24 Things You Should Know About Our 2021 Daytime Stage Performers

By Shayna Spero

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The Daytime Stage will also be returning as part of the 2021 iHeartRadio Music Festival on September 18th, and at a new venue — the new immersive event and entertainment district, AREA15. Taking the stage at AREA15 are DaBaby, Olivia Rodrigo, The Kid LAROI, Saweetie, All Time Low, 24kGoldn, Russell Dickerson, Yungblud, Gabby Barrett, Tate McRae, and Addison Rae, with more to be announced. In addition to live performances from today’s emerging artists, the Daytime Stage will also include fan zones and interactive experiences by iHeartRadio's brand partners.

Keep scrolling to learn more about our star-studded lineup!

DaBaby

Before he was known as DaBaby, he went by Baby Jesus.

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2019 Rolling Loud New York
At a recent concert, the rapper was presented with plaques for five-time platinum hit, "Rockstar," featuring Roddy Rich, the four-time platinum "Suge," and three-time platinum "Bop".

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Olivia Rodrigo

The BRIT Awards 2021 - Show
‘SOUR’ wasn’t always in Olivia’s 2021 plans! The singer had originally planned to release a debut EP this year, but after the massive response to “Drivers License”, she asked her label to extend the project to a full album.

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The BRIT Awards 2021 - Show
In her song "deja vu", she sings, "Watching reruns of Glee/Bein' annoying, singin’ in harmony", but Rodrigo admits she's never actually seen an episode of 'Glee' before.

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The Kid LAROI

Saturday Night Live - Season 46
His stage name is drawn from the name of the Aboriginal community his ancestors are from, Kamilaroi.

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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon - Season 8
Laroi spent several months in Los Angeles after signing his record deal living with the late Juice WRLD, who Laroi considered a mentor. Following Juice's passing, Laroi opted to release "Go," as his album's lead single, which includes a verse from Juice WRLD.

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Saweetie

BET Awards 2019 - Portraits
Saweetie, a nickname given to her by her grandmother, couldn’t afford studio time when she was in college. The rapper began sharing videos of herself rapping in her car on Instagram, which caught the attention of major record labels.

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Her uncle is rapper MC Hammer and her grandfather is Willie Harper, a linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers from 1973-1983.

All Time Low

2017 iHeartRadio Music Festival - Night 1 - Red Carpet
They almost didn’t release 'Wake Up, Sunshine' in 2020. "Monsters", the lead single from the album, is their first #1 song in 15 years of being a band.

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2009 MTV New Year's Eve Bash
They started as a blink-182 cover band!

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24kGoldn

Before his music career kicked off, he was a freshman studying business at the University of Southern California.

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“Mood” was a happy accident that resulted from boredom. The song came to him as he was playing around with one of Iann Dior's guitars, according to the rapper. They began recording right away after subconsciously singing some catchy lyrics.

Russell Dickerson

Russell became friends with with Brian and Tyler of Florida Georgia Line in college and are still close today! He was a groomsman in Tyler Hubbard's wedding.

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Daytime Village At The 2019 iHeartCountry Festival Presented by Capital One - Show
He got a job as a guitar tech for a Christian artist after high school, where he learned to love touring and being on the road.

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Yungblud

Yungblud spelled his name wrong on his first comic book. “They spelled my f**king name wrong. So I think there’s like a thousand left of my name spelled wrong. So if you wanna f**king get ’em and take a piss out at me for being a twat and spelling my name wrong, do it cuz there’s like a thousand left of ’em.”

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He was on a UK Disney show called ‘The Lodge’, playing a recurring character named Oz.

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Gabby Barrett

iHeartCountry Festival 2020
Gabby has been performing since she was 11 years old, including many gigs at grocery stores.

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The 54th Annual CMA Awards - Show
Gabby's “I Hope” duet with Charlie Puth came about after the pop singer slid into her DMs to congratulate her on her song and ask if he could remix it.

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Tate McRae

LILHUDDY Celebrates New Single "America's Sweetheart" with Charli D'Amelio & friends
In 2019, Billie Eilish and Finneas wrote the song "Tear Myself Apart" for Tate.

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FOX's "So You Think You Can Dance" - Season Thirteen
At the age of 13, Tate came in third place on the thirteenth season of ‘So You Think You Can Dance.'

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Conan Gray

Conan Gray Sydney Portrait Shoot
He credits his songwriting methods to Lorde and Taylor Swift. “For me and my friends – especially Gen Z as a whole – we handle pain in a very specific way of laughing it off,” he explains to ‘The Forty-Five’.

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Panic! At The Disco In Concert - Sacramento, CA
Conan opened up for Panic! At The Disco in 2019. He had only played 10 live shows before this!

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Addison Rae

alice + olivia by Stacey Bendet Fall 2020 Presentation
Addison made a TikTok video dancing to Mariah Carey's "Obsessed," which caught Mariah's attention. The video went viral after Mariah's "like."

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Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards 2021 - Arrivals
Before she became a recording artist, she was studying at Louisiana State University to become a sports broadcaster.

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