Scanlan grew up in
Mount Laurel and graduated from
Lenape High School in
Burlington County, New Jersey. He worked at
Best Buy as a customer service representative in New Jersey until the loss of his cloud-based music and followers led him to start down a new path. Scanlan was diagnosed with
Asperger's syndrome, which he says interfered with his ability to make friends and read social cues. As a result, he was victim of
ableist bullying in middle school. releasing one album,
Propaganda. He was a part of the musical duo "Monsters with Tiny Mustaches" alongside his partner MHKAZ. He became involved with dance music in 2013, using "DJ Swoon" as an alias. One of his
SoundCloud posts as DJ Swoon was taken down due to SoundCloud's automatic copyright system, having his account permanently deleted. Shortly after the takedown of his previous alias, Scanlan decided to start a new musical project, dedicated to his more light-hearted and future bass sound, releasing his remix of
Zedd and
Selena Gomez's "
I Want You to Know", which was his first official project under the stage name "Slushii". == Career ==