The artist explained his songs are based on a manga he created about a detective with a murderous alter ego named "Itami," which means "pain" in Japanese. Police have not named D4vd as a person of interest or suspect, and there is no evidence currently linking him to the teen's death. In the video, D4vd, whose real name is David Anthony Burke, 20, explains the origin of his alter ego in his most popular song, "Romantic Homicide." In his "Rehab" music video, D4vd revisits the alter ego character in an animation. Amid the ongoing investigation, D4vd canceled the remainder of his "Withered" world tour both in the U.S. and abroad.