Snow Strippers

Tatiana Jasmine "Tati" Schwaninger^[2] was born on February 23, 1996 in Clearwater, Florida, where she was also raised. Graham T. Perez was born on April 15, 1996 in Belleville, Illinois, where he was also raised, and later moved to Dunedin, Florida.^[3] Schwaninger met Perez in proximity on the dating app Tinder in 2018.^[4][5] They soon moved to Detroit together from Clearwater before relocating to New York City.^[6] The two started making music as Snow Strippers in late 2021, with Schwaninger singing and Perez producing. Prior to the duo's formation, Schwaninger had not made any music, while Perez was already producing under the name "DeliverTheCrush" and was a part of producer Evilgiane's collective Surf Gang and producer Taylor Morgan's collective Garden Avenue, although he later retired the moniker.^[4][7]

They initially released their music independently, including their 2022 self-titled debut album and their 2022 mixtape April Mixtape 2, before officially signing to Evilgiane's label Surf Gang Records and DJ Diplo's label Mad Decent in 2023.^[8][9] Their first record to be released through the labels was their third mixtape, April Mixtape 3, in May 2023, which was preceded by the singles "Under Your Spell" and "Don't You Feel".^[5][10][11] They were featured on American rapper Lil Uzi Vert's album Pink Tape in June 2023.^[12] They released the extended play Night Killaz Vol. 1 on November 24, 2023, preceded by the single "Just Your Doll".^[13][14] The duo's following album, Night Killaz, Vol. 2, was released May 8, 2024.^[15] “Under Your Spell” especially found popularity online during 2024, where the song was used in short-form content of the crime drama TV-series Dexter.

Snow Strippers' music has primarily been described as electronic music;^[11] they have described it as EDM and it has also been described as electropop.^[16] It contains elements of new rave, witch house, electroclash, shoegaze, hyperpop, and techno, and has frequently been compared to the music of Canadian electronic duo Crystal Castles.^[5][10][17] Clash's Robin Murray compared their "digitised sound with a punk-like rawness to it" to the American electronic band Salem.^[18] Pigeons and Planes' Sophie Walker wrote that their music was "trashy and decidedly off like a Harmony Korine film".^[19] Matt Weinberger of Paper described the duo's music as having "an electronic, icy eargasm sound", while The Line of Best Fit's Mitch Stevens wrote that their music was "electronic chaos".^[4][20]