The final Song of the Summer finalist shows up at #11 on Billboard’s official chart, and it’s another case where I’ve never heard of the song or the artist.
It turns out I do know Leon Thomas, if not by name. He played Andre in four seasons of the Nickelodeon series Victorious, which my daughters (and therefore I) watched in the early 2020s. He also appeared on Broadway in The Lion King and The Color Purple. In the mid 2010s, he shifted his attention to music, writing and producing for others and eventually recording his own songs.
Meet Me In Montauk 