TheFatRat

Christian Friedrich Johannes Büttner , known professionally as TheFatRat, is a German DJ, record producer and musician. His genre is often described as "glitch-hop." His 2016 extended play Jackpot reached 23 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart. He peaked at 25 on Billboard's Next Big Sound chart in February 2015.

Early life Büttner originally aspired to become a classical conductor.

In 2010, Büttner produced the song Mignon Mignon for René la Taupe, which became a number-one single in France. Around that time, he also produced the song "Audubon Ballroom" on Lupe Fiasco's album Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1, which charted at #5 on the Billboard 200.

In July 2011, he began making solo music under the pseudonym TheFatRat. The nickname given to him was Ratte, which is German for rat. It came from his short stature as he is 5 feet tall. His career began with the release of his first EP, Do Be Do Be Do. curated by Tom Cassell, one of the most subscribed streamers on Twitch.

In November 2016, Büttner released his second EP, Jackpot on the Universal Music label. The EP reached #23 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart.

In June 2017, Büttner released the single "Fly Away" featuring vocalist Anjulie. In July, he performed at the Electric Forest Festival. In October 2017, he released the single "Oblivion" featuring vocalist Lola Blanc.

In March 2018, he released the single "MAYDAY". In July 2018, he released "Warrior Songs", a music pack for the video game Dota 2, which has been made available in the game as of 13 September 2018, according to Matthew "Cyborgmatt" Bailey, director of operations of Team Secret.

In December 2018, he posted a video about how YouTube's content ID system is "broken", as an anonymous user known as Ramjets claimed all the earnings for his song "The Calling" and YouTube refused to settle the dispute. The claim was removed by YouTube later. As an act of gratitude towards the YouTube community standing up for him, he announced that all of his music would be free to use for creative videos on the platform, without fear of him claiming or copyright striking any video.

From sometime around 2020, Redbull.com made a 10-minute documentary about Büttner and his career titled, TheFatRat: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Him. They released this within their article, "TheFatRat: Meet the EDM DJ who's elevated video game music to high art."

On 7 February 2020, Büttner released a sci-fi music video on YouTube starring himself and Maisy Kay for a special song called "The Storm," where he performed with Kay. The music video was filmed in Iceland, with Surtshellir Cave on the first day, Hekla Mountain on the second day, and Hjörleifshöfði on the third and final day. Accompanying the music video is a game for mobile titled The Storm - Interactive, where one can play through the story of the video. To conclude the year, he did a collaboration with South Korean vocalist AleXa for “Rule the World”.

On 13 April 2021, he released his first studio album, titled Parallax, containing over 10 songs. Artists featured on the collaborative setlist were Laura Brehm, Anjulie, RIELL, Cecilia Gault, Lindsey Stirling, and Everen Maxwell.

Discography Mixtapes Labels: Monstercat, self-released, The Arcadium, Universal Music, Tasty, Seeking Blue, Enter Records Labels: The Arcadium, Pharisade, Tasty, Universal Music Format: Digital download

Albums Label: The Arcadium Format: Digital Download 2021 PARALLAX Released: 10 September 2021 Label: The Arcadium Format: Digital download 2023 Eo and Eden Released: between 5 April 2023 and an unannounced final date, as of July 2026 Label: Pharisade Format: Digital download

Extended plays Year Title Information Peak chart positionsAditional notes US Dance Label: self-released Format: Digital download – 2016 Jackpot Released: 18 November 2016 Label: Universal Music Format: Digital download 23 2020 Classics Remixed Released: 12 June 2020 Label: The Arcadium Format: Digital download – 2024 Ray Tracer Released: 27 September 2024 Label: Pharisade Format: Digital download –Part of the Eo and Eden album.

