“Romantic Murder” singer D4vd has loved a sick spike in streams since a 15-year-old runaway was discovered dismembered within the trunk of his Tesla — together with for a surprising official video that confirmed him dragging a physique to the again of a automobile.
The New York-born singer’s music has soared up the charts as police proceed to research how Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s stays ended up at the back of his automobile within the Hollywood Hills earlier this month, a day after her fifteenth birthday.
His hottest observe, “Romantic Murder,” was ranked No. 8 on Spotify’s day by day chart as of Monday — its highest peak because it first went viral on TikTok in 2022.
Different tracks, together with “Really feel It” and “Right here With Me,” have additionally surged amid renewed curiosity over the surprising, eerie discovery.
His music movies have additionally loved a rush of curiosity — particularly one for “One Extra Dance,” with many circulating it on-line to share the creepy likeness to the real-life horror.
The video, launched in February, exhibits D4vd coated in blood as he drags his personal physique alongside the bottom — earlier than stuffing it within the trunk of a automobile.
The official video has already been seen greater than 3.9 million instances on YouTube.
The singer, whose authorized title is David Anthony Burke, hasn’t been arrested or charged within the twisted case.
Nonetheless, it comes simply days after he canceled the rest of his world tour — nixing exhibits within the US and Europe because the investigation continues.
LAPD cops — who haven’t referred to as D4vd a suspect in Rivas Hernandez’s dying — final week raided a Hollywood Hills home the place the artist had been staying and seized “a number of objects of proof.”
The raid on D4vd’s crash pad got here as connections between the pop star and the teenager continued to emerge.
Beforehand emerged screenshots of outdated messages on D4vd’s Discord fan server confirmed he was rumored to be relationship a teen named “Celeste” within the years earlier than Rivas Hernandez was discovered useless.
D4vd, who has greater than 2 million followers on Instagram, as soon as made an unreleased observe by which he talked about the title “Celeste” twice.
In the meantime, a number of photographs captured the star with a younger lady bearing a powerful resemblance to Rivas Hernandez, whose mother informed TMZ she was relationship somebody referred to as “David.”
The teenager’s physique was discovered Sept. 8 — the day after her fifteenth birthday — after the Tesla was dropped at a Hollywood tow lot.
Rivas Hernandez had been reported lacking by her household when she was 13.
D4vd’s group has beforehand mentioned he’s cooperating with investigators.
