Going solo in 2015, he has since written and produced music alongside other industry artists, including Jeff Bhasker, Teddy Riley, Rick Nowels, Matt Wallace, Dave Sitek, and Alesso.
His debut studio album, Subject to Flooding, was released in September 2018 in collaboration with producers S1 and Linus, and featured contributions from Travis Barker of blink-182.
In 2006, Roy became one of the founding members of the American indie-rock band Eye Alaska, which also included Cameron Trowbridge, Christopher Osegueda, Chase Kensrue, and Han Ko.
[11][12] In March 2017, English released "Hotel Pools 01101001", performing it on NBC's Today after being chosen as Elvis Duran's Artist of the Month.
Roy English donned the name Jagwar Twin as a reference to the ancient Mayan belief that jaguars possessed mythical powers to see into all living beings.
The tour consisted of 8 dates, all in the US, beginning on July 20, 2019 in Anaheim, California at The Parish at House of Blues and concluded on August 30, 2019, in Seattle, Washington at the Bumbershoot festival.
[18] On April 24, 2020, English performed at Elvis Duran's Stay at Home Ball with Calum Hood of 5 Seconds of Summer.
[20] On December 21, 2020, English released a music video for his song "Happy Face", which features Josh Dun of alternative rock band Twenty One Pilots on drums.
On September 30, 2022, English released his second studio album, titled "33", including 10 songs and a collaboration with little luna ("Pay Attention").