Destroy Lonely

Early life Bobby Wardell Sandimanie III was born on July 30, 2001. He has two younger half sisters and an older half brother, and is of Liberian descent. His father is the rapper I-20, who was best friends and frequent collaborator with Ludacris, and was part of his record label Disturbing tha Peace. Sandimanie began homeschooling in the sixth grade, then got enrolled back into public school in 9th and 10th grade, where he recalls abusing the drug alprazolam. He cites his feeling that his substance abuse was destroying him as the origin of the "Destroy" part of his stage name. He spent his adolescent years in solitude which he cites as the origin of the "Lonely" part of his stage name. Immediately upon meeting Nezzus, they began recording their first project, NezzusDestroyed. Lonely would later go on to gain traction with his 2019 track "Bane".

In April 2021, he appeared in Playboi Carti's music video for his song "Sky". In April 2022, he was announced as a performer at the Lyrical Lemonade Summer Smash. In July 2022, Destroy Lonely appeared on frequent collaborator Ken Carson's studio album X. Also in July 2022, he appeared on fellow Atlanta rapper Bktherula's single "Forever Pt. 2" and Rochester rapper Slump6s' album Genesis. In August 2022, Destroy Lonely released his fifth mixtape, No Stylist. The mixtape features an appearance from his labelmate Ken Carson. In September 2022, he and fellow Opium rapper Ken Carson gifted Playboi Carti a ring for his 26th birthday. In October 2022, he announced the dates for his "No Stylist" tour.

Also in October, he released a music video for his track "Vtmntscoat" which is described as containing imagery of "elaborate dinner parties and midnight car rides".

2023–2024: If Looks Could Kill & Love Lasts Forever

On November 18, 2022, Destroy Lonely followed up his mixtape No Stylist with NS+ (Ultra), his deluxe version of the mixtape, featuring five new songs, and naming it "Ultra" after his pet bombay cat. Following this, on February 20, 2023, Destroy Lonely released a music video for the songs "Neverever" and "Fakenggas" on YouTube.

On February 21, 2023, Lonely announced on Tumblr that his next album would be released in April 2023, stating: "my album comes out in april..". On March 3, 2023, Destroy Lonely released the single "If Looks Could Kill", which was expected to be the lead single for his debut studio album. On May 5, 2023, Destroy Lonely released his debut studio album, If Looks Could Kill, consisting of 25 tracks, with a bonus track, "Money and Sex", with labelmate Ken Carson. Two additional tracks were released with the CD and vinyl editions, and also a short film, "Look Killa". On September 29, 2023, Destroy Lonely released a deluxe version of his debut studio album, titled If Looks Could Kill (Director's Cut), containing 6 new tracks from all editions.

On October 13, 2023, Destroy Lonely had three featured appearances on Ken Carson's third album, A Great Chaos, on the songs "Singapore", "Paranoid", and "Like This", which also featured Lil Uzi Vert. On August 30, 2024, Lonely released his second studio album, Love Lasts Forever, which peaked at number 10 on the Billboard 200 chart and number 1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

2025: ᐸ/3³

On April 11, 2025, Lonely appeared as a feature on Ken Carson's album More Chaos, on the track "Off the Meter" alongside label founder Playboi Carti, marking Carti and Lonely's first collaboration. On June 5, 2025, Lonely surprise released his ninth EP, See U Soon </3, on SoundCloud. On September 19, 2025, Lonely released his fifth mixtape, ᐸ/3³.

Controversies In early 2024, an ex-girlfriend accused him of domestic abuse via X. Destroy Lonely denied the allegations. In November 2024, a video went viral of Destroy Lonely fighting at a gas station with his new girlfriend, Shannade Clermont, which included him screaming "I hate you!!" towards his partner and concluded with police officers instructing him to surrender. Lonely subsequently characterized the incident as a simple argument between the couple. Clermont later came to Destroy Lonely's defense by making posts over X addressing the controversy; "Stop the fucking lies. [You] never had a disagreement with your partner??? Yall a strict fucking crowd!! ✌🏾" Much of Lonely's production makes use of ambient synthesizers, programmed guitar riffs and samples from orchestras as well as from video game OST's such as Genshin Impact.

Destroy Lonely's main lyrical subject matter is usually braggadocio, but his lyrics can also concern relationships, love, guns or committing financial crime, especially in his earlier material.

Discography

Studio albums Title Details Peak chart positions US USR&B/HH BEL(FL) CAN LIT If Looks Could Kill Released: May 5, 2023 Deluxe: September 29, 2023 Labels: Opium, Interscope Formats: Digital download, streaming, LP and CD 18 4 184 62 51 Love Lasts Forever Released: August 30, 2024 Labels: Opium, Interscope Format: Digital download, streaming, LP and CD 10 1 — — —

Mixtapes Title Mixtape details Peak chart positions US Darkhorse Released: March 12, 2019 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming — Underworld Released: March 6, 2020 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming — ᐸ/3 Released: September 25, 2020 Labels: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming — </3² Released: October 31, 2020 Labels: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming — Overseas Released: December 1, 2020 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming— No Stylist Released: August 12, 2022 Label: Opium, Interscope, Ingrooves Formats: LP, digital download, streaming 91 ᐸ/3³ Released: September 19, 2025 Label: Opium, Interscope Formats: CD, Cassette, Digital download, streaming 64 "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Extended plays Title Extended plays details Lonely's Flexed Up Slow Jams Released: May 28, 2016 Labels: Self-released Formats: Streaming (Lost) Destroy Released: August 9, 2017 Label: Self-released Format: Streaming Sometimes U Lose Released: April 26, 2019 Labels: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming Forever, ILY Released: August 23, 2019 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming Ectasy Released: May 29, 2020 Labels: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming Lord Released: June 26, 2020 Labels: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming Addicted to Money Released: August 7, 2020 Labels: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming XO Released: January 7, 2021 Labels: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming See U Soon </3 Released: June 5, 2025 Labels: Self-released Formats: Streaming

Collaborative extended plays Title Extended plays details NezzusDestroyed Released: February 4, 2018 Labels: Self-released Formats: Streaming Top Floor Vampire Released: November 30, 2020 Labels: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming

Collaborative albums 00Twinz (with Ken Carson) (2026)

Singles + List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions AlbumUSBub. USR&B/HH NZHot "If Looks Could Kill" 2023 2 30 17 If Looks Could Kill "Turn Your Phone Off" — — 14 "Luv 4 Ya" 2024 — — — Love Lasts Forever "Monster" 2026 — — 23 Drop Dead Gorgeous

Other charted songs + List of other charted songs, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions AlbumUSBub. USR&B/HH NZHot "How U Feel?" 2023 — 47 — If Looks Could Kill "Singapore" 9 — 31A Great Chaos "Paranoid" 15 — 29 "Love Hurts" 2024 — 50 — Love Lasts Forever "Off the Meter" 2025 11 26 13 More Chaos

Tours Headlining No Stylist Tour (2022–2023) Playboi Carti – Antagonist Tour (2025)