Yung Singh Makes the Leap From Selector to Producer, and “Bloom” Is a Gorgeous First Step
The selector who went viral for his sets steps into the producer’s chair for the first time, and turns a lifetime of digging into a debut EP that feels personal, playful, and proudly rooted.
For years we have watched Yung Singh light up rooms with other people’s records. “Bloom” is the sound of him deciding to make his own, and it turns out he has been sitting on a whole world of ideas.
“This is not a DJ dabbling in production. It is someone who clearly waited until he had something to say.”
The Moment a DJ Becomes an Artist
There is a particular kind of nervous excitement in a first record from someone who has spent years around music without making their own. You can hear it all over “Bloom.” Yung Singh spent a long time as a selector, the person trusted to read a room and pull exactly the right record at exactly the right time, and that instinct is stamped into everything here. The difference is that this time the records are his.
What we love is how unhurried it feels. “Bloom” does not try to prove everything at once. It moves with the confidence of someone who already knows how a dancefloor breathes, and it uses that knowledge to build tracks that feel like they were made by a fan first and a producer second.
Roots You Can Actually Hear
The heart of “Bloom” is the way Yung Singh folds Panjabi sound into a club framework without ever treating it like a novelty. One track leans on a rhythm that generations will recognise instantly, and he turns it into something you can lose yourself to at two in the morning. It is heritage handled with love, not as a museum piece but as living, moving material.
Even the artwork carries that intention. The title comes from Phulkari, the flower-work embroidery made in his own family, and once you know that, the whole EP clicks into place. “Bloom” is exactly what it says it is. Something growing out of where he comes from.
A Beginning, Not a Statement
The best thing we can say about “Bloom” is that it feels like a door opening rather than a box being checked. Yung Singh has launched it on his own new label, a home he built specifically to hold this kind of music, and the whole thing reads like the first chapter of something much bigger.
We have a soft spot for records made by people who clearly could not not make them. This is one of those. Put it on, let it run, and keep an eye on where he goes next.
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