• June 9, 1997
• Dylan Marlowe is a country music singer-songwriter from Statesboro, Georgia, whose music blends traditional country themes with rock influences. Marlowe cites Eric Church, Kenny Chesney, and Cody Johnson as influences.
• Marlowe's upbringing was a blend of contrasting worlds. His father's career as a drummer in a heavy-metal Christian rock band provided a vibrant musical backdrop, while his family's focus on their construction business grounded him in a more practical reality.
• Baseball was his main interest until his senior year of high school, when he found himself drawn to music. Borrowing a friend's guitar, Marlowe taught himself to play, igniting a new passion.
• Marlowe moved to Nashville just before the COVID-19 pandemic hit and signed a publishing and artist development deal with Play It Again Entertainment in April 2020.
• Marlowe's songwriting skills gained recognition when he co-wrote Jon Pardi's "Last Night Lonely," which became a huge hit.
• Marlowe broke out with his own version of Olivia Rodrigo's "Drivers License" in 2021, changing the lyrics to reflect his own backwoods story. It went viral on TikTok, quadrupling his following. The enthusiasm surrounding the track encouraged him to release his own songs to streaming services.
• In January 2023, he signed a recording contract with Sony Music Nashville. Marlowe's debut single to country radio, "Boys Back Home," a duet with Dylan Scott, was released 11 months later.
• Marlowe married his longtime girlfriend Natalie Barber in May 2023.
• He's an avid outdoorsman who enjoys fishing and hunting. Marlowe wrote a song for his debut album, Mid-Twenties Crisis, called "Hungover in a Deer Stand" inspired by his real-life experience of going hunting the morning after drinking.

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