Title: “Don’t Get Too Comfortable”
Artist: Jadyn Ghalen
From: TBA (2025)
Release Date: February 27, 2025
Length: 4:57
Format: CD Single, Digital Download, 7” Single, Weekly Airplay
Recorded: Sonic Lounge Studios, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Genre(s): Hip-Hop • Rap • Trap
Label: Tric-Jam Records • Dahlhouse Entertainment
Written: November 2024
Writer(s): Jadyn Ghalen
Producer(s): Jadyn Ghalen • Young Khalifa
“Don’t Get Too Comfortable” is the fourth official solo single from American rapper and hip-hop artist Jadyn Ghalen following on from previous singles, “Mentality Monster”, “Euphoria” and “Judgement Day” all taken from his 2023 “Mentality Monster” E.P. However, the release of “Don’t Get Too Comfortable” is the first official single to be taken from his debut solo album, still currently unannounced but expected to be released at some point in 2025 as the artist is set to move focus onto his solo career following the confirmed hiatus of Orion in the aftermath of their sophomore album “Orion II”. It has been known for some time that the group planned on taking time out to pursue their own career paths following the release of their sophomore album, having been incredibly productive and consistent since their debut back in 2020 which saw the trio rise through the ranks of the music industry and truly establish themselves as one of the biggest acts in the music world. With the release of “Orion II” in late 2024 and it’s subsequent mini world-tour in January and February of 2025 the group made no secret of the fact that it’s likely to be some time before they even consider reconvening, effectively putting the trio as a collective on an official hiatus. Despite many rumours to the contrary, it is believed that this was always the plan for the group and that they all have individual ambitions away from Orion that they would all like to pursue during this expected hiatus. It has however, been falsely rumoured on numerous occasions that Jadyn Ghalen’s solo ambitions were a driving force behind the hiatus having already tested the waters of solo stardom previously. Something that has regularly been shut down by members of the group.
The release of “Don’t Get Too Comfortable” comes hot on the heels of the end of Orion’s run as a group, with the single dropping less than a week after the final Orion show before their extended break. Fans and critics reactions to this news was mixed, with some praising the ambition of Jadyn to step away from one project and immediately announce himself truly as a solo artist following the end of Orion’s current run. Others however felt that it was an opportunity to allow some time for fans and all three members of the group to take in the successful rise they’ve had over the five years since their debut and truly reflect on all that they’ve achieved. Either way, it’s clear that Jadyn has drastic ambitions that aren’t limited or hampered by the upcoming hiatus of Orion and has taken the opportunity to truly kick-start the next chapter of his career, one that is surely likely to be eventful at the very least. With “Don’t Get Too Comfortable” he raps about the importance of making moves and not standing still or becoming comfortable with your position in such a cut-throat and temporary business, to the point where it feels like a very cleverly strategic release as not only the first solo release post-Orion but also for the track to drop so soon after the official final performance of this first run for the group. However fans and critics choose to view the decision to drop the track right now, one thing that is clear is the ambition from the artist to truly make his own mark on the industry in the coming months and years.
Written and recorded by Jadyn Ghalen and produced by Jadyn Ghalen alongside friend and collaborator Young Khalifa at Sonic Lounge Studios in Atlanta, Georgia as part of his debut solo album sessions. The track marks the first official release from the upcoming studio album and will be distributed through Tric-Jam Records and Dahlhouse Entertainment, available as a CD Single, Digital Download, 7” Single and made available to Weekly Airplay and Worldwide Streaming. The track is officially released on February 27, 2025.
Background, Writing and Recording“Don’t Get Too Comfortable” was written and recorded around September 2024 as one of the tracks that came from the earliest recording sessions for Jadyn’s debut solo album at Sonic Lounge Studios in Atlanta, Georgia. It was done at a period where Jadyn was splitting his time between recording sessions for Orion’s eventual sophomore album as well as starting the process of working on his own solo recording sessions in anticipation of Orion’s hiatus following their sophomore album and subsequent 2025 world tour. Working alongside Young Khalifa during the Atlanta recording sessions is where the bulk of work for the eventual debut solo effort was crafted, with “Don’t Get Too Comfortable” the strong trap influence and nightclub floor-filler aspect of the track is a strong indication of what Young Khalifa brings to the table as a producer on the record. Where Jadyn’s natural instincts and abilities tend to find him in the traditional hip-hop and rap lane that you’d come to expect, it’s been made clear that elements of RnB, Trap and Electronic influences will be a heavy aspect of his debut album and working alongside Young Khalifa just serves to showcase his ambition to flex his artistry even more on his first solo album. It’s been confirmed that he will be working alongside a handful of different producers throughout the whole recording process with Young Khalifa taking the helm for a large portion of the album, with Jadyn trusting the upcoming producers judgement and ear when it comes to finding soundscapes that allow him to create. Showcased by the decision to take “Don’t Get Too Comfortable” as the lead single from the project, allowing audiences to hear what the pair are capable of producing as a collaborative production team as well as making it clear from the offset that there will be an element of experimentation on the project as a whole, while still remaining primarily in that Hip-Hop lane.
