The debut EP iDidntMeanToGhostYouButMyWifiCrashedAgain passes 100K streams in days — plus an exclusive Q&A with TEO.x3 & Tamta

TEO.x3 isn’t easing into the international conversation — he’s glitching straight through it.

The rising hyperpop artist has burst into the spotlight with “sprite”, the electrifying lead single from his independently released debut EP, iDidntMeanToGhostYouButMyWifiCrashedAgain. Featuring a powerhouse collaboration with Tamta — pop innovator, fashion icon, and queer trailblazer — the track has quickly become one of the project’s most addictive and standout moments.

In under a week, the EP gained over 100K streams on Spotify, while “sprite” pushed TEO.x3 past 62K monthly listeners, signaling a breakout that feels less like a gradual rise and more like an emotional system overload.

Written by TEO.x3 and Christian Cherry, with additional production by London underground tastemaker JEONNE, “sprite” is a glitter-soaked anthem about hiding emotional chaos behind shiny distractions — heartbreak re-coded into spectacle. It’s pop that moves like a sugar rush: fast, sweet, euphoric… and slightly empty once it fades.

Spotify editors moved quickly, featuring the release across major playlists including New Music Friday UK, Hyperpop, All New Pop, Obsessed, New Music Italia, and Fresh Finds Pop, placing TEO.x3 in the same editorial orbit as artists like Rosalía, Lady Gaga, MARINA, PinkPantheress, Robyn, Slayyyter, and Troye Sivan.

Splitting his time between London and Athens, TEO.x3 is becoming one of the most forward-thinking voices in the new pop vanguard — bridging hyperactive experimentation with glossy pop precision. His debut EP is five tracks of hyperpop delirium shaped around the chaos of losing Wi-Fi mid–love-advice session, capturing the noise, nostalgia, and emotional glitching of a generation raised online.

“In sprite, I wanted to blend vintage synth warmth with the chaotic sparkle of glitch and ASMR textures, all wrapped around a punchy pop melody,” TEO.x3 shares. “The whole EP comes from nostalgia, noise, and the strange ideas that show up when I’m alone with my gear for too long. I wanted people to hear what’s in my DNA.”

His fast-rising profile follows collaborations across music and fashion, including Tamta, Marina Satti, RuPaul’s drag icon Charity Kase, Eurovision Ireland 2024 contestant Bobbi Arlo, plus music for Prada, Dsquared2, and Camper. As a performer, he’s brought his boundary-pushing sound to EGG LDN, Electrowerkz, Dalston Superstore, and venues & festivals across Europe and the US — building a reputation for energising, unpredictable live sets.

Tamta, known for fearless aesthetic evolution and alt-pop experimentation, has amassed over 250 million streams and views, establishing herself as one of Europe’s most influential pop figures. This year, she reintroduced herself globally with THE VILLAIN HEROINE, her critically acclaimed album produced by TEO.x3, earning recognition from BBC Radio London, Wonderland, Mixmag, and Daily Express. Her impact extends into fashion through collaborations with Mugler and Adidas, and major live performances — from Eurovision and X Factor judging roles in Greece and Georgia, to Pride shows across Europe attended by more than 80,000 people.

With influences ranging from 100 Gecs, Frost Children, A.G. Cook, Dorian Electra, SOPHIE, Kesha, and BABYMETAL, TEO.x3 is defining a new wave of European hyperpop: emotional, chaotic, glitch-driven, and fearless — pop music that doesn’t hide the overload, it amplifies it.

Tamta is returning this year for another headline show in London at Colours Hoxton on 27 March 2026, following her previous sold-out performance there. TEO.x3 will be the opening act. Tickets will be on sale soon.

This debut chapter is only the beginning.

Q&A: TEO.x3 & Tamta on “sprite,” Hyperpop, and Emotional Glitch Culture

Your debut EP feels deeply tied to digital-age intimacy and emotional overload. At what point did you realise this chaotic, hyper-online headspace wasn’t just a theme—but your creative DNA?

