Arista, in partnership with Columbia U.K. and Epic Germany, has inked rising German artist BUNT.

The deal arrives on the heels of the producer-DJ and multi-instrumentalist’s latest single, “Clouds” w/Nate Traveller, which debuted in the Top 15 of the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart and is currently #22 on Spotify’s global Viral 50 chart and #6 U.S.

Amassing 1.4m+ views and 181k+ likes within days of being teased on TikTok, the track has since generated 50m+ impressions on the platform and 10m+ streams on DSPs, with 300k+ daily streams. It has picked up early radio support from Pete Tong, Greg James and Clara Amfo on BBC Radio 1 and Diplo on SiriusXM. BUNT. has also earned cosigns from electronic-music heavy hitters like The Chainsmokers, Robin Schulz, Gryffin and Martin Garrix.

Said Arista President/CEO David Massey, “BUNT. has truly impressed me with the depth of great records he has coming. He has the capacity to be a true global artist.”

BUNT. is managed by Nick Groff and repped for legal by Lisa Lester of Rothenberg Mohr & Binder.

On a related note, we tried to learn to bunt in Little League but kept clubbing ourselves with the bat.