Singles Title Date Album Extended Play Label "Some Body" 2011 Do Be Do Be Do EP Self-written "Less Than Three" "Do Be Do Be Do" "Splinter" 2013 Spinnin Records "Dancing Naked" The Arcadium "Infinite Power!" 2014 Rocket League OST "Unity" Sounds of Syndication Vol. 1 "Windfall" Tasty Album 001 - Entree Tasty "Xenogenesis" "Never Be Alone" 2015 "Time Lapse" The Arcadium "Telescope" Taking You Higher Seeking Blue Pharisade "Monody"(featuring Laura Brehm) The Arcadium "The Calling"(featuring Laura Brehm) 2016 "No No No" "Youtubers Life Rap"(with Kronno Zomber) "Jackpot" Jackpot EP Universal Music "Epic" "Prelude" "Elegy" "Prelude (VIP Edit)" (with JJD) 2017 "Fly Away"(featuring Anjulie) "Oblivion"(featuring Lola Blanc) "MAYDAY" (featuring Laura Brehm) 2018 "Warrior Song" (with Stasia Estep) Warrior Songs The Arcadium "Origin" "Ascendancy" "Nemesis" "Origin Reprise" "Elevate" "Kingdom Come" "Mad Moon Falling" "Threnody" "Envelope" "Reminiscence" "Afterlife" "Chosen" (with Anna Yvette and Laura Brehm) 2019 Universal Music "Solitude" (with Slaydit) "Sunlight" (with Phaera) The Arcadium "Stronger" (with Slaydit and Anjulie) Monstercat "Close to the Sun" (with Anjulie) The Arcadium "Rise Up" Enter Records "Rise Up (Orchestra Version)" "The Storm" (with Maisy Kay) 2020 The Arcadium "Electrified" "We'll Meet Again" (with Laura Brehm) "Rule the World" (with AleXa) "Hiding in the Blue" (with RIELL) 2021 PARALLAX "Arcadia" "Pride & Fear" (with RIELL) "Upwind" "Our Song" (with Cecilia Gault) "Violet Sky" (with Cecilia Gault) "Warbringer" (with Everen Maxwell and featuring Lindsey Stirling) "Fire" "Love It When You Hurt Me" (with Anjulie) "Let Love Win" (with Anjulie) "Ghost Light" (with Everglow)2022 Pharisade "Back One Day" (featuring Laura Brehm)2024 "Still Here with You" (with RIELL) "Ray Tracer" (with Sprites and featuring Flavia)Ray Tracer EP "P. S." "Whispers" (featuring Reptythm) "Out of Love" 2025 "Killing Me" "Genius" (with Shiah Maisel) "HONK" "Give Myself to You" (with Laura Brehm) Eo and Eden

Remixes Date Title Artist 2012 Very Good Feeling Flo Rida Next Levels Avicii Brightside The Knocks Somebody I Used To Know Gotye Don't Stop Foster the People The Night Out Martin Solveig Turn The World On Static Revenger Float Pacific Air Don't Wake Me Up Chris Brown 2013 The Feeling The Knocks Set It Off (ft. Lazerdisk Party Sex) Diplo The Tide Singularity (ft. Steffi Nguyen) If So Atlas Genius Picking Up All The Pieces Strange Talk All Night Icona Pop 2015 We Are The Dream Sound Remedy 2018 Salt is My Sugar MarieMarie 2019 Pokémon Theme Video Games Live 2023 Monkeys TheFatRat

Mashups Date Title Artists Songs 2012 Do Harder Be FasterTheFatRat Do Be Do Be Do Daft Punk Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger Drive Space Junk PrototypeRaptor Drive Hard Wolfgang Gartner Space Junk

Other songs Title Date Album Extended Play "No Escaping You" (released in SoundCloud; now private) 2012 Non-album singles Not from extended plays "Everything" (upcoming) 2021 (originally, TBA) Everything EP (upcoming extended play) "Blue Sakura" (cancelled) 2021 PARALLAX Not from extended plays "Eyes Wide Shut" (cancelled) 2023 Eo and Eden "Kawaii Side Of Life" (it was meant for Ray Tracer EP, and hence, in Eo and Eden as well, but was cut) 2024 Eo and Eden (it was meant to be there, but was cut) Ray Tracer EP (it was meant to be there, but was cut)

List of vocalists Singer Song Date CeCe Rogers "Unity" (original version; sampled from his song "Someday") 2014 Laura Brehm "Unity" (choir; pitched-up vocals; common special version; not credited) "Monody" 2015 "The Calling" 2016 "MAYDAY" 2018 Majority of "Chosen" 2019 "We'll Meet Again" 2020 "Sail Away" 2024 "Give Myself To You" 2025 TheFatRat "Infinite Power" 2016 "The Calling" (choir) "No No No" (Pitched-down vocals) "Fly Away" (Pitched-down vocals) 2017 "Electrified" (Sampled from KLOUD's song of the same name, which features him; but then it was canceled and then released under TheFatRat's name) 2020 "Killing Me" 2025 "HONK" (Pitched-down vocals) Anjulie "Fly Away" (normal vocals) 2017 "Stronger" 2019 "Close To The Sun" "Love It When You Hurt Me" (normal vocals) 2021 "Let Love Win" Lola Blanc "Oblivion" 2017 Stasia Estep "Warrior Song" 2018 Anna Yvette "Chosen" 2019 Michaella Ryall "Sunlight" (sampled from JC's song "Missing Summer", which features her) Moa Petterson Hammar "Rise Up" (not credited) Maisy Kay "The Storm" 2020 Josh Mhire "Love It When You Hurt Me" (Pitched-down vocals) AleXa "Rule The World" RIELL "Hiding In The Blue" 2021 "Pride & Fear" "Myself & I" 2024 Cecilia Gault "Our Song" 2021 "Violet Sky" "Escaping Gravity" 2023 "Out Of Love" (not credited) 2025 Lindsey Stirling "Warbringer" 2021 Everglow "Ghost Light" 2022 NEFFEX "Back One Day" Shiah Maisel "Out Of The Rain" 2023 "Genius" 2025 Kinnie Lane "Hunger" (not credited) 2023 Sprites "Ray Tracer" 2024 "Out Of Love" (not credited) 2025