Grumpy Kitty Boy is the synth pop singer-songwriter project of Juro Kim Feliz. Studying composition at the University of the Philippines and McGill University, Feliz is a Golden Balangay Awards 2019 nominee (Excellence Award for Music and Entertainment), and has been a resident artist of the Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts (2018) and Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts (2019).

In 2018, Feliz decided that songwriting is the most appropriate channel to express his worldview: “Be authentic! Embrace the grumpy!” Latching on to the pouting cat emoji, Grumpy Kitty Boy was born in the confines of his studio and a hand-me-down Yamaha keyboard. Juro attempts to be in touch with deep, sober feelings about reality, often left ignored in people’s conception of emanating positivity. While his sound and lyricism emulates Owl City’s synth pop style, other musical influences also include The Midnight, Radiohead, Porcupine Tree, and the singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens.