Breaking Big: Emotive singer-songwriter Jaymes Young wants you to 'Feel Something'

Who's topping the charts, going viral, and ruling our earbuds? Every week, EW introduces the freshest music talent you have to hear now. Below, get to know Jaymes Young, who gained early buzz with singles "Moondust," off his 2013 EP Dark Star, and "I'll Be Good," off his second EP, 2014's Habits Of My Heart, before breaking through with "We Won't," his hazy team-up with Phoebe Ryan.

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The Backstory: Jaymes Young, 25, grew up in Seattle, where his parents introduced him to a diverse swath of music ranging from Coldplay to Modest Mouse to Luciano Pavarotti. At 14, he picked up his mother's classical, nylon-string guitar. "I think I was bored," Young tells EW with a laugh. But after finishing his first full tracks, he was hooked. "It really started coming together," he recalls. "I was like, ‘Wow, this is pretty cool that I can get through this whole thing.'" Young soon relocated to Los Angeles and signed a recording contract with Atlantic Records, releasing EPs in 2013 and 2014. Last month, Young released his debut full-length, Feel Something,which includes "We Won't," his hit duet with Phoebe Ryan. "That happened so fast," Young recalls of the writing for that track. "It was so natural and free."

Why They Rule: Young took years to make Feel Something — which was what he intended. Rather than recruit outside producers and writers, he holed up at home and recorded Something largely on his own. "I wanted to see, like, ‘Can I do it?'" he says of his insular process. "The hardest part was expecting a lot out of myself," Young admits. "Like, I'm not going to cut myself any slack. I spent a lot of the last few years trying to figure out how to translate my writing into an album, production-wise." The solitary approach sometimes presented challenges — "Most albums have at least two or three people involved in every song," Young says of the greatest challenge he faced, "So how do you get diversity from one person? — but Something‘s swirling, smoothed-out beats, confirm Young's creative method worked. And Young's excited to do it again: "I can't wait to start the next one," he says.

What's Next: Young has previously opened for artists including London Grammar and Vance Joy, but he's currently crisscrossing the country on his first solo headlining tour. This fall, he'll join Oh Wonder on their tour. "I finally get to see fans that have been digitalized for most of the time," he says of touring's immediate rewards. "I get to put a face to those numbers and have a personal experience with that. It's mind-blowing." <iframe src="https://open.spotify.com/embed?uri=spotify:album:6MuWCR3WPjwyKhqsTKLZ3z" width="100%" height="380" frameborder="0" class="" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="" resize="0" replace_attributes="1" name=""></iframe>i×4k|ãÝ·knuÓ·»ÝÍ8q½ô}×9ïmZó®w

Stream Feel Something above and visit Young's Facebook page for tour dates.