Pinkshift

Pinkshift, a rock band from Baltimore, Maryland, formed in 2019. The group initially consisted of singer Ashrita Kumar and guitarist Paul Vallejo, who met at Johns Hopkins University and began writing music under the name Sugar Crisis. They later recruited Myron Houngbedji as their drummer and renamed themselves Pinkshift after the redshift phenomenon. Their breakthrough came with the release of "I'm Gonna Tell My Therapist on You" in 2020, which went viral on Reddit. The band's debut EP Saccharine was released in April 2021, followed by their first studio album Love Me Forever in October 2022 via Hopeless Records. In 2023, they released the EP Suraksha and performed as an opening act for Pussy Riot during their North American tour. Pinkshift continued to gain traction with subsequent releases including "Home" (2023), "One Nation" (2024), and "Evil Eye" (2025). Their second studio album, Earthkeeper, was released in August 2025.