Role Model is Tucker Pillsbury, an American singer-songwriter born in Cape Elizabeth, Maine in 1997, who came up through SoundCloud before signing to Interscope. Kansas Anymore (2024) trades his early bedroom-pop moodiness for warm, country-tinged songwriting — it's the obvious place to start, with Rx (2022) behind it. Shop Role Model vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Tucker Pillsbury, performing as Role Model, was born in Cape Elizabeth, Maine on September 22, 1997. He launched his recording career in the late 2010s with SoundCloud distribution before signing with Interscope Records. His 2024 album Kansas Anymore - country-influenced and mainstream-leaning compared to his earlier indie pop / alternative R&B work - received commercial attention. He has been in a public relationship with actress Emma Chamberlain.
Role Model's sound combines indie pop, alternative R&B, bedroom pop, indie folk, and contemporary country with his distinctive vocal delivery and atmospheric production approaches drawing on contemporary indie pop traditions alongside 2024+ country pop influences.
Interscope Records pressings of the Role Model catalog have been issued in multiple color variant editions and limited deluxe pressings.
Listeners new to Role Model typically start with Kansas Anymore (2024).
