Mike Yung

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.[3] The video was viewed over 2 million times in one week.[3] He performed the song on The Late Late Show with James Corden to promote it as the lead single of his album.[4][5]

Mike Yung singing in a New York city subway station

Yung passed the audition for America's Got Talent[6] and made it to the quarterfinals. He performed "Thinking Out Loud" by Ed Sheeran in the quarterfinals.[7] Yung was eliminated in the semifinals where he performed " Don't Give Up on Me" by Solomon Burke.[8]

Yung released "Alright" as a single on January 12, 2018, along with a lyric video.[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.[10]

On July 28, 2018, Yung started his Never Give Up Tour.[11]

In August 2018, Dutch DJ/producer Martin Garrix confirmed in an interview to 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.