POP fans have only just realised that Sombr is secretly a nepo baby, following controversy over his performances.
Horrified fans worked out who his dad is and accused the pop star – real name Shane Michael Boose – of using his father’s connections to launch his music career.
Social media users looking into Sombr, who will be playing three nights at London’s Brixton Academy next March, have clocked that the singer is actually a nepo baby, whose dad counts some of the world’s biggest celeb names, including Elton John and Leonardo DiCaprio, as his clients.
The Back to Friends singer is the son of Andy Boose, 54, who founded luxury events company AAB Productions.
His company produces galas, concerts, fashion shows and charity events including fundraisers internationally.
Andy, who operates his company in cities including Los Angeles, London, Hong Kong and Venice, counts huge names among his client books.
These include UNICEF, Elton John AIDS Foundation, amfAR, the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation and other high-profile organisations.
Social media users were shocked to learn of Sombr’s nepo baby status, and quickly spread the news on X.
One wrote: “I found out today that sombr is a nepo baby, I feel like I just got shot in the chest”.
Another blasted: “well the reason sombr has no stage presence is because he was never meant to be a performer.
“his father is a CEO of some sort of major music company & he’s a mega nepo baby”.
While one posted: “Sombr is a f***ing nepo baby i knew something was fishy about him”.
It’s the latest saga surrounding his music career after a concert goer called out inappropriate jokes and bizarre segments at his concerts.
Sombr played a show in Washington, D.C. earlier this month, which 25-year-old TikTok user Megan Tomasic attended.
She posted a video on Wednesday recapping the whole experience, calling it “genuinely the worst concert” she’d ever seen.
She quickly realised she wasn’t the target audience – describing “thousands of tweens running around like they were at a middle-school dance” at the concert.
She claimed the singer made “a bunch of niche meme references for like the 12-to-16-year-old age range” through large parts of the show.
“It was like brain rot on stage,” she added.
The video, which went viral on the platform, prompted Sombr himself to respond.
“Anyone who knows me knows I’ve never uttered a serious word in my life,” he said.
“And also, I make jokes for five minutes of the concert and the rest is music. Like, live a little, enjoy life.”
“Every age, sex, sexuality, gender, race, everyone is welcome at my concert, and I mean everyone,” he said. “You guys need to find problematic people to hate on because I am just existing.”
He ended his video with a “quick tutorial” where he touched grass, a Gen Z reference which essentially means ‘get a life’.