Tiny Habits: How friendship propelled three students to the cusp of stardom

“Holy crap they are good. I need more Tiny Habits!”

Those were the words of rock legend David Crosby, posted to his Twitter profile in May 2022.

He’d just stumbled across the music of three college students from Boston, whose lush harmonies and bucolic melodies reminded him of his own work in Crosby, Stills and Nash.

Before long, other musicians took note. Kacey Musgraves invited them to sing with her, Noah Kahan took them on tour and Elton John (it’s always Elton John, isn’t it?) championed them on his radio show.

“They’re delicious,” he enthused. “We love them.”

The band are still overwhelmed.

“The question we keep asking is, how do they know about us – all of these people we’ve looked up to for, like, ever?” marvels singer Maya Rae.

“Like, with David Crosby, that was only five months into us being a band, and he found us on some YouTube video.”

“I guess it’s the power of social media,” says her bandmate Cinya Kahn.

“It’s not like we’re sending these people our music!”

Since Crosby’s tweet, the trio have gone from viral videos to a headline act with impressive speed.

They’ve just finished a sold-out European tour and released a critically-acclaimed debut album, All For Something, recorded with Phoebe Bridgers’ producer, Tony Berg.

“You can’t process all this stuff in the moment,” says the band’s final member/gentle giant, Judah Mayowa.

“It just happens, then I look back later and think, ‘Wow, we actually did that. That was kinda cool.”