TEO.x3:
“I realised it when I stopped trying to separate my online life from my emotional one. The way I communicate, connect, disappear, overshare, and cope is already filtered through screens and speed. Once I accepted that, the music stopped feeling like commentary and started feeling like self-portrait. That chaotic, hyper-online headspace isn’t an aesthetic choice for me — it’s how I process the world.”

“sprite” turns heartbreak into something glittering and almost deceptive. Why did you want the song to feel shiny and addictive rather than overtly sad—and what does that say about how we cope emotionally today?

TEO.x3:
“Because that’s how heartbreak often functions now. We don’t sit with it. We scroll, consume, distract, replace. I wanted ‘sprite’ to feel addictive in the same way those coping mechanisms are: sweet, fast, and slightly empty. The sadness is there, but it’s buried under polish, which felt more honest than making it openly melancholic.”

As the voice at the center of “sprite,” what does the word sprite personally represent to you—emotionally, visually, or symbolically?

Tamta:
“To me, sprite represents lightness that’s slightly artificial; something playful and energetic that doesn’t fully reveal what’s underneath. Visually, it’s glossy and hyper-real. Emotionally, it’s that moment where you keep moving forward, smiling, shining, even if something inside hasn’t caught up yet.”

You’ve worked closely with TEO.x3 not only as a collaborator, but also with him producing your music. How does that ongoing creative relationship shape the way you approach vocals, identity, and experimentation in a track like “sprite”?

Tamta:
“Working with Teo gives me space to experiment without losing my identity. There’s trust there. I don’t feel the need to protect myself creatively. On ‘sprite,’ that meant leaning into texture, tone, and attitude rather than perfection. I could play with character and emotion knowing the foundation was solid.”

When you’re collaborating so closely—artist to artist, producer to vocalist—how do you balance emotional vulnerability with the hyperpolished, high-energy aesthetic that defines “sprite”?

TEO.x3:
“For me, vulnerability doesn’t disappear when something is polished, it just changes form. The key was letting emotion guide the choices, even when the sound is loud or shiny. The polish becomes part of the story, not a mask. If anything, it makes the vulnerability sharper by contrast.”

Tamta:
“I focused on intention rather than exposure. You don’t have to sound fragile to be emotionally present. Sometimes control, confidence, and clarity say just as much.”

The track was embraced across major Spotify playlists almost instantly. Did that early recognition change how you view your place within the evolving European hyperpop landscape?

TEO.x3:
“It didn’t change my intention, but it did affirm that there’s space for this kind of sound coming from Europe. Emotional, experimental, but still pop-forward. It made the landscape feel more open, less niche, and more connected.”

Both of you exist at the intersection of pop, fashion, and queer culture. How do you consciously—or unconsciously—translate those worlds into sound when working together?

TEO.x3:
“A lot of it is instinctive. Fashion and queer spaces taught me that exaggeration can be honesty, and that performance can be deeply personal. Sonically, that shows up as contrast; sweetness next to distortion, glamour next to discomfort.”

Tamta:
“Those worlds live in attitude as much as sound. It’s about confidence, fluidity, and freedom. When we work together, that energy naturally comes through.”

JEONNE’s remix of “sprite” adds another layer to the song’s universe. What did you hear in his reinterpretation that felt essential to expanding the track’s emotional or sonic narrative?

TEO.x3:
“JEONNE pushed the dissociation further. His remix feels colder, more fragmented — like the moment after the sugar rush fades. It expanded the emotional timeline of the song and showed another way that overload can manifest.”

You’ve consistently pushed pop into more confrontational, experimental spaces throughout your career. What drew you specifically to “sprite” and to TEO.x3’s world at this moment in your evolution?

Tamta:
“What drew me in was the clarity of vision. Teo’s world is playful, emotional, and forward-thinking without trying to prove anything. It felt aligned with where I am now; curious, open, and interested in pop that says something beneath the surface.”

With a remixed EP and new collaborators already on the horizon, does this debut era feel like a culmination—or more like the opening glitch in a much bigger system you’re building?

TEO.x3:
“Definitely the opening glitch. This EP feels like the moment the system reveals itself; unstable, noisy, full of potential. Everything that comes next is about expanding that world and seeing how far it can stretch.”