As mentioned, the heavy trap influence on the track is one that is relatively new to the music of Jadyn Ghalen’s both as a solo artist and as part of the group Orion. Although there have been a couple of tracks throughout Orion’s back catalogue that have had slight hints of trap music, it’s not one that has been overwhelmingly associated with any of their members either as a group or as a solo collective. It’s been made clear in previous interviews that Jadyn Ghalen has ambition to create music that can work in unison with different styles, as showcased by his collaborative work on a track with alternative artist Radio Vine and more recently on a track that saw him collaborate alongside major mainstream artists Alicia Lena, Ryan Ross Hernandez and Layla. In discussing “Don’t Get Too Comfortable” he talked about wanting to hear his music in as many public platforms as possible and the soundscapes on this track in particular with its high-energy electronic aspects and in particular it’s pre-chorus beat drop being one that showcases his range ability to make dance floor anthems while still keeping in his own traditional hip-hop and rap wheelhouse.
Songwriter’s Commentary;Quote:“I ain’t gonna lie, this one of my favourite tracks that I’ve done. In the studio with Young Khalifa and he came up with this slow ass bassline that you hear on the intro and we put it on repeat and the phrase ‘Don’t get too comfortable’ just came into my head, I just kept repeating that line and I thought this could be something really special. I like the way the phrase says a lot but doesn’t say much either, you can listen to that intro and start to piece together what you think I’mma say with it. Once we had that intro with those lyrics that track became our main focus for a couple of days in the studio, we worked on a bunch of different follow-ons from that intro, but the one we had to settle on was this final version where you feel the beat get bigger and bigger in that opening verse and just drop like a motherfucker just before the chorus comes in. I think a lot of my shit you hear in clubs, but they mostly the chilled out stuff that you can sit back and vibe to. I’ve heard remixed versions of my stuff but I ain’t ever dropped like a certified club anthem that just fills a fucking dancefloor, y’know?
Lyrically, I wanted to highlight the lifestyle that you can live out in this industry and all the crazy luxuries that come your way if you want it and contrast that with the chorus, ‘don’t get too comfortable, your position on top is so vulnerable’ and play off that contrast between the two. This lifestyle is wild if you really want it to be and the things that come your way because of that is insane, but you know that your position is always fragile, you ain’t guaranteed anything to last forever, you ain’t guaranteed that people will still fuck with your output in two years or five and you could be forgotten about in even less time than that. I rap about all the great shit that comes your way in this business in the first verse and second verse, but in between all those luxuries I keep reminding you in the chorus not to get too comfortable cause you always gotta keep an eye out over your shoulder.
It was never meant to be some deep shit about the fragility of fame or any of that sort of thing, I ain’t ever have that intention to go in deep on some shit like that but sometimes it just comes out that way and I think when it does it means that it’s something inside you thinking about that, somewhere under the surface. I know from where I come from that this life that I get to life right now is a big fucking luxury and I’m far away from the place I grew up in. But I think I’ve always got that fear of it all going away just as quickly as it came to me and I think that’s why I put in the work that I do, if I can hold my end of the deal then I know I can sustain this crazy fucking lifestyle in some way.”
- Jadyn Ghalen
Song Description;The track begins with a slow-paced and deep 808 bassline from the opening, accentuated with hi-hats and a rhythmic drum beat serving as the undertone to the more prominent bassline during the songs intro, with the sound of Jadyn’s vocals overscoring the entire thing as he repeats the words,
“Don’t get too comfortable, don’t get too comfortable/Don’t get too comfortable, don’t get too comfortable/Don’t get too comfortable, don’t get too comfortable/Don’t get too comfortable, yeah, don’t get too comfortable.” which appears to set up the track perfectly, with the moody trap beat and the lyrics subtle enough to peak the listeners attention as to what the context of the song will be as it progresses.
As the intro ends, the music immediately goes into the opening verse of the song as the drums pick up and the bassline becomes heavier and more forceful, changing the pace of the song to a much more mid-tempo energy, with synth and electronic textures added into the background in order to really flesh out the musical backdrop of the song as Jadyn delivers his vocals on the opening verse,
“I been down this path before, felt all the highs and the lows, took a while but I’ve cracked the code/Never stand still, never bored, money at a surplus /Drowning in pussy, can’t reach the surface/They all want a piece of the action, fuck with me, guaranteed satisfaction/In the studio, on the record, on the stage/In the bedroom, on the balcony, in the pool, out of state/Either way they screaming out my name.” as the energy of the instrumental matches perfectly with the trap enhanced vocals,
“I’mma make it real clear from the offset, I won’t hesitate/Droppin’ diamonds, rockin’ fine golds/Finest Cubans, poppin’ pills, top down on the Benz, they call me king of Beverly Hills/I don’t fuck with small bills, I do it all exclusive, top shelf, expensive thrills/All night long, ain’t nobody gonna stop me/Came out to California to work/But this life one big party.” which sets up the chorus perfectly as a emphatic trap beat drop occurs between the ending of opening verse and the songs chorus.
