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Kungs is the French DJ and producer Valentin Brunel, born in Toulon and drawn to music through instruments and self-directed production before he began releasing under the Kungs name. Universal Music and Insomniac document an early rise built through online remixes and support slots, followed by the worldwide success of his reworking of Cookin’ on 3 Burners’ This Girl. The record connected a compact house arrangement with brass, soul vocals and pop clarity, establishing a crossover language that continued through the album Layers. Later work expanded that palette through disco, funk and club-focused electronic production, including Never Going Home and the Club Azur period. Kungs has performed internationally as a DJ while continuing to write, produce and collaborate in the studio, and his catalogue has earned major chart certifications and industry awards in France and beyond. Spotify and Apple Music match the same Valentin Brunel recording identity used by the official label sources. His project is therefore not defined by one crossover single: it is a sustained DJ-producer career that moves between festival-scale performance, French electronic-pop songwriting and house records designed for clubs. The authoritative profiles establish identity, role and catalogue independently from the accepted Pacha lineup evidence.