video for "Doused", which was released in September of that year. Smith was signed by Re:Quest Model Management in the summer of 2013, and along with Cara Delevingne, was photographed by Hedi Slimane for Saint Laurent's Fall 2013 campaign in May of that year. In June, he walked in Saint Laurent's spring 2014 menswear fashion show during Paris Fashion Week. Smith directed the music video for Sky Ferreira's song "Omanko", which was released in December 2014. In May 2015, Smith was featured in an episode of Noisey's "Under the Influence" series detailing the influence of krautrock on contemporary music. Smith walked in Saint Laurent's Spring 2016 menswear runway show in June 2015. DIIV released their second studio album, Is the Is Are, on February 5, 2016, and then on October 4, 2019, their third album, Deceiver. Musical style and influences Smith's work with DIIV has been described as krautrock, post-punk and shoegaze. Smith's favorite albums include Arthur Russell's Love Is Overtaking Me (2008), Red Krayola's The Parable of Arable Land (1967) and Faust's The Faust Tapes (1973). The songs on Oshin were influenced by German psychedelic bands such as Kluster, La Düsseldorf, Neu! and Can. Additionally, Smith cited Nirvana and world music as sources of inspiration. According to Smith, Is the Is Are was influenced by Elliott Smith and Royal Trux. Philanthropy On July 9, 2014, DIIV performed as Ferreira's opening act at a concert benefiting the David Lynch Foundation. The proceeds went to support "Transcendental Meditation (TM) programs for at-risk students; veterans with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) [sic]; women who are survivors of domestic violence; American Indians suffering from diabetes; the homeless and incarcerate." As part of a fundraiser for the "immersive theater performance" Houseworld, DIIV offered to re-enact a donor’s dream in exchange for a donation of $10,000 in October 2015. Personal life In 2004, Smith began attending Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts to study music and film. He never graduated or produced a final DIV III. He worked construction and landscaping jobs in Northampton. Smith landed a job at Angelica Kitchen, an East Village restaurant that’s been serving vegan food to artists and hippies since the ’70s. Through work, he started connecting with New York’s thriving underground music scene. If hungry musicians came in looking for free food, Smith would share what he could. While he’d played guitar since he was a small child, even starting a