Originally from OR he decided at 18 to pack up his things and take an RV to pursue his music career. Suriel was a contestant on American Idol and shortly after leaving the show began to post Omegle videos to his Youtube to fund his move to Los Angeles. During this time he has amassed 488k subscribers on Youtube showing his guitar-led pop ballad style and superb writing. Suriel has released several tracks independently over the past few years landing him on New Music Friday, Spotify's Dinner With Friends, Chill Pop, Sad Bops, and Daily Lift. His most recent song "Still Something" was released with momentum on TikTok, spurring the strongest release to date. His frequent collaborators include Peter Fenn, Valentin Fritz, Jack LaFrantz, Davin Kingston, Annika Wells, Ella Boh and many more.