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Christiaan Edward Syddall (born May 11, 2002), known professionally as Caelum, is an American rapper. His first project YOURS, was released on April 26, 2019, and contained his state-wide movement with the song "On My Mind". His second studio album, Wild Card was released on February 14, 2020. It featured the single "4WEEKS" which reached the United States with a bang. His follow-up singles "LUV 2 MY ENEMIES" released May 15, 2020, "Blood In My Veins" released June 20, 2020, "So Long" released July 23, 2020, and "CHANGE MY MIND" released October 22, 2020 have amassed over half a million streams over all platforms.

Early life
While Syddall was at an early age, he began finding a love for music in very strange ways. Memorizing lyrics to songs like Seize the Day and Welcome to the Jungle. Syddall moved in with his grandparents in Commerce City, Colorado. Syddall later moved to Littleton, Colorado, continuing to attend school and eventually dropping out to pursue his passion for music he grew up with.

Career
2018-present: Career beginnings

Caelum released his first song known to date on October 24, 2018, "Spooky" bringing in over twenty-five thousand streams within its first year of being public, starting his journey into music. After one year of releases Caelum began working on singles and his first project still attending high school. In 2019, Caelum continued releasing singles such as "Drop A Pill", "GONE", "ERASE YOU", "ALL THE TIME", "LEFT ME", and ending the year with "Take Me Home" which was released with a video on YouTube starting to place the music with a face.

His second studio album Wild Card started to attract eyes rapidly throughout Colorado and he gained some recognition for being a part of the new hip hop scene in Colorado, joining with such artists as Kidd Nur Nur, Mike Hunnden and Lor Shaman. He became a member of a local hip hop group called "Bad Kidds", who released multiple songs on Soundcloud and other platforms.

Caelum's singles at this point in time met with limited success. In June 2020, he released "Blood In My Veins", which accumulated over 25,000 streams in the first month via Spotify and in October 2020, he released "Change My Mind", which garnered over 60,000 streams in the first 2 months via Spotify. "Change My Mind" went on to bring in a surge of new listeners to his music, paving the way to solidify his career.

Discography

 * YOURS (2019)
 * Wild Card (2020)