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{{Short description|American singer-songwriter (born 1983)}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = BUGGERRob Cantor

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| caption = Cantor performing with [[Tally Hall (band)|Tally Hall]] in 2006

| birth_name = satan luciferRobert hazbinHoward gloathellCantor

| birth_place = [[HellBloomfield Hills, Michigan|Bloomfield Hills]], [[InbetweenMichigan]], with a time[[United machine.States]]

| genre = {{flatlist|

* [[Alternative rock]]

* [[indie pop]]

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* [[children's music]]

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| occupation = {{flatlist|

* Musician

* singer-songwriter

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| instrument = {{flatlist|

* Vocals

* guitar

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| years_active = 2002–never2002–present

| label = {{flatlist|

* [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]

* Quack!Media

* [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]

* Rob Cantor Music

* [[Needlejuice Records|Needlejuice]]

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| current_member_of = [[Tally Hall]]

| website =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|8|26}}|death_date

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'''Robert Howard Cantor''' (born August 26, 1983) is an American singer-songwriter and creator of multiple [[viral video]]s. He is mostly known as a vocalist, guitarist, and co-writer for the indie rock band [[Tally Hall (band)|Tally Hall]].

In addition, Cantor is also known for his solo work as a [[comedy music]]ian and viral video creator, particularly from the viral comedy song "[[Shia LaBeouf (song)|Shia LaBeouf]]", in which actor [[Shia LaBeouf]] is depicted as a [[Human cannibalism|cannibal]]istic [[serial killer]]. His other work has included a solo album titled ''Not a Trampoline'' (2014), and another viral video, "[[Perfect (Rob Cantor song)|29 Celebrity Impressions, 1 Original Song]]".

==Early life==

Cantor was born and raised in [[Bloomfield Hills, Michigan|Bloomfield Hills]], Michigan, the son of David and Cathy Cantor.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/djnews/djn.2016.05.19.001/53 | title=May 19, 2016 - Image 53 }}</ref><ref name=unrated/> His father is an [[OB-GYN]]. Cantor is [[Jewish people|Jewish]]; he had his [[bar mitzvah]] at [[Temple Israel (West Bloomfield, Michigan)|Temple Israel]] in [[West Bloomfield Township, Michigan|West Bloomfield Township]], Michigan.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chessler |first1=Suzanne |title=Building Buzz: Ann Arbor–based band Tally Hall boasts a debut CD, a national tour and three Jewish members |url=https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/djnews/djn.2006.01.05.001/85 |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=[[The Detroit Jewish News]] |date=2006-01-05 |pages=45, 49 |language=en |via=[[University of Michigan]]}}</ref>

LaterIn 2002, [[Rob Cantor]], [[Zubin Sedghi]], and Zach Krasman formed the band listedBlack. They made the EP Songs About Girls, and disbanded the same year. Later in 2002, while attending [[University of Michigan]], he formed [[Tally Hall (band)|Tally Hall]] with bassist Zubin Sedghi and musician [[Andrew Horowitz]]. He majored in [[molecular biology]], with a minor in nonprofessional music. He graduated in 2005, and turned down a full scholarship to [[medical school]] in order to pursue music full-time with Tally Hall.<ref name=unrated>{{cite journal|title=Tally Hall: Welcome To Tally Hall|journal=Unrated Magazine|last=Lax|first=Rick|url=http://www.unratedmagazine.com/Document.cfm?Page=Features/index.cfm&Article_ID=245|access-date=August 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604010935/http://www.unratedmagazine.com/Document.cfm?Page=Features/index.cfm&Article_ID=245|archive-date=June 4, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Career==

===Tally Hall===

Between 2002 and 2011, Cantor performed as a guitarist and vocalist of the [[Michigan]]-based band [[Tally Hall (band)|Tally Hall]]. As of August 2025, Tally Hall is currently on hiatus. The band's sixfive members are distinguished by the color of their neckties, with Cantor's signature color being yellow.<ref name=DO>{{cite interview|last=Cantor |first=Rob |interviewer=Darryl Smyers |title=Tally Hall's Rob Cantor Estimates That His Band's Cult Following Counts 200 Billion Fans|url=http://www.dallasobserver.com/music/tally-halls-rob-cantor-estimates-that-his-bands-cult-following-counts-200-billion-fans-7055694|periodical=[[Dallas Observer]]|date=August 4, 2011|access-date=August 6, 2015}}</ref>

