David Kushner

"Daylight" is the latest release from Chicago-born, LA-based artist David Kushner. It earned tens of millions of streams on release day. With the official numbers a week later, the track landed at #3 in the UK and #48 on the US Hot 100, marking his first time on the US chart.

The singer-songwriter had managed to enter the UK chart once before with the TikTok-fueled rise of “Miserable Man” featured on his debut EP, Footprints I Found. It topped out at #39, but “Daylight” has enjoyed success of a different caliber. This time, fans were ready and waiting for the release, which Kushner had long been teasing. 

In addition to the fan response, the track has put him in the company of one of his biggest influences: Lewis Capaldi. Kushner opened for the BRIT Award-winner in front of 30,000 people at Chepstow Racecourse in Wales.

In an interview with The Evening Standard, Kushner commented on the song’s reception: “It's so hard to explain. It's everything I've wanted and more. It just reminds me of where I started, where I came from, and why I'm doing what I'm doing.”

The young artist is just getting started and is in the studio working on his upcoming album. The debut sees Kushner joining forces with several iconic artists and producers, including The Lumineers’ Wesley Schultz, David Baron (Matt Maeson, Shania Twain), and 2x Grammy Award-nominee Rob Kirwan (Hozier, PJ Harvey, U2).

Kushner's emotionally charged songs touched an immediate chord with listeners around the globe, earning featured placement on the coveted Spotify “Roots Rising” playlist while quickly racking up more than 700M streams in under one year.

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