DVSN is stepping right into a contemporary chapter, one stuffed with creativity, dialog, and a collaborative spark centered within the Peach State’s tradition capital.
Contemporary off new releases and a headline-making Jermaine Dupri signing, DVSN’sDaniel Daley sat down with BOSSIP to debate the group’s sonic shifts, the so-called “toxicity” tied to their catalog, and their upcoming one-night-only live performance in Washington, D.C.
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Though the present set for November 30 takes place within the nation’s capital, the Canadian shared that he’s really residing and thriving within the Soiled South, collaborating on new music with Jermaine Dupri and embracing Atlanta’s mix of tradition and profession potentialities.
“The great thing about having the ability to be in a metropolis that has as a lot of a enjoyable aspect because it does a aspect the place you possibly can really prosper and do some precise work and enterprise, Atlanta is the perfect stability for that,” he instructed Managing Editor Dani Canada.
And whereas town’s relationship scene is infamous for its chaos, Daley insists DVSN by no means got down to fire up extra “poisonous” tales with hits like “Poisonous” or the viral anthem “If I Get Caught.”
As an alternative, he instructed BOSSIP that the purpose has at all times been communication as a substitute of piling on the toxicity that tendencies on-line and in group chats.
“It was by no means about bringing toxicity,” he instructed BOSSIP. “We have been making an attempt to carry forth a dialog. These develop into the perfect relationships—once you meet somebody that you simply’re snug saying the stuff you wouldn’t say in entrance of different individuals.”
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He defined that DVN’s final album, Engaged on My Karma, was constructed like a journey.
“Some individuals sort of received caught up on the first track,” he laughed, noting that the undertaking really strikes from conceitedness to accountability, apology, and development.
“Lots of people have a look at us like we’re the final standing hope for love, for emotional intelligence within the music,” he added. “We’re the blokes that attempt to say that factor that you simply wanted to be stated on the time you wanted to listen to it.”
Followers can anticipate to listen to extra from the group now that DVSN has formally signed to Jermaine Dupri, changing into the primary act signed to Dupri’s new joint label enterprise with HYBE. Dupri made headlines in 2022 when he fiercely defended DVN’s “If I Get Caught”, the observe he co-produced alongside DVSN’s Nineteen85 and Bryan Michael Cox.
When followers took problem with the track’s lyrics and perceived message, JD dubbed the critics “musically blind” as a result of they’d by no means listened to Blues tracks for reference.
“The individuals I see with one thing dangerous to say about ‘If I Get Caught’ I’m positive have by no means listened to blues,” Dupri tweeted. “And should you by no means listened to blues. you then’re musically blind in my e-book and you’ll’t see what we did.”
Now within the current day, Daley is asking the group’s official signing to Jermaine Dupri a full-circle second with a consolation stage alone that made the choice a no brainer.
“Consolation was most likely the most important factor,” the artist beforehand signed to Drake’s OVO Sound instructed BOSSIP. We received actually brother-style shut engaged on the final album. Jermaine being somebody we really received actually snug with, he received a brand new state of affairs, and his first transfer was like, ‘Yo, why don’t we simply do that?’”
Now with Dupri on board, the duo is leaning deeper into their core sound. Their newest single, “Excited,” which flips Floetry’s “Say Sure,” is already resonating with longtime listeners.
“That’s our DNA,” stated Daley. “Folks say it sounds just like the previous us, however for us that simply means we sound like us.”
Their sensual follow-up, “Love On You,” earned early comparisons to Marvin Gaye’s “Sexual Therapeutic,” which is excessive reward that Daley doesn’t take flippantly. “The world wants some love proper now,” he defined, sharing why they needed to launch one thing heat and emotionally centered.
DVSN is channeling that very same intimacy into their upcoming one-night-only live performance in Washington, D.C., a uncommon full-length present.
“It’s the one full-fledged front-to-back DVSN live performance we’ll be doing in North America for the entire of 2025,” stated Daley. “We did a smaller venue. We needed it to be like you possibly can attain out and contact… Everybody will get that very same feeling of closeness.”
Although his manufacturing accomplice Nineteen85 missed the Atlanta chat as a result of flight points amid the federal government shutdown, the duo will reunite for the D.C. efficiency earlier than heading to South Africa for his or her first exhibits on the continent.
With chart-climbing singles, a cultural titan like Dupri of their nook, and a extremely anticipated live performance on the horizon, DVSN is closing out the 12 months with confidence and a dedication to connection; within the sales space and past.
