Key Takeaways:

• Jacobdior’s mixes and mashups — notably a rework of Total’s “Kissin’ You” — caught Megan Thee Stallion’s consideration for a forthcoming single.
• Beyoncé utilized a few his creations for her “Cowboy Carter Tour” earlier this 12 months.
• Jacobdior’s has additionally been headlining DJ events from Brooklyn to Chicago.

Megan Thee Stallion’s comeback period is ready to start this Friday (Oct. 24) with “LOVER GIRL,” a romantic new single constructed round a pattern of Total’s 1996 traditional “Kissin’ You.” The sultry observe may also introduce scores of followers to the rising producer behind its viral basis: Jacobdior.

The NYC/Philly-based DJ and producer has turn out to be certainly one of SoundCloud’s most intriguing breakout tales. Known for mixing Y2K R&B components with up to date membership rhythms, Jacobdior has amassed greater than 27,000 followers and hundreds of thousands of performs throughout his catalog. Standouts embody the Drake and Steve Lacy mashup “Miss Me Til Ur Dark Red” (266 thousand performs) and “No Hands On My Broken Clock” (1.1 million performs), a intelligent mixture of SZA and Waka Flocka Flame’s “Broken Clocks” and “No Hands,” respectively. His viewer figures are equally spectacular on platforms like TikTok and Instagram.

His creations learn like love letters to the icons who formed him. Pharrell, Doechii, Justin Timberlake, Nicki Minaj, JT and Victoria Monét all seem in his catalog — and that connection just lately got here full circle. Back in April, it was revealed that Beyoncé carried out his “Diva x TGIF (TGID)” and “Bow Down In My House” mixes through the opening night time of the “Cowboy Carter Tour” in Los Angeles. “Huge thanks to Parkwood and everyone [who] made this possible,” he wrote on social media. “Your support means the absolute world!”

Outside the sales space, Jacobdior nonetheless maintains a grounded routine. An Instagram Story on Wednesday (Oct. 22) appeared to disclose him taking a break from work at a restaurant in Pennsylvania — proof that the come-up could be very actual. Between these shifts, he’s been performing severe DJ units from Brooklyn to Chicago, steadily constructing a reputation throughout regional membership scenes.

Now, the identical intuition that powered his SoundCloud edits helps gas Megan Thee Stallion’s latest chapter. The producer’s rework of “Kissin’ You” — first uploaded roughly a month earlier than her teaser surfaced — anchors the beat for “LOVER GIRL,” a observe that mirrors each his romantic sound palette and Megan’s softer lyrical flip.

With his Beyoncé co-sign, a viral SoundCloud footprint and a Megan Thee Stallion collaboration on the horizon, Jacobdior’s story embodies the fashionable artist grind — from day shifts to bop flooring, flipping R&B nostalgia into mainstream momentum.