“In the actual song you hear today, the guitars, the riff, the bass, the drums and all the vocals are from those initial takes I did in my bedroom”: Sombr on the making of viral hit Undressed, and his formula for creating "a legendary indie rock song"

ELMONT, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 07: Sombr performs during the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on September 07, 2025 in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for MTV).

It’s one thing to have a breakout hit, but to have a pair of songs going viral simultaneously is almost unheard of.

For Sombr, though, that’s 2025 in a nutshell. After releasing Back To Friends at the turn of the year, he set about writing and releasing Undressed. After gaining traction on TikTok, both songs became hits and have been riding high in global streaming charts ever since.