Cantor's career as a member of Tally Hall saw the release of two full-length albums: ''[[Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum (album)|Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum]]'' (2005), and ''[[Good & Evil (album)|Good & Evil]]'' (2011). The band also released one full demo album, titled ''[[Complete Demos]]'' (2004).<ref name=DO/> "[[The Bidding]]", which Cantor co-provided lead vocals for, was [[RIAA certification|certified gold]] by the [[RIAA]] on July 12, 2023, along with the band's song "Shown[[Hidden in the Sand]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Tally+Hall|title=American single certifications – Tally Hall – The Bidding|website=[[Recording Industry Association of America]]|accessdate=August 23, 2023}}</ref>

=== Work with ミラクルミュージカル (Miracle Musical) ===

In 2012, Cantor would make contributions to the musical project ミラクルミュージカル, spearheaded by Joe Hawley of Tally Hall. He performed vocals alongside Hawley for both the single "Variations on a Cloud," released on September 11, 2012, and for the track "Time Machine" from the album ''Hawaii: Part IIIII'', released on December 12 of the same year.<ref>{{cite web |last=Larson|first=Sarah|url=https://dakotastudent.com/14002/arts-comm/hawaii-part-ii-album-review/|title=Hawaii: Part II Album Review|website=[[Dakota Student]]|date=November 9, 2020|accessdate=August 23, 2023}}</ref>

===Viral videos===

Since 2011, Cantor has worked on multiple viral projects, including songs and corresponding [[viral videos]], posted on his [[SoundCloud]] and YouTube pages. In 2012, he released the [[comedy music|comedy songs]] "[[Christian Bale]] Is at Your Party" and "[[Shia LaBeouf (song)|Shia LaBeouf]]" (also known as "Actual Cannibal Shia LaBeouf").<ref name=improper>{{cite magazine|last=Paltrowitz|first=Darren|date=April 7, 2014|title=Rob Cantor Is Not A Trampoline, Even If His Career Seems Like One|url=http://www.theimproper.com/music/11848/rob-cantor-trampoline-career/|magazine=The Improper|access-date=August 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150806120802/http://www.theimproper.com:80/music/11848/rob-cantor-trampoline-career |archive-date=August 6, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In the latter, Cantor narrates a story about the actor [[Shia LaBeouf]] as a [[Human cannibalism|cannibal]]istic [[serial killer]]. Cantor posted a demo of the song to his SoundCloud page, from which it spread virally.<ref name=MTV/>

On July 1, 2014, Cantor posted a [[YouTube]] video titled "29 Celebrity Impressions, 1 Original Song", in which he and his friend from Tally Hall, Andrew Horowitz performed Cantor's song "[[Perfect (Rob Cantor song)|Perfect]]" in 29 different celebrity [[Impressionist (entertainment)|impressions]]. A week later, he released a [[making-of]] video, demonstrating that the act was a [[hoax]] done through audio and video editing, and in fact featuredwith 11 different impressionists dubbing over his voice.<ref>{{cite journal|title=29 Celebrity Impressions Music Video Was a Hoax; Singer Reveals 'Making Of' Video|journal=[[TheWrap]]|last=Sneider|first=Jeff|url=http://www.thewrap.com/29-celebrity-impressions-music-video-was-a-hoax-singer-reveals-making-of-video/|date=July 9, 2014|access-date=August 6, 2015}}</ref>

On October 21, 2014, Cantor posted a video titled "'Shia LaBeouf' – Live", the music video to his 2012 song of the same name. The video is a mockup of a live performance, featuring numerous dancers and performers, primarily the [[Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles]], the West Los Angeles Children's Choir, and the Argus Quartet. At the end of the video, the actor Shia LaBeouf is seen applauding the performance, in a parody of a scene from ''[[Citizen Kane]]''.<ref name=MTV>{{cite journal|title=Here's How You Get Shia LaBeouf in Your Cannibal Music Video|journal=[[MTV News]]|last=Fixell|first=Ethan|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1974586/shia-labeouf-cannibal-rob-cantor/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030100602/http://www.mtv.com/news/1974586/shia-labeouf-cannibal-rob-cantor/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 30, 2014|date=October 27, 2014|access-date=August 6, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Shia LaBeouf Doesn't Mind Being Called a Cannibal|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|last=Worland|first=Justin|url=httphttps://time.com/3537818/shia-labeouf-cannibal/|date=October 24, 2014|access-date=August 6, 2015}}</ref><ref name=NYdaily>{{cite journal|title=Shia LaBeouf gives his approval to wacky 'cannibal' music video|journal=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]|last=Ramisetti|first=Kirthana|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/shia-labeouf-appears-cannibal-music-video-article-1.1983818|date=October 22, 2014|access-date=August 6, 2015}}</ref> Cantor has stated that the video took four months to organize and one day to shoot, and that it was worked on by 161 people, including Cantor's former musical collaborators Zubin Sedghi, Bora Karaca and Zach Krasman.<ref name=NYdaily/> The video was [[nominated]] for best "Individual Short or Episode (Online Film & Video)" at the [[Webby Awards|19th Annual [[Webby Awards]] and won.<ref>{{cite web |last=Muscarella|first=Anne|url=https://www.webbyawards.com/press/press-releases/vice-jimmy-fallon-oscar-selfie-like-a-girl-campaign-tinder-vine-michelle-phan-tyler-oakley-spotify-refinery-29-product-hunt-hbo-go-and-more-unveiled-as-19th-annual-webby-award-nominees/|title=19TH ANNUAL WEBBY AWARDS NOMINEES ANNOUNCED|website=[[The Webby Awards]]|date=April 7, 2015|accessdate=August 23, 2023}}</ref>

===''Not a Trampoline'' and other work===

During Tally Hall's hiatus, Cantor has focused on his solo career, working as a commercial songwriter and eventually releasing a solo album, ''Not a Trampoline'', in 2014.<ref name=improper/><ref>{{cite interview |last=Cantor |first=Rob |interviewer=Rick Florino |title=Interview:Rob Cantor |url=https://www.artistdirect.com/rob-cantor/interviews/interview-rob-cantor/3471|periodical=[[Artistdirect]]|date=June 1, 2014|access-date=August 1, 2023}}</ref> Cantor later worked with [[Intel]] in 2016 in a promotion for True Key.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kulp|first=Patrick|url=https://mashable.com/article/intel-security-commercial|title=Intel tries to make online security fun with commercial full of Internet stars|website=[[Mashable]]|date=April 12, 2016|accessdate=September 24, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=O'Reilly|first=Lara|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/intel-nobody-else-quite-like-you-rob-cantor-ad-2016-4|title=Intel 'Nobody Else Quite Like You' Rob Cantor Ad|website=[[Business Insider]]|date=April 13, 2016|accessdate=August 23, 2023}}</ref>

In recent years, Cantor has done a notable amount of work with several [[Disney Television Animation|Disney TVA]] properties – contributing his musical talents to the soundtracks of multiple shows, including [[s̴̨̡̢̢̡̛̟̣͙̪̟̟̜̼̜̗̫̜̝͓̥̖͚͍̫̝̼̙̗̬̳͇̯̰̰̱̻̳̙̥͈̻͖̀̿̋̄̋̃́̐͆͗̇̔͛̾̿͑́̌̂͑͒́͑̕̚͜͜͝͝͝͝a̴̡͈̤̤̞̱͈̜͎̣̤̦̘̦̗͍̼̙̠̟̗̙̹̬̞̥͚̲͉̠̻̼̠̠̮̪̗̹̼̲̩̿̂̐͒̑́͋̈͊̔̓̈́̎̾̈́͑͊̍͐̊̄̇̆̃̑̀̇͝͠͝͝ͅn̸̡̡̧̧̢̡̢̧̜͖͈̜͙̳̼̳̦̭͎̼̺̥̺̯̝͍̬̱͖̳̙̙͖̲̤̥̬͙̖̗͉̳̩̥͇̋̇̉͗̄̉̍̂̀͗͊̉̈̀̍̂͒͐̓͂́̌̌͌̈̾͛̕̚͜͜͠ͅͅt̸̨̧͍̖̯̳͍͔̩̩͓̬͚͓̺͉̺̹͉͔̩͇̩̼̼̼̦̥͇̖̥͑͋̋̀̆̈́̇̀̂̊̉̇͌̊͜͝͝ạ̶̡͚̟̘̬̱̜̱̱̟̬͈͍̲͚̤͔̝̱͇͖͕͕̣͎͉̝̮͔̙̜͕͔̞̩̜͎̠͎͆̅̌̇̒̓̿͐͛͌̅̕͘͠͝ͅn̷̡̛͕͉̗̼̱̯̻͚̈́̈́̎̈̂̄͛̉̊̈́̓͛̀̚ͅa̸̢̡̡̨̢̡̛̠̣̲͕̲̺̪̹̙̝̼͖̤͉̮̦̲̺͕̭̼̰̹̔͂́̅̑̇̇͌̊̾̆͊̓̍̉͂̃̃͒̀̾̽̽̂̏̆̃̒̐̑̽̔͊̀̽̉̌̀͝͝͠Disney ̶̨̡̡̢̡̢̢̨̛̛̮̱̞̭͎̙̻̥͇͓̺̘͖̠̳͕̗͓͙͎̮̹͍̠̋̋̐͒̆͒̉́̆͒̅́̋͆͆͗̃̽̅̈̋͌͑̈́̃̎̅́̍̊̐̅͐̊̀̈́̈́́̀̈́̚̚͜͠͝ͅh̴̨̡̧̭̳̭͇̞̰̟̳̭͕̙̳̄͑̎̽̆̂̐̒͊̆̔͜õ̷̢̧̨̡͕̣̲̞͙̖̳̦̮͕̖͇̲̺̦̥̗͔̇̃̐̆̃͜g̸̢̹̪̮̠͕̬̩͓̳̫̻͎̮͖̼͈̳̳͇͉͇̬̺̱̺̼̬̦̮̞͙̫̣̼̩̈́̾͌̽̄́̆̈́̋̅́͗̐́̈̊͐͒̎͋̓̅͒̽̕̕͝ͅͅͅͅl̴̢̬̼̳̻̠̻̤̠̫̦̖̫̗̭̻̗̥̱͍̟̹̟̲̱̙͈̣̽̿̆̆͒̒͑̎͋̿̀̓̍͘e̴͉̻̘̎̀̌͛́ ̸̡̧͇̼͍̒̉͋͊͂̀͐̀́̇̓̓͋̂͐̑̒͒̈́̐̓̎̈́̿̓͆̎̿̐̒̋́̅̈́̐̋̀̎́̍̾̕̚͘͝͝͠͠͝͝h̸̛̛̘̮̟̘̬̠͎̫̬̭̤̭̮͙̪̦̖̭̙́̓̀̍̏͗́͆̐̅̓́̊̿̀͂̚͜͜͜͝͝ͅͅͅg̷͙̯̩̞̰̣͙̬̦̘͉͓͇̫͉̻͊̐̒̾̐̐̌́̓̒̊̀̓̈́̈́̋͐̈́̅͐͑̒͑̂̚͠͝͠͝͝͠é̶̢̡͚͇̙̭̰̭̰̞͇̈́̏͗̌̉̓̏̏͋͊̈̈̽̈́̋̕̚̚͝ļ̶̧̛̞̝͉͎̫͍͚̳̽̊̈́̎̄̏̊́̂͂̈́́̓͌͑̈́͛̌͗̐̕͘͜͠͝l̷̛̻̘̈̑͒̌̈̐̔̕Junior]]'s ''[[T.O.T.S.]]'' and [[Disney Channel]]'s ''[[The Ghost and Molly McGee]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Palmer|first=Roger|url=https://whatsondisneyplus.com/disney-junior-orders-a-second-season-of-t-o-t-s/|title=Disney Junior Orders A Second Season of 'T.O.T.S.'|website=What's On Disney Plus|date=May 8, 2019|accessdate=August 23, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Zahed|first=Ramin|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/05/pupstruction-to-wag-its-tail-on-disney-channel-disney-jr-and-disney-in-june/|title='Pupstruction' to Wag Its Tail on Disney Channel, Disney Jr. and Disney+ in June|website=[[Animation Magazine]]|date=May 3, 2023|accessdate=August 23, 2023}}</ref> He frequently partners with [[Genevieve Goings]] in producing Disney-affiliated nursery rhymes, lullabies, and other simple children's songs, and ''The Ghost and Molly McGee'' features one-minute Cantor originals once per each episode.<ref>{{cite web |last=Higuera|first=Diego|url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/sdcc-22-the-ghost-and-molly-mcgee-panel/|title=SDCC '22: Disney haunts San Diego Comic Con with THE GHOST AND MOLLY MCGEE|website=[[Comics Beat]]|date=July 24, 2022|accessdate=August 23, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Betti|first=Tony|url=https://www.laughingplace.com/w/news/2023/08/15/disney-junior-wonderful-world-of-songs-2/|title=Disney Junior's "The Wonderful World of Songs" To Debut August 16th|website=Laughing Place|date=August 15, 2023|accessdate=August 23, 2023}}</ref> Cantor also contributed the song "I Stand by Your Side" to the soundtrack of 2023 film ''[[River Wild (2023 film)|River Wild]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hough|first=Quinn|url=https://vaguevisages.com/2023/08/05/river-wild-soundtrack-netflix-songs/|title=River Wild Soundtrack: Every Song in the 2023 Movie|website=Vague Visages|date=August 5, 2023|accessdate=August 27, 2023}}</ref>

==References==

{{reflist}}

* {{Rob Cantor Music}}

{{Tally Hall}}

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