Before dropping her debut album in April , Gigi Perez achieved the thing many artists dream of: a viral hit. The 25-year-old’s single “Sailor Song,” released independently in July 2024, blew up on TikTok last summer, after a video she shared months earlier racked up 15 million views. This May, the song hit over 1 billion streams on Spotify. But the real excitement for Perez doesn’t have to do with the numbers.

“I've built such a strong connection to each and every one of my listeners and my audience from a one-to-one basis,” she says. “Although ‘Sailor Song’ made such a major impact that I'm very aware of, from the bottom of my heart, the thing that gets me up and makes me excited is the person in front of me in the moment.”

Having those intimate interactions with fans is part of the

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