Swimming Paul’s music has always lived in the push-and-pull between euphoria and melancholy; the rare kind of electronic music that can make you cry while your body keeps moving. On Smiling Through the Pain 2, the French-born, London-based producer doubles down on that emotional duality, delivering an album that feels as much like a diary as it does a DJ set.
Over the course of 15 tracks, Paul stitches together late-night catharsis, suburban nostalgia, and the jagged tenderness of early adulthood. The record is sequenced like an unbroken night out: the giddy anticipation, the sudden moments of reflection, the quiet comedown as the sun edges in. It’s an album that refuses to treat joy and sadness as opposites, they coexist here, often in the same chord progression.
Since debuting in 2023, Swimming Paul has quietly built an empire on emotional resonance: 150 million streams across platforms, 1.9 million monthly listeners on Spotify and more than 50 editorial placements (including Dance Party, Crying on the Dancefloor, Electronic Rising….), 10,000+ radio spins worldwide, and sold-out tours across Europe and North America. His sound has earned co-signs from BBC Radio 1, Triple J, KCRW, Sirius XM and a wave of DJs who value melody as much as momentum.
| A1 | Swimming Paul, Beau Neptune - Driving Fast |
| A2 | Swimming Paul - Different Time |
| A3 | Swimming