Meet Role Model, Mac Miller’s protégé who now performs with Olivia Rodrigo and Kate Hudson
Role Model got his start thanks to Mac Miller, and dated Emma Chamberlain – now Natalie Portman dances on stage with him
Although already fairly well known in the indie bedroom-pop scene for hits such as Look at That Woman and Deeply Still in Love, Role Model – the stage name of Tucker Pillsbury – is only now gaining traction in the mainstream with his song, “Sally, When the Wine Runs Out”.
Here’s everything to know about Tucker Pillsbury, aka Role Model.
He became interested in music as a child
Pillsbury was born in Portland, Maine, to a father who worked as a property appraiser and a mother who was a special-education teacher.
In a 2019 interview with DIY, Pillsbury recalled being obsessed with Elvis Presley as a toddler and performing for his family dressed as the “Burning Love” singer.
“When I was seven or eight, I used to dress up like Elvis on holidays and perform with my aunt in front of my whole family,” he said. “I had an obsession with him – posters, lunchboxes, giant cut-outs and all.”
He was pursuing film studies
