Armond Arabshahi, known by his stage name Unlike Pluto, is an American singer, songwriter, music producer, and former DJ.
[1] He is also known for his Pluto Tapes series of albums, a project he started on May 30, 2018, where he challenges himself to release one song per week, experimenting with different genres and developing his style.
He later decided he wanted to produce music as his career, being inspired by other musicians such as System of a Down, Chevelle, Incubus, Gorillaz, Radiohead, Linkin Park, Sublime, Simon & Garfunkel, Underoath, and many more.
During his time at Emory, he enjoyed producing multiple styles of EDM, such as dubstep, house, trap, etc., and eventually independently released his first ever studio album We Are Plutonians on March 12, 2013.
With Lowly Palace again, he started to make this transition known with the single "Let It Bleed" featuring Cristina Gatti,[12] and a cover of TLC's "No Scrubs" with Joanna Jones, which did incredibly well, going viral across multiple platforms and currently has 35 million views on YouTube.
So, by November 2017, when he released another single with his vocals called "I Need A Win" [14] under Heroic, the transition in music genre was clear despite still having an electronic influence in his songs.
He released songs weekly, and a lot of the time it was a stress reliever and a fun way for him to make new, unique music, keeping his inspiration up as well as being a welcome challenge.
Unlike Pluto is an emerging force in the space he's carved out for himself, with his talent and unique style, characterized by his meaningful songwriting and distinctive voice.
He started to have a lot of success once again, but in the way he wanted to the most, and put out three Pluto Tape albums, or volumes, within the year 2019 all under Heroic.
Each volume was different, but still had the same recognizable style that is Unlike Pluto, progressively getting much more away from the EDM light and clearly showing an improvement in his production and quality as each new song was consistently released.
He began to show himself more in the song covers and with music videos by Pluto Tapes: Volume 2, displaying more professional advertising and comfort promoting himself.
However, his contract with Heroic was short lived, and he went back to being an independent musician in late 2019, not wanting to be under any labels or artist management anymore.
During that time we were listening to a lot of 90's and mid-2000's drum and bass, so we took those influences along with my alternative rock style juxtaposing a unique sound.
He wanted to spend more time on his songs to improve the writing and quality, as he simply couldn't if he kept releasing weekly, which also began to finally burn him out.
In the video, Armond has also announced the release of his new manga, called Dada Immortal,[24] which went through a long trial and error process for over two years.
Armond also released a special cover with Sumerian Records, for the "American Psycho" comic series soundtrack, of Eurythimic's "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)", that both him and Joanna sang together.
However, it wasn't just her, as he partnered with Palaye Royale's vocalist himself to combine new vocals of his with hers in the chorus, bringing back his original influence.
[28] In August 2017, Armond announced a new side project called Why Mona with one of his best friend's Joanna Jones and released a cover of Queen's song "We Will Rock You" the same day.
[29] The name was created based on his older sister's name, Mona, and the pair started out releasing covers sung by Joanna and produced by Armond with his unique electronic rock style, before transitioning to just making originals in the style of electronic indie pop, written and sung by Joanna.
In 2019 and again in 2022, the duo's cover of "Wannabe" by Spice Girls went viral on TikTok, amassing over 10 million unique video creations by users on the platform.
In 2021, Dell computers released an ad that featured their original track "Rabbit Hole", which introduced a lot of viewers to this song and group.