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1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/modsun.png]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:Internet killed the rockstar.]]
3	Derek Ryan Smith (born March 10, 1987), better-known known as '''MOD SUN''', is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and rapper from Bloomington, Minnesota.
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5	Having initially gotten into music in TheNoughties as a member of various PopPunk and PostHardcore bands, he began a solo career in 2009, primarily as a rapper blending AlternativeHipHop and RapRock, releasing a series of mixtapes throughout the first half of TheNewTens before being signed to Rostrum Records (the former label of Music/MacMiller) and releasing his debut album ''Look Up'' in 2015.
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7	In TheNewTwenties, he shifted his solo career back towards PopPunk, as his frequent collaborator Music/MachineGunKelly had done to significant commercial success in 2020, releasing his fourth album, ''Internet Killed The Rockstar'' in 2021.
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9	Outside of music, he's also notable for his relationships with Creator/BellaThorne and Creator/TanaMongeau between 2018 and 2020 (initially a [[{{Main/Polyamory}} polyamorous relationship]] with both of them, before dating Thorne and then Mongeau monogamously). From 2021 to 2023, he was in a relationship with Music/AvrilLavigne, with the couple getting engaged in April 2022 before breaking things off in February 2023.
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11	!!Discography:
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13	[[AC:Mixtapes]]
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15	* ''I'll Buy Myself'' (2009)
16	* ''Let Ya Teeth Show'' (2009)
17	* ''How to Make a MOD SUN'' (2009)
18	* ''Health, Wealth, Success, & Happiness'' (2011)
19	* ''Blazed by the Bell'' (2011)
20	* ''First Take'' (2012)
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22	[[AC:Extended Plays]]
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24	* ''The Hippy Hop EP'' (2010)
25	* ''In MOD We Trust'' (2011)
26	* ''Happy as Fuck'' (2012)
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28	[[AC:Albums]]
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30	* ''Look Up'' (2015)
31	* ''Movie'' (2017)
32	* ''BB'' (2017)
33	* ''Internet Killed The Rockstar'' (2021)
34	* ''God Save The Teen'' (2023)
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36	! Trope Examples
37	* TheCameo: Makes one in the music video for Music/AvrilLavigne and Music/MachineGunKelly's "Bois Lie".
38	* NewSoundAlbum: For his solo career, ''Internet Killed The Rockstar'', which is a PopPunk album rather than AlternativeHipHop or RapRock.
39	* UnpluggedVersion: The deluxe version of ''Internet Killed The Rockstar'' contains acoustic versions of "Flames" and "Karma" and a piano version of "Bones".

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