Nicolás Pablo Rivera Muñoz, whose parents are of Chilean origin, grew up in Bergen. He attended secondary school at Kongshaug Musikkgymnas, a music boarding school in nearby Os. He began the "Boy Pablo" project in December 2015, and first received attention in Norway in 2016, receiving a Bergenfest scholarship.[1][2][3]

Muñoz's breakout moment proved to be the widespread attention in 2017 towards the song and music video for "Everytime", originally uploaded to YouTube in May 2017. Within a few...