INJI is here and it's "Nice To Meet Ya"

Sunday 28th July 2024

Release date: Out now Label: AWAL Recordings

**INJI,** born Inci Gurun and raised in Turkey, is a 22-year-old artist & songwriter based in New York. INJI’s passion for music spawns from her early days of piano lessons at The Istanbul University State Conservatory and touring Italy performing classical and jazz music. During the pandemic, INJI leaned into her love of electronic/house music and launched her solo career with the smash single “GASLIGHT.” Most recently, INJI took part in the Samsung x Tik Tok Campaign with Nile Rodgers, highlighting her hit single “GASLIGHT” around the release of their new Galaxy Buds.

Released independently, “GASLIGHT” has already amassed millions of streams, was added to SiriusXM Tik Tok Radio, reached Top 10 on the Tik Tok charts and received heavy editorial playlisting across Spotify, Apple, TIDAL and Amazon Music including massive playlists like New Music Friday, Big On The Internet, Breaking Pop and Zane Lowe’s Personal Apple Playlist. Tik Tok promoted INJI with a Global Sounds Page Banner for GASLIGHT as the single had another a viral moment on Tik Tok with over 4M+ creates to date on the official sound, garnering over 14 billion views:  https://www.tiktok.com/music/GASLIGHT-7086563693013518338

INJI released her second single “MADELINE” and quickly racked up 4M+ views and 625K+ Likes on Tik Tok in under 24 hours, you can watch the viral video HERE. MADELINE has been played dozens of times on BBC Radio1 and received New Music Friday placement as well as many other editorial playlists across Apple, Spotify, Tidal, and Youtube. Listen to the single here: https://lnk.to/INJI-MADELINE. The has also been added to SiriusXM Hitbound, The Pop Off, and Jack Saunders’ BBC1 Next Wave. In March 2023 it was announced that UK dance tastemakers MK and Lee Foss will be doing the official remix for her next single “THE ONE,” and INJI joined Lee Foss for his most recent live show where the remix was debuted for the first time.

Her most recent single, “BELLYDANCING” has been streamed over 30M+ times and is topping playlists on Apple Music, Spotify and Amazon. The viral videos teasing the song have already been viewed over 50M+ times, leading her to chart as the #1 song on Spotify’s Turkey Top 50 List, with over 280,000 Shazams globally in the first week, and 10M views on the Official Music Video. As the follow up single to her critically acclaimed debut EP, “LFG,” BELLYDANCING is proving to be INJI’s global breakthrough hit. Coming off of her sold out shows in NYC, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, and Istanbul INJI is preparing for a huge year in 2024.

Craig & Scott

Posted by Craig Jones