

Jered Threatin, known by the mononym "Threatin", is a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Los Angeles, CA. He gained notoriety in 2018 following a publicity stunt where he fooled venues and music industry professionals into booking a world tour where he performed in a sequence of empty rooms. The stunt was a complex undertaking that required manipulating ticket sales, social media numbers, and fabricating businesses to conduct the ruse. The industry exposing stunt became a viral sensation and received mainstream media coverage from The New York Times, BBC News, Variety, and a long list of other news publications with Rolling Stone Magazine calling it one of the biggest publicity stunts of our time. During the event Threatin released a public statement; "What is Fake News? I turned an empty room into an international headline. If you are reading this, you are part of the illusion." Threatin's life story was swiftly acquired for adaptation into both a scripted film and original documentary.
Jered Threatin was born in a rural town in Missouri. He began his journey as an artist at age 10 as a self-taught guitarist, quickly expanding to bass, drums, and piano shortly thereafter. Throughout his teenaged years, he performed across the Midwest before relocating to Los Angeles in 2012. There, he earned a master's degree in psychology with a minor in marketing while writing the music for his debut album, "Breaking the World." It was released in-stores worldwide on August 25, 2017. The album was characterized by its guitar-solo filled, hard rock sound with Threatin performing all instruments. The release was followed by the notorious concept tour that brought Threatin to public consciousness.

In 2019, Threatin returned to London on the one-year anniversary of his famed "Breaking the World Tour," at the first venue he fooled with his puzzling stunt. Preceding the event, Threatin released a statement asserting; "It will not be a normal show. It will be a work of art." The performance delivered on the promise. It was as much pantomime and performance art as it was concert. The production featured Threatin performing alongside a band of moving animatronic mannequins and ended with him destroying everything on the stage. Threatin stated; "The performance was meant to blur the lines between real and surreal, expectation and actualization." Many reporters referred to the performance as the strangest concert ever witnessed with NME calling Threatin, "a clearly accomplished guitarist."
Due to severe health issues, Jered Threatin was hospitalized multiple times between 2020-2025, delaying the release of numerous projects. Despite his illness, he continued to record music. After years of misdiagnosis, it was discovered that he had a life-threatening illness. The condition caused him to cough blood and struggle to breathe. After a series of heart attacks he underwent an emergency open-heart surgery that left him in a coma. In the weeks before his ultimate health crash he found himself in a race against his declining health to complete his second album. ​

​In early 2025, Threatin's new single "Die Young" was released with a shocking music video chronicling his fatal condition. His second full album, "The Meaning of it All" was mastered at Abbey Road Studios and is expected to be released soon alongside the highly anticipated Threatin film and documentary.
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