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| Destination | Link | |---|---| | SoundCloud | Play | | DAJAI Track Page | Open | | Artist | SoundCloud dajai-io · supercooldaj · Apple Music |
"Going Up" is a standalone single from Daj', the Las Vegas independent artist behind the DARK Library album cycle. It is not attached to an album, not part of a rollout, and not chasing a moment - it is a record that exists on its own terms, tracked at 1,405 plays on the Daj' sovereign catalog. That number will not be dressed up or rounded here. It is what it is, and it is worth sitting with for three minutes anyway, because a standalone drop tells you something an album cut cannot: what an artist sounds like when there is no concept to serve, just the song.
The Sound of This Cut
A standalone single carries a different kind of pressure than an album track. There is no Volume I framing, no Kabbalistic chapter title doing narrative work around it - "Going Up" has to stand on its title and its performance alone. That is a harder brief, and it is also a purer one. What you get with a single like this is Daj' without the concept album's scaffolding: a direct read on his voice, his pacing, his sense of when a hook needs to land. If you want to hear where Daj' is headed thematically and sonically at scale, DARK I is the map. If you want to hear him work without a map, "Going Up" is that.
Where It Sits in the Catalog
Daj' operates a genuinely unusual release structure for an independent artist: full studio albums distributed through formal channels (DARK I via one distributor, Too Dark via another), alongside a much larger and more informal catalog of standalone singles living on SoundCloud. "Going Up" belongs to that second lane. It sits outside the numbered chapters of the DARK Library and outside the 2025 Flight to Vegas 2 cycle - it is catalog work in the truest sense, one entry in a sovereign discography that runs into the thousands of tracks. Singles like Tax Season, Choose Sides, Heavy, Still Backie, Thats Sus, Okay, and Prczn occupy this same space: records that did not need an album to justify their existence.
The Sovereign Catalog and Independent Distribution
Daj' releases everything through direct distribution - UnitedMasters for DARK I, CDBaby for Too Dark - with no label intermediary sitting between the artist and the release. That structure extends down to a track like "Going Up," which lives inside a SoundCloud catalog built across two separate, real handles: @dajai-io and @supercooldaj. Those two accounts are legitimately summed rather than merged or inflated, and together they anchor a catalog of more than 14,000 tracks. That scale is the actual story behind a single like this one - it is not an isolated drop, it is one unit inside a much larger independent operation that Daj' has been building under his own name and his own Code Black Associates infrastructure, the publishing and culture entity behind his catalog. All 47 of his registered works sit with The MLC under his legal name, Daniel Dajai Stewart-Handy, at 100 percent total known shares - a publishing receipt that is independently verifiable, not a claim taken on faith.
Listening Data and How to Stream
"Going Up" is available to stream on SoundCloud now. As of this writing it is tracked at 1,405 plays with 8 likes on the platform - modest numbers for a modest release, stated plainly rather than inflated. That is consistent with how Daj' treats singles generally: they go up, they find whatever audience finds them, and they stay part of the permanent catalog rather than getting pulled or reworked. For listeners trying to get a fuller picture of where a track like this fits, the SoundCloud catalog itself is the source of truth - it holds the deep cuts that never got album placement alongside the singles that did.
FAQ
Is "Going Up" part of an album?
No. It is a standalone single, not attached to DARK I, Too Dark, Flight to Vegas 2, or any other Daj' project.
Where can I stream "Going Up"?
The track is available on SoundCloud, part of the Daj' sovereign catalog spanning two handles, @dajai-io and @supercooldaj.
Is Daj' signed to a label?
No. Daj' distributes independently - DARK I through UnitedMasters, Too Dark through CDBaby - with no label intermediary involved in either release.
How does a single like this fit into Daj's broader catalog?
It sits alongside other standalone singles like Tax Season, Choose Sides, Heavy, and Prczn, distinct from the formally distributed studio albums, inside a SoundCloud catalog that runs past 14,000 tracks total.
Track Intel
| Field | Value | |---|---| | Title | Daj' - Going Up | | Artist | DAJAI | | Album / context | Single | | Plays (tracked) | 1,405 | | Catalog likes (if any) | 8 | | Source desk | DAJAI sovereign catalog | | Release | n/a |
Filed by DAJAI Stewart · Music & Catalog Editor · @BackieDaj · MUSIC DRIP DESK