Dasha Although a lot of work went into her single “Austin,” the response to the track and its viral TikTok line dance is still shaking her up.
“It’s amazing how quickly my life has changed,” she said. our week That's when we caught up with the California-born Nashville resident. “[‘Austin’] turned over [my life] “On your head.”
The former pop singer transitioned to country music for her 2024 album. What's happening now? She choreographed a line dance to promote the Kiss Off anthem, but had no idea how effective it would be.
“Have the boots stopped working? / Is the truck broken down? / Have you burned all your money? Did your ex know?/Where there’s a will there’s a way and I’m sure you lost it/I didn’t even say goodbye/I wish I knew what caused it.” Dasha, 24, sings on the track. She is ripe for a lively start. She wanted to see if her songs would find an audience.
“The whole thing, like North Star starting a line dance, was a honky-tonk rendition of ‘Austin.’ “You know you’re going into the rotation, right?” She said. “As long as it’s played the Honkytones way, that’s all I want from this whole thing.”
Dasha got more than she wanted, racking up billions of views on TikTok and cracking the Billboard Top 40 with her first single. “Austin” currently sits at #25 on the Billboard Hot 100, its highest chart position of all time.
“After about three days, I got the attention of a lot of DJs with a video of about 30 people doing it,” she said. “It’s too fast. And then I thought, ‘If this happens in three days…’ ' I thought.
Dasha performs for her biggest crowd ever at CMA Fest over the weekend kiss urban A mashup of “Austin” and johnny cashIt's 'Jackson'.
“I feel so giddy about life right now,” she said.
Even though she's collaborating with pop country royalty, Dasha still has some goals. She said Us She said she would like to collaborate with another pop-turned-country singer. post malone. She shared the surreal moment it topped the charts and he praised her single.
“Post is such a great songwriter and artist, and I have so much respect for him as a person. “I want to be friends with him, and he wants to write songs with him,” he said. “So he knew my song, so I thought, wow, that’s a huge compliment.”