| Tom Rosenthal | |
| Landscape: | yes |
| Origin: | London, England |
| Genre: | Indie pop, indie folk |
| Years Active: | 2010–present |
| Instruments: | Vocals, piano, ukulele |
| Birth Date: | 26 August 1986 |
Tom Rosenthal (born 26 August 1986) is an English singer-songwriter and composer. His music has been described as "short, expertly crafted pop songs".[1]
Rosenthal has released 7 albums to date, all of them self-released on his own label Tinpot Records.[2] Keep a Private Room Behind the Shop was released in 2011, and the latest is Zz-sides (2023). His songs have received well over a billion streams on Spotify.[3] [4]
Rosenthal's audience has grown rapidly in recent years due to a number of his songs going viral on social media platform Tiktok. With his songs 'It's Ok', 'Lights are On', and his cover of Edward Sharpe's 'Home' (which he released via the pseudonym 'Edith Whiskers') being used millions of times across the app.[5] In, 2023, as a result of this widespread usage, both 'Lights Are On' and his cover of 'Home' were certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for selling 200,000 equivalent units.[6]
Rosenthal often makes fun music videos for his songs, which have over 200 million views on YouTube channel.[7] For instance, his video for "Watermelon" was noted in the Top 30 music videos of 2014 by The Huffington Post as, "Best use of a grown man in a watermelon suit. (*Close call though.)"[8]
Rosenthal's music has been used on television soundtracks. "Forgets Slowly", "Lights on But Nobody's Home", and "Take Care" featured in the Skins episode "Alo".[9] [10] "Go Solo" was featured on the soundtrack of the German film Head Full of Honey (2014), the documentary Kid Poker (2015), the NFL documentary Hard Knocks, the film trailer for Felix and Meira, and the Netflix documentary .[11] "It's OK" features on the film trailers for Comet (2014),[12] Anesthesia (2014).[13] and L'odyssée (2016)[14] From 2016 through to 2018 his songs It's OK and Woes have been used on Neighbours.[15] [16] [17] Rosenthal's song "Go Solo" featured in a TV commercial for the Renault Zoe E-TRON in 2021[18] and in a 2022 episode of the NBC drama series New Amsterdam.
Rosenthal played his first concert at St Pancras Old Church on Wednesday 13 March 2019, followed by a tour around Europe and a gig at Union Chapel, with over 40 concerts in 2019.[19]
Rosenthal also releases music under the pseudonym 'Edith Whiskers'. This started when his cover version on the single "Home", recorded in 2015, went viral on the social media platform TikTok in 2020.[20] Wanting to keep his original songs and covers separate, he created the pseudonym for the release. Edith, who now has a substantial Spotify following of her own, is depicted as an older lady who "enjoys long hot baths, a spot of beekeeping and the occasional bike ride." Rosenthal released the song as a single on October 16, 2020 and on a covers album titled Stop Stealing the Covers.[21] "Home" was certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) in 2023.[22]
At age 4, Rosenthal's daughter Fenn composed the song "Dinosaurs in Love", which went viral on the Internet in 2020.[23] [24]
Rosenthal co-founded the UK charity Grand Plan, which funds four grants of £1,000 to artists of colour looking to realise a creative project.[25]
Rosenthal was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes some time in 2021.[26]
| Title | Album details | Notes | |
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| Keep a Private Room Behind the Shop |
| [27] | |
| Who's That in The Fog? |
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| Bolu |
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| Fenn |
| [28] | |
| Z-Sides |
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| Denis Was a Bird |
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| Zz-sides |
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| Title | Detroit | |
|---|---|---|
| The Pleasant Trees |
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| The Pleasant Trees, Vol. 2 |
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| The Pleasant Trees, Vol. 3 |
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| Don't Die Curious |
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| Title | Album details | |
|---|---|---|
| B-Sides |
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| The Pleasant Trees (Volumes 1, 2 & 3) |
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| Year | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | "Smells Like Christmas Time" | |
| 2011 | "Superfresh" | |
| 2012 | "Christmas Quiet" | |
| 2014 | "Hey Luis Don't Bite Me" | |
| 2017 | "Melania" | |
| 2019 | "Big Pot of Hummus" | |
| 2019 | "It's Been a Year" | |
| 2020 | "If We All Die Tomorrow" | |
| 2020 | "157" | |
| 2020 | "If We All Die Tomorrow (Acoustic)" | |
| 2020 | "Hope" | |
| 2020 | "Hope - Acoustic" with Lizzy McAlpine | |
| 2020 | "Albert Camus" | |
| 2020 | "Jim and Dwight" | |
| 2020 | "FLOURISHING" |