jonatan leandoer96

jonatan leandoer96 is an alter ego and solo recording project of Swedish artist Jonatan Leandoer Håstad, better known worldwide as Yung Lean, the Stockholm rapper who helped pioneer the cloud rap sound in the early 2010s with his Sad Boys collective. Under this alias, first known as jonatan leandoer127 before being renamed in early 2019, he steps away from the trap-influenced, meme-adjacent persona of Yung Lean to explore a more introspective, artistic and personal songwriting mode, closer to alternative rock, dream pop and lo-fi indie than to rap.

The project blends hazy, melancholic guitar textures with the same emotionally raw, diaristic lyricism that has become a hallmark of Leandoer post-Unknown Memory work, drawing comparisons to slowcore and shoegaze-leaning songwriters as much as to his hip-hop roots. Songs such as «Hotel in Minsk», «Wooden Girl», «Never Again» and «Under Heaven» showcase this softer, guitar-forward side, while tracks like «Razor Love» and «Snake Ice» retain a spectral, cloud-rap atmosphere filtered through a singer-songwriter lens.

As jonatan leandoer96, he has released material independently and through channels connected to the Sad Boys and Year0001 ecosystem, positioning the project as a companion piece to his main catalog rather than a separate career. It allows longtime fans of Yung Lean to trace the emotional and sonic throughlines of his work outside the expectations tied to his more famous rap persona.