R&B-infused electro pop artist Lauv to perform Aug. 12 at The Amp

R&B-infused electro-pop artist Lauv will bring his How I’m Feeling World Tour with special guests Charlotte Lawrence and Alexander 23 to the St. Augustine Amphitheatre on Aug. 12.

New York-based singer/songwriter Ari Leff, a/k/a Lauv, makes yearning, electronic-based, R&B-influenced pop. He gained prominence in 2017 with his breakout hit "I Like Me Better."

Interested in music from a young age, the San Francisco-born Leff took piano and viola lessons as a child before picking up the guitar at around age 11. During high school, he played in several bands and studied jazz before discovering electronic music production.

However, it was while attending N.Y.U. as a music tech major in 2014 that a bad breakup found him on his own and digging deep into his writing and recording process. Out of this period came the song "The Other," co-written with songwriter/instrumentalist Michael Matosic.

Released under Leff's stage name Lauv (inspired by the Latvian "lauve" or lion), the song went viral after gaining blog attention and peaked at number three on blog aggregator Hype Machine.

In 2015, he returned with his debut EP, “Lost in the Light,” which featured "The Other."

More tracks followed, including 2015's "Reforget" and 2016's "Question," featuring Travis Mills.

In 2017, Lauv headed his own Late Nights, Deep Talks tour and premiered the official video for "The Other," along with a series of remixes. Released in May of that year, Lauv's single "I Like Me Better" became a breakout international hit and was later featured on his self-titled second EP that October.

The single was also included on his full-length debut, 2018's “I Met You When I Was 18,” which also featured the singles "Paranoid" and "Bracelet." The single "Drugs and the Internet" and hit collaborations with Julia Michaels, Troye Sivan and Anne-Marie carried him into 2019.

Tickets for Lauv’s “How I’m Feeling Tour” with special guests Charlotte Lawrence and Alexander 23 go on sale at 10 a.m. Jan. 31 at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre and Ponte Vedra Concert Hall box offices and all Ticketmaster outlets. Tickets range from $29 to $79.