24kGoldn’s Escapist Yet Melancholy ‘Mood’ Moves the Masses

variety.com:

Charlie Amter Rapper, singer and songwriter 24kGoldn (real name: Golden Landis Von Jones) is in a sunny mood. Naturally, the 19-year-old has good reason to smile this season, even though summer is nearly over, as his latest single featuring Iann Dior, “Mood,” has been a surprise hit: with over 110 million streams on Spotify alone since its release in late July and a Top 10 showing in the United States at radio this week (the song is also Top 5 in the UK currently).“Right from the jump, I knew ‘Mood’ was gonna be huge because I’d never had a song debut so strong,” the San Francisco-born artist tells Variety.  “With [past singles] ‘City of Angels’ and ‘Valentino’ it took months for them to take off, so when I saw it start strong without.