D4vd Age, Girlfriend, Family, Biography
Bio/Wiki | |
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Birth Name | David Anthony Burke |
Profession(s) | • Singer • Songwriter |
Physical Stats | |
Eye Colour | Black |
Hair Colour | Black |
Career | |
Debut | Music Album: Petals to Thorns (2023)![]() |
Award | Award-Winning Songs (Here with Me and Romantic Homicide) at BMI Pop Awards (2024) |
Personal Life | |
Date of Birth | 28 March 2005 (Monday) |
Age (as of 2025) | 20 Years |
Birthplace | Queens, New York City, U.S. |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Signature | ![]() |
Nationality | American |
Hometown | New York City, U.S. |
School | Homeschooled |
Religion | Christianity |
Food Habit | Non-vegetarian |
Hobbies | Video Gaming, Writing Music and Poetry, Reading Manga and Graphic Novels |
Tattoo | On the index finger of his right hand- Shhh...![]() |
Controversy | On 8 September 2025, he attracted controversy when the body of a missing teenage girl named Celeste Rivas was found dead in his Tesla car. The incident led to a murder investigation. [1]The Times of India |
Social Media | • Instagram • YouTube |
Relationships & More | |
Marital Status | Unmarried |
Affairs/Girlfriends | Nessa Barrett (singer) (2024) |
Family | |
Siblings | Sister- 1![]() |
Some Lesser Known Facts About d4vd
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His parents made him listen to gospel music until the age of 13.
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As a child, D4vd liked hearing the song ‘Gucci Gang’ by Lil Pump. As his interest in music grew, he began exploring more music on his school laptop.
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He then found musicians like XXXTentacion and the group Members Only.
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During the same time, D4vd enjoyed watching and playing Fortnite, a video game, because of its music.
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He then started creating music and photo clips from Fortnite gaming.
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His mother advised him to make his own original music for gaming clips to avoid copyright issues.
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D4vd composed various songs, such as ‘You and I’ and ‘Take Me To the Sun’ and uploaded them on SoundCloud.
- After that, he shared short videos of the song ‘Romantic Omicide’ on TikTok, which went viral. On 20 July 2022, he released the full version of this song.
- Soon after its release, the song ‘Romantic Homicide’ charted at No. 3 on the Hot Alternative Songs charts.
- After the success of the song, D4vd received an opportunity to sign with well-known labels Darkroom and Interscope Records in September 2022.
- That same month, he released the song ‘Here with Me’ on YouTube. Earlier, the song was released on SoundCloud.
- After that, ‘Here with Me’ went viral on TikTok and entered multiple charts. It reached number 60 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and was among the top ten songs in Singapore.
- Reportedly, D4vd produced the majority of his songs with a free music application called BandLab.
- On 26 May 2023, he released a music album titled ‘Petals to Thorns’ through Darkroom and Interscope Records.
- On 8 September 2023, D4vd released his second music album, The Lost Petals. That same year, his song ‘Here with Me’ charted in the top 40.
- In July 2023, he was featured in the music video of the song ‘Superbloodmoon,’ by Holly Humberstone.
- After that, D4vd was announced as the Spotify Pop Rising On Tour.
- Later, he performed an opening act for musician SZA’s SOS tour.
- He then went on to release many songs such as ‘Leave Her’ (2024), ‘2016’ (2024), ‘Withering’ (2024), ‘There Goes My Baby’ (2024), ‘One More Dance’ (2025), Crashing (2025), and What Are You Waiting For’ (2025).
- In March 2024, D4vd started working as a content creator for ‘100 Thieves,’ a gaming and lifestyle brand.
- That same month, his song ‘Feel It’ was featured as the soundtrack of the television series Invincible, which aired on Amazon Prime Video.
- After that, D4vd composed the song ‘Remember Me,’ which was featured as the soundtrack for the animated film Arcane Season 2.
- While on his Japan tour for Fuji Rock, in an interview with Takashii, a Japanese YouTuber, he shared that as a child, he was inspired by anime. He said,
one of [his] biggest influences”, specifically the “high energy” shōnen genre, including Dragon Ball Z, Naruto, and My Hero Academia, with its “fluid, fast-paced movement”, considering the fighting “poetic.”
- On 8 September 2025, D4vd performed for his Withered tour in Minneapolis.
- That same day, a human body, which was badly decomposed, cut into several pieces, and wrapped inside a plastic bag, was found inside a towed Tesla car registered in his name.
- The car was found abandoned in the Hollywood Hills and was towed to an impound lot in Los Angeles for a month.
- Reportedly, the body was kept inside the car for a long time.
- There was no missing report of the car was registered before.
- On 16 September 2025, after the autopsy of the body, the medical examiner identified the body as Celeste Rivas Hernandez, a 13-year-old girl who went missing on 5 April 2024.
- During police investigations, Celeste’s mother told police that Celeste had been missing for more than a year. She was not sure about the body in the Tesla, but she revealed that Celeste’s boyfriend’s name was David.
- The police said that Celeste had a tattoo with the letters ‘Shhh…,’ and David also had a tattoo on his right index finger.
- D4vd’s spokesperson claimed that he was cooperating with the police.
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After that, Crocs and Hollister Co. removed Burke from their advertisements, waiting for the investigation results.
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His music concert, which was planned for 17 September 2025 in Seattle, was cancelled.
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On 18 September 2025, the police located Burke in CCTV footage showing him near the location where Rivas lived before she went missing.
- D4vd likes travelling to distant places in his free time.
- He has been featured on the covers of many noted magazines and tabloids.
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