Dominique Releases Debut Single “You’re A Star (Get On Up)”

This month’s feature is an interview with Dominique about the new release of his debut single entitled “You’re A Star (Get On Up). This interview is provided courtesy of its author, Brian Hug, and Project Publicity.

As Brian says in his interview, “Dominique has spent most of his life at the piano. Raised on the East Side of Columbus, Ohio, he was picking out melodies by ear at three years old and went on to serve as principal bassoonist in the Columbus Symphony Youth Orchestra as a teenager, building a career as a classically trained pianist and composer. But his debut vocal single, “You’re a Star (Get on Up),” out now on all major streaming platforms, comes from a different place entirely; a period of his life he calls the hardest he’s ever lived through.

After losing both of his parents to cancer in quick succession, Dominique found himself unmoored, eventually experiencing homelessness and addiction. “You’re a Star (Get on Up)” was written on the edge of his bed roughly two and a half hours before he walked into the studio to record it, at the tail end of that period: part reckoning, part reminder to himself to get back up.

The single arrives with an unusually wide footprint. Alongside the original track, co-produced with electronic producer Velvet Code (whose credits include remix work on Lady Gaga’s Chromatica), the release rolls out across UK house, Afrobeats, Latin fusion reggaeton, disco, Afro house, tropical house, melodic house, funky house, and tech house versions, with additional remixes following on October 9 and October 16.”

Click HERE to read Brian Hug’s interview with Dominique.