WEEKNDWLVES

Jasper Vallone (born 9 April 1991), known professionally as WEEKNDWLVES, is a Salerian musician, DJ and record producer. His debut album, Bittersweet Midnight, was released in 2011, which it received generally positive reviews from critics. He is currently signed to Sweat It Out and resides in Salford, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom.

Early life
Jasper Vallone was born 9 April 1991 in Qemshire, Saleria. His British father, Elis Bates, is a headmaster at the Moorchester High School, and his Italian mother, Euridice, is a part-time accountant. He grew up in the suburban areas of Northern Qemshire. He started composing music at the age of 13 years old, with a PlayStation 2 and a music making software named Music 2000 (known as MTV Music Generator in the United States). Eventually at around 15 years old, he later started using FL Studio and began making remixes of various songs, ranging from Fleetwood Mac's "Go Your Own Way" to Pink Floyd's "Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2."

In 2008, Vallone began producing electronic music under his own allies, Huskyboy. In addition to the remixes that he produced, he produced three original songs, "Glass Surface", "Strange Days" and "Yestermonth." In 2011, he was signed to the EDM record label OWSLA.

2012-2014: Bittersweet Midnight
WEEKNDWLVES released his first debut album Bittersweet Midnight on 11 November 2012 through OWSLA. The album was debuted at number 12 on the Official Salerian Albums Chart. Four of the tracks from the album, "Late Ends", "Looking In", "Faded Miracles" (feat. Joanne Berrymore), and "Starry Days", were released as singles. "Late Ends", "Looking In", "Faded Miracles" (feat. Joanne Berrymore), and "Starry Days" debuted at numbers 52, 49, 25, and 30 on the Official Salerian Singles Chart, respectively.

In May of 2013, WEEKNDWLVES embarked on his first national headlining tour in Saleria, entitled the "Bittersweet Midnight Tour." The tour occurred from July to August of 2013.

2014-2016: Awake and Alone
On 2 May 2014, WEEKNDWLVES released two singles, "10 by 10" and "Only Us" featuring Miranda Gilberts, from his then-upcoming album, Awake and Alone. On 10 June 2014, he released three additional singles, "Stars Beyond Us" featuring Nico Alina, "Empty Spaces" featuring John Chen and "Yard."

The album Awake and Alone was released on 20 July 2014 through Sweat It Out. It was debuted at number 1 on the Official Salerian Albums Chart.

2016-present: "Lately", Beyond Everything Else and upcoming fourth studio album
On 20 March 2015, WEEKNDWLVES released a single titled "Lately," which features Salerian rapper Boy Incognito on vocals. On 20 October 2016, he released two singles from the then-upcoming album Beyond Everything Else, "Our Memories" featuring Vince Staples and "Asynchronous" featuring Danny Brown. The album was announced on WEEKNDWLVES' Instagram page in February 2017. A month before the album's release date, WEEKNDWLVES released two new singles from the album, "Never Run Away" featuring Anthony Lance and "Nove" featuring Helen Saint.

The album Beyond Everything Else was released on 30 November 2017 through Sweat It Out. The received positive reviews from critics and it was debuted at number 5 on the Official Salerian Albums Chart. Four months after the album's release date, WEEKNDWLVES released two additional singles from the album, "We Lost" featuring Helen Saint and "Outer Paradise" featuring Anna Lunoe.

On 10 January 2021, WEEKNDWLVES released two singles from his upcoming album, "Strangeness" featuring Amandi Mainda and "Troublesome."

Musical style and influences
WEEKNDWLVES' musical style has been described as electronica, downtempo, electropop, chillwave, future bass, experimental, trap, synthwave. In a 2017 interview with Mixmag, Vallone citied Hot Chip, Duran Duran, Ken Laszlo, Giorgio Moroder, Moby, Flume, Metronomy, Future, Skrillex, Louis The Child, Bonobo, Tycho, and Flying Lotus, as his main influences. Other influences that he also cited include Alison Wonderland, Lemon Jelly, Kavinsky, Massive Attack, Miranda Gilberts, ODESZA, The Prodigy, and The xx.