labeled as a hip hop and synthpop artist.
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Travis Mills says that his genre-blending music is a result of his exposure to many different genres during childhood.
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In March 2016, Travis Mills made his acting debut in the Netflix original comedy series Flaked.
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Travis Mills is heavily tattooed, which includes a full sleeve on one arm and a Bone Thugs-n-Harmony tattoo on his chest, in addition to many others.
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Travis Mills had the word "Gnarly" tattooed across his stomach at age 18.
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Early in his career Travis Mills sported large stretched earlobes, but proceeded with lobe reconstruction surgery in 2013.
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Travis Mills was in a relationship with actress Madelaine Petsch from 2017 to February 2020.