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A song I made in a kitchen somehow traveled the world. When After Dark went viral (first on YouTube, then TikTok), it became something I could no longer control — and for once, that was okay.

The video that took off wasn’t even official. It was a fan’s passion project — Diana from Romania, editing scenes of Jennifer Connelly into a visual companion for my track. I watched it grow without interference. It felt like the music finally belonged to everyone else. And that was the point.

When the labels started calling, I didn’t chase the spotlight. I didn’t want to become the “viral guy.” I wanted to keep making music from a sincere place, not a strategic one. There’s pressure to reproduce the magic. To bottle it up. But for me, the value is in doing something that feels real — not something that checks a trend box.

I’ll always be proud of that moment — but I’ll never let it define me.