DREYA V Sets the Tone with Tech House Banger ‘Up Front’ on REALM

DREYA V, the artist formerly known as MISS DRE, comes charging into her new era with Up Front, a brooding, vocal-heavy heater that’s been turning heads in Gorgon City’s sets. Released via REALM, the track announces a sharpened artistic identity - and a sound that’s built to move big rooms.

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Jun 13, 2025

There’s a certain point in an artist’s rise where the sound, the name, the energy - everything - locks into place. For DREYA V, that moment is now.

Unleashing her first official release since the powerful transformation from MISS DRE to DREYA V, Up Front arrives on Gorgon City’s REALM imprint with a gravitational pull impossible to ignore. Already a standout weapon in Gorgon City’s recent sets, this one lands heavy and deep - a true peak-time cut that hits with purpose.

Built around a low-slung bassline that oozes intention, Up Front is pure dance floor hypnosis. The percussion is tight and slick, the groove rides the edge of restraint, but it’s DREYA’s unmistakable voice that delivers the knock-out blow. Sultry, assured, and perfectly restrained, her vocals wrap around the beat like smoke, delivering a hook that feels both intimate and massive. It’s this vocal-forward, producer-driven approach that defines her new era: house music with a backbone, techno with soul.

As MISS DRE, Drea Kaplan was already carving her lane: charting vocals, breakout festival sets at EDC Las Vegas and Project GLOW, a viral Tinashe remix rinsed by Dom Dolla and MEDUZA. But DREYA V is the refined vision - a full-spectrum artist who doesn’t just belong in the booth, she owns it. Tracks like her debut on Aeterna, Light The Fire, showed her command of contrast - tough drums and tender toplines. Now, Up Front hammers it home: DREYA V isn’t blending in. She’s cutting through.

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The name change isn’t a rebrand - it’s a statement. One that signals more than just growth; it declares presence. This is an artist fully in her stride, aligning raw club energy with vocal finesse, balancing underground grit with crossover potential.

With Up Front, DREYA V doesn’t ask for space in your set - she takes it. Expect to hear this one everywhere this summer, from dark warehouses to sun-drenched main stages. And if this is the opening statement of her new chapter, consider it loud and clear: the era of DREYA V has officially begun.

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