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| Destination | Link | |---|---| | SoundCloud | Play | | Artist | SoundCloud dajai-io · supercooldaj · Apple Music |
BRAND NEW is not a Daj' record. It is a Bino Rideaux song featuring Blxst, posted on Bino Rideaux's own SoundCloud page, and it lives in Daj's favorites. This page is written from the listener's side. The upload shows 3,351,523 plays and is tagged hip-hop.
Favorites are where an artist's taste shows without a filter. Nobody curates their saved tracks for an audience. So when a Las Vegas independent whose own catalog leans dark and heavy saves a duet called BRAND NEW, it is worth asking what he hears in it.
A Title About Starting Over
BRAND NEW is a two-word promise of change: new car, new status, new start, new version of yourself. It is one of the most repeated ideas in rap because it is the story every artist is trying to tell, the move from where you were to where you are. The title is simple enough to shout and wide enough to mean something different to every listener.
That theme lines up with the kind of work Daj' takes on in his own albums. His biggest project, DARK I - Outwitting the Devil, released on April 7, 2026, maps each chapter to Napoleon Hill's 1938 manuscript about breaking old habits and taking control of your own direction. A song about becoming brand new sits naturally in the favorites of someone building an album cycle around that idea.
The Duet Format
A featured verse changes a song. Two voices on one record give the listener contrast, a second perspective, and a reason to replay the track to catch both. This page does not describe how the two artists split the song or who handled the production, because those details are not part of the information here. The credit line is enough to show that the format is a collaboration.
For an independent artist who mostly works solo, saving strong collaborations is also study. It is how you learn what a feature adds and when a second voice lifts a record.
The Scale Between Two Worlds
At 3,351,523 plays, this single upload is a much bigger number than any individual Daj' single on his newer handle, where 2026 uploads often sit around 300 plays each. His full archive, 14,030 SoundCloud tracks across @supercooldaj and @dajai-io, adds up to about 9.39 million deduplicated plays, with roughly 8.42 million on the older handle and 0.86 million on the newer one.
That comparison is not a knock on either side. It shows what one widely shared record can do, and it frames the independent catalog honestly: steady plays built up across years and thousands of uploads.
The Listener's Own Operation
Daj' is a Las Vegas rapper who distributes direct, through UnitedMasters or CDBaby depending on the release, with no label intermediary. The MLC lists 47 of his works under DANIEL DAJAI STEWART-HANDY at 100% Total Known Shares, all checkable at portal.themlc.com. DARK I was mastered by Solana Conejo, and its stems were published as intellectual property under Code Black CBA, the athletics and culture brand in his orbit. Streamers University, his creator education project, rounds out the public side.
Why It Belongs in the Graph
Most of Daj's own titles lean dark, from Dark and Too Dark in 2024 to the DARK Library itself. A smooth, optimistic record like BRAND NEW in his favorites is a reminder that what an artist listens to is often wider than what he releases. Influences do not have to match the output to shape it.
There is also a craft lesson in the save for anyone watching how independent artists grow. Smooth, melodic records that connect widely usually do a few things well: a hook built from ordinary words, a steady tempo that does not fight the vocal, and a mood that stays consistent from start to finish. Studying those records does not mean copying them. It means understanding why they travel, so that the darker, heavier work can borrow the parts that help people press replay.
Where to Listen
BRAND NEW is on SoundCloud, on Bino Rideaux's page, at 3,351,523 plays. Play it, then play one of Daj's darker singles right after. The contrast is the lesson: the same idea of becoming new can sound bright on one record and heavy on another.
FAQ
How do I listen to BRAND NEW (feat. Blxst)?
Right now SoundCloud carries BRAND NEW (feat. Blxst), with the dajai.io page for BRAND NEW (feat. Blxst) holding its links.
Who made BRAND NEW (feat. Blxst)?
BRAND NEW (feat. Blxst) is by Daj' (DAJAI), a Las Vegas independent who runs his own catalog end to end.
Does BRAND NEW (feat. Blxst) belong to an album?
No album run claims BRAND NEW (feat. Blxst) - it holds its own slot in the catalog.
Track Intel
| Field | Value | |---|---| | Title | BRAND NEW (feat. Blxst) | | Artist | Bino Rideaux | | Album / context | Hip Hop | | Plays (tracked) | 3,351,523 | | Catalog likes (if any) | 0 | | Source desk | SoundCloud favorites / likes graph | | Release | n/a |
Filed by DAJAI Stewart · Music & Catalog Editor · @BackieDaj · MUSIC DRIP DESK