Now, MOD SUN just released a new pop-punk single with “Karma,” which was produced by John Feldmann. Working with the scene favorite producer brings the rapper back to his roots of drumming for bands ...

Since his split from his ex-fiancé Avril Lavigne, Mod Sun has leaned on the support of his fans to get through the devastating time. After taking a few months to reflect on the relationship’s end, ...

“I can never write like Bob Dylan / Never be as cool as [Kurt] Cobain,” sings Mod Sun at the start of “Perfectly Imperfect,” the song the alt-rocker dropped on June 10. In the new track, Mod Sun (b.

"Baby, we were on fire / But you're such a bad liar," sings Mod Sun on the new track Jack Irvin has over five years of experience working in digital journalism, and he’s worked at PEOPLE since 2022.

MOD SUN has spent most of his life being made fun of—either as punk rocker in high school or as a young artist trying to find his way in a pop landscape. For many years he tried to fit into a more ...

Some things just aren’t meant to be, and that’s the lesson Mod Sun learned and spun into his latest single “Strangers.” Earlier this year, just after the release of his latest album God Save the Teen, ...

The twosome cowrote the single "Flames" and appeared in a music video for the song together. The twosome cowrote the single "Flames" and appeared in a music video for the song together. (Courtesy ...

“I remember loving you before we ever met / Saw you on a TV then I met you through a friend / Then I started talking to you on the internet / Went from strangers to lovers to strangers again,” he ...

Mod Sun’s coming-of-age experience has been a prolonged one, mainly because growing up never appealed to him much. Many of the artists he idolized as a kid, like Kurt Cobain and Sid Vicious, didn’t ...

So much for their happy ending. Mod Sun seemingly hinted at his breakup with ex-fiancée Avril Lavigne in his latest single "From Strangers to Lovers to Strangers." The singer released a clip of the ...

The two were photographed holding hands as they entered West Hollywood steakhouse BOA on Feb. 12, where Mod Sun—whose real name is Derek Smith—was celebrating the release of his new album Internet ...