![]() "Someone can make something, put it on TikTok and it can be huge around the whole world in a week, which is just mind-blowing." "I think songs can become very big very quickly, which is really exciting," James commented on music's changing landscape which he believes has "balanced out the opportunity for everybody." Nowadays, the music charts are somewhat influenced by social media platforms such as TikTok which dictate what's on trend and this is what happened when "Ferrari" became a trending song on the video platform, with over 32,000 videos using the song - including Ferrari's official TikTok at Chicago ❤️ This includes remixing tracks from chart toppers Joel Corry, Clean Bandit, Mabel along with global talents such as Meduza and Bruno Mars. Making music of his own for a couple of years eventually led to James having enough hype around him (pardon the pun) to “become a real-life artist,” and he has been making music and DJing around the world ever since. Given he was playing sets every night, the DJ producer noted how he was in a “really unique position” where he was able to make something, test it and get immediate feedback straightaway. I think most people end up working a full-time job and making music on the side.”Ī few years passed when James decided to make music himself because he “felt like there was music that needed to be made that I could hear in my head and it didn't exist.” “I feel like people getting into DJing in very different ways and the way I did is actually quite rare. “I was very fortunate in that I was able to make a living from what I loved from a very young age,” he said. CCMMĪfter honing his skills, James booked his first paid solo DJ gig at a bar where he “kind of progressed from there" as he improved by playing small bars and clubs around Liverpool and eventually went on to become a resident DJ. James Hype's track "Ferrari" hit number six in the UK music charts. "It was probably quite a unique musical journey with some weird choices." ![]() With that, a young James asked his mum “for ages and ages” if she could buy him some decks and ended up getting a second-hand pair of vinyl turntables where he was “mixing the new music that I bought with like the old stuff that she had on her vinyl collection. And I was like, ‘What's he do? He looks cool.' And I realised he was DJ,” James recalled. “When I was 15 years old, I remember I saw a guy standing at the back of a music video be able to use two turntables. He added: “Even though I love everyone who listens to my music wherever in the world they are but as a British guy when the when the Brits are listening to it, it makes me extra proud.”įor James, his love of DJing and music began as a curious teenager. “So it's been an interesting journey but my whole team are British so we were so grateful when we saw that the UK was catching up to Ferrari that was that was really special for us.” ![]() “The UK was actually one of the last places to start listening to Ferrari which is crazy because obviously I'm a British guy and signed to a British record label and all that,” the 32-year-old said. ![]() “And it’s moved around Europe becoming a hit in every single place.”īrits soon followed suit in showing some love for "Ferrari", as it reached #6 in the UK charts. "Two weeks after that it was the number one record in Belgium and two weeks after that it was in one record in Italy. “'Ferrari' is an interesting record because shortly after it came out it became the number-one record in the Netherlands. ![]() Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter If you have turned on your car radio or partied in a nightclub this summer, there is no doubt you would have heard the sports car dance banger as the tune featuring Miggy Dela Rosa has racked up over 251,900,000 Spotify streams.Īs a result, the song climbed up the charts in different European countries since its release back in March this year and has achieved #1 in Italy (home of Ferrari, of course), #1 in the Netherlands (don’t tell Max Verstappen), #2 in Belgium, and Top 10 in Germany. English DJ and music producer James Hype shot onto the music scene with platinum-selling, UK Top 10 debut single "More Than Friends" in 2017 and this year he’s returned once more with one of the biggest dance tracks of the year “Ferrari”. ![]()
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