What is "runaground"

RUNAGROUND (born Andrew Kirk, in High Point, NC) is an American electropop, artist, producer, and singer-songwriter.

RUNAGROUND became popular on YouTube in 2012 with his self-produced music video covers of chart topping songs such as " Wake Me Up", Avicii, " La La La" – Sam Smith / Naughty Boy, and many others, which generated over 40 million views. RUNAGROUND has accumulated a combined subscriber fan base of over 800k thousand dedicated listeners across YouTube and Google Plus alone, which have resulted in more than100 million combined plays online, and over 100 thousand units sold independently.

The RUNAGROUND stage name and moniker is derived from a story that Andrew's grandfather Frank experienced and retold about his navy ship, the LCI-G-580, running aground off the coast of the Philippines during WWII, just before entering what would later be recognized as the bloodiest battle in Naval history, the " Battle of Leyte Gulf.”