If you have heard one Dutch Melrose song, it is probably RUNRUNRUN. Released in 2022, the moody, propulsive track became the Los Angeles artist’s signature and has since passed 220 million streams, the calling card for a catalog that trades in cinematic, dark melodic pop.
The song that defined him
Every artist wants the one song that introduces them to strangers, and RUNRUNRUN is that song for Dutch. Its scale, north of 220 million streams on Spotify alone, makes it the anchor of his numbers and the likely entry point for most of his listeners. It set the template: urgent, atmospheric, built around a hook that lodges in your head, dark without being a dirge.
The MADKID sound
Dutch Melrose builds a specific world: dark R&B and alternative pop with an electronic edge, vocal-driven and filmic. Nearly all of it comes out through MADKID Records, the LA imprint his releases run on, which is also home to close collaborators. A concert bio sums up his signature as “cinematic production and dark melodic songwriting,” and the description fits everything from RUNRUNRUN forward.
Cinematic, dark, and prolific, Dutch Melrose rarely stops shipping songs.
A relentless release pace
Where some artists disappear between albums, Dutch puts out singles at a steady clip. Alongside RUNRUNRUN sit Pretty Please and RUSH with benny mayne, plus Match Made in Hell, Love Bite, Angel and Dirty Little Fiend. That volume is how one signature song became a 750-million-stream catalog.
The Christian Gates connection
Outside his own lane, Dutch is the voice on the second verse of Christian Gates’ TOXIC, a verse Gates credits with saving the song. The two have co-headlined shows and continue to orbit each other’s work. In 2026 Dutch takes The Heartbreak Hotel Tour across the US. Full details on the Dutch Melrose wiki.