As the songs chorus arrives, the BPM rises with it, creating a highly energetic trap beat which is just enhanced even further as the songs repetitive chorus comes into play,
“Don’t get too comfortable, don’t get too comfortable/Your position on top is so vulnerable/So vulnerable/Every day making moves, ain’t ever gonna make me stop/Can’t always guarantee your position on top/Don’t get too comfortable/Yeah, don’t get too comfortable.” which not only showcases the strong musical partnership between Jadyn Ghalen and Young Khalifa but also the artistic mind of Jadyn’s to be able to structure and layer a song so strategically and technically that in deeper analysis you can see everything has been done to garner the maximum effect from the subtle teaser in the intro of a phrase that could relate to all manner of different things, to the tempo change between laid back energy in the intro to mid-tempo in the opening verse building to a huge trap beat drop ahead of the songs chorus.
On arrival at the second verse, the music rides the wave of the songs tempo, dropping slightly off from the hugely energetic chorus but switching from a mid-tempo progressive beat from the opening verse to a slightly more higher-tempo trap beat pulsating throughout the final verse of the song, giving a prominent, deep and heavy bassline and hard-hitting layered drum backbeat to really deliver energy to the song that feels tailor-made for nightclubs around the country. Jadyn delivers his vocals during the songs final verse, again enhanced slightly in the production booth to add that atmospheric hazy trap feel to his vocal delivery as he fires out his lyrics with a fast-pace and high-energy,
“Everybody want a piece, rolling in the hills/Living luxury, top shelf shit/Cultured tastes, expensive thrills/Guest list on max out/Never sleeping, ain’t ever tapped out/Pretty bitches so relentless, always stunting/Pussy poppin’/Top droppin’/Attitude adjustment when I get em’ humming/Begging pleas, on their knees/Papi Chulo got em’ coming.” which signals a brief pause, added faint female orgasmic noises spliced in to enhance the image that the songs lyrics generate, before he continues back on the beat,
“Relentless on my shit, ain’t enough hours/Don’t get too comfortable/Can’t get too comfortable/Won’t get too comfortable/Can’t keep up with the game that I’m running/Yeah, even I can’t keep up with the game that I’m running.” which is then followed by a huge trap beat drop once more as the song moves into the chorus, repeated twice to close out the track.
“Don’t Get Too Comfortable”“Don’t get too comfortable, don’t get too comfortable
Don’t get too comfortable, don’t get too comfortable
Don’t get too comfortable, don’t get too comfortable
Don’t get too comfortable, yeah, don’t get too comfortable
I been down this path before, felt all the highs and the lows, took a while but I’ve cracked the code
Never stand still, never bored, money at a surplus
Drowning in pussy, can’t reach the surface
They all want a piece of the action, fuck with me, guaranteed satisfaction
In the studio, on the record, on the stage
In the bedroom, on the balcony, in the pool, out of state
Either way they screaming out my name
I’mma make it real clear from the offset, I won’t hesitate
Droppin’ diamonds, rockin’ fine golds
Finest Cubans, poppin’ pills, top down on the Benz, they call me king of Beverly Hills
I don’t fuck with small bills, I do it all exclusive, top shelf, expensive thrills
All night long, ain’t nobody gonna stop me
Came out to California to work
But this life one big party
Don’t get too comfortable, don’t get too comfortable
Your position on top is so vulnerable
So vulnerable
Every day making moves, ain’t ever gonna make me stop
Can’t always guarantee your position on top
Don’t get too comfortable
Yeah, don’t get too comfortableEverybody want a piece, rolling in the hills
Living luxury, top shelf shit
Cultured tastes, expensive thrills
Guest list on max out
Never sleeping, ain’t ever tapped out
Pretty bitches so relentless, always stunting
Pussy poppin’
Top droppin’
Attitude adjustment when I get em’ humming
Begging pleas, on their knees
Papi Chulo got em’ coming
Relentless on my shit, ain’t enough hours
Don’t get too comfortable
Can’t get too comfortable
Won’t get too comfortable
Can’t keep up with the game that I’m running
Yeah, even I can’t keep up with the game that I’m running
Don’t get too comfortable, don’t get too comfortable
Your position on top is so vulnerable
So vulnerable
Every day making moves, ain’t ever gonna make me stop
Can’t always guarantee your position on top
Don’t get too comfortable
Yeah, don’t get too comfortable
Don’t get too comfortable, don’t get too comfortable
Your position on top is so vulnerable
So vulnerable
Every day making moves, ain’t ever gonna make me stop
Can’t always guarantee your position on top
Don’t get too comfortable
Yeah, don’t get too comfortable”
Credits & Personnel;CREDITSProduced by Jadyn Ghalen, Young Khalifa
Engineered by Aniyah Jordan
Mixed by Young Khalifa, Aniyah Jordan, Leon Ferreira
Mastered by Leon Ferreira
Production Management by Imani Jasmine Woods
Recorded at Sonic Lounge Studios, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
PERSONNELJadyn Ghalen – vocals, lyrics, composition, production
Young Khalifa – production, composition, mixing
Leon Ferreira – mastering, mixing
Aniyah Jordan – engineering, mixing, bass, composition
Ignacio Santos – synthesizer, composition
Augustine Francis – drums, percussion, programming
Imani Jasmine Woods – production management
