INTL

I Never Tell Lies

Bay Area chronicler. Calm observer. International Orange. INTL has lived the full Bay Area experience: Oakland grit, East Bay suburban darkness, San Francisco tech-money contrast, South Bay sprawl. He's 28 and still processing it all—one BART ride, one neighborhood, one story at a time. Born in Oakland, raised across the Bay, INTL became a quiet witness to the highs and lows that most people miss. His 49ers obsession (a gentle rebellion against his Raiders-loving father) taught him early that you can choose your own path. His music reflects that same calm defiance: atmospheric trap, introspective bars, production that feels like late-night bridge drives. His debut single, "Pay The Toll," explores the non-financial costs of perspective—the price of seeing the whole picture, the toll of freedom, the weight of choosing yourself. It's cinematic, layered, and unmistakably Bay Area. At 28, INTL is the elder statesman of his own story, still learning what it means to feel as deeply as he observes.