[2] Mike Yung sang at New York City Subway stations before his career on America's Got Talent.
In 2016, a video of him in a subway station singing The Righteous Brothers' "Unchained Melody" went viral.
[9] On March 2, 2018, Yung announced a Kickstarter fundraiser for the album, where he had raised $90,000, enough for an EP, as of October 2018[update].
[11] In August 2018, Dutch DJ/producer Martin Garrix confirmed in an interview to be working with Yung on a new song which will be released on November 1, 2018 titled "Dreamer".
[12] The song was released on that day and made a tribute to Mike's late wife Lydia, who had died earlier that year.