I hadn't even finished the song. Just something I'd been working on for 20 minutes. A few weeks later, 7,000 people had saved it.
People are probably going to hate on me for this, but I wanted to tell the story anyway.
This time last year, I didn't use TikTok at all. It was full of negativity, negative people. I didn't see how it fitted into my life or my career. So when I had a single coming out, the record label would post on my behalf.
Then halfway through this year, something switched in my head. I think I was listening to Gary Vee. I decided I was going to start using TikTok as a testing ground — to get instant feedback for new DJ transitions, new music.
One night I was in Vegas, in my old apartment, and I'd made a quick idea of a track. UK garage chords, vocals I'd written with some friends all the way back in 2016. I posted this raw clip on TikTok. I hadn't even finished the song. Just something I'd been working on for 20 minutes.
A few weeks later, I saw someone comment on one of my other posts asking about a track called B-Mine. So I went back to the post I'd made in Vegas — 7,000 people had saved it. After that, more and more people started using the sound on their TikToks. Bear in mind, I hadn't even finished the track. It was a rough idea about 30 seconds long.
I told my manager what had happened and we decided I should finish the track and release it.
So I guess I've got to say — thank you, TikTok. This is kind of a message to myself, to be open to new things and find how they work for me. B-Mine's out right now.
