Lemon Boy
indie bedroom pop Cavetown
Lemon Boy is a character developed by Skinner to disassociate himself from “the anxiety, the negativity and the illness that’s inside all of us”. This song explores Robin’s relationship with Lemon Boy, how he affects Robin and his peers as well as his journey learning to learn more about and learn to live with Lemon Boy. The “Lemon Boy” is symbolic of Robins depression – lemons are sour and unlikeable much like mental illness. Robbie said on his Bandcamp: Read more on Last.fm.

Cavetown (he/they) is formally known as Robin Daniel Skinner, a 25-year-old singer/songwriter from Cambridge, England. As of November 2022, he has released eight studio albums, one live album, and one collaborative mixtape. Cavetown has become increasingly popular on YouTube from a combination of both these original songs and covers that he has produced and uploaded. This has allowed him to perform gigs in the UK both locally and nationally, and also in other parts of the world such as California, USA. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.