Samuel Virji, born in london, raised in witney out in oxfordshire. his father is a musician and teaches at the london centre of contemporary music, so it was around the house early.

he had been putting records out for years when a set he played at dj mag's office in august 2023 went round the internet and changed the scale of everything.

I've been working for years to build this thing, and then the DJ Mag set felt like it kickstarted it into a new realm.

dj mag, 11 june 2024

"If U Need It" followed that november and is past 130 million. he is now one of the names most responsible for uk garage landing in america, which nobody had managed before.

Same Day Cleaning, his album, arrived in september 2025 with Skepta, Giggs, Flowdan and Spice on it and MJ Cole, Chris Lake and salute among the producers. "Talk of the Town" with Fred again.. and Reggie went to eighteen in the uk that november.

I get so worked up over knowing that I'm in the spotlight, so it's been nice to have the lights off.

same interview

two nights at alexandra palace in april, and red rocks on 16 october.