After serving as a principal songwriter for sophomoric New York garage rock band the Beets, Juan Wauters embarked on a solo career that explored far more stripped-down moods. Recording minimal songs often centered on just his voice and acoustic guitar, Wauters sings his light and child-like tunes in both Spanish and English on albums like 2014's NAP: North American Poetry and 2019's highly collaborative travelog La Onda de Juan Pablo. After teaming with Mac DeMarco on 2021's eclectic Real Life Situations, he took an introspective turn on 2023's Wandering Rebel, an album that found Wauters assessing the way his life had changed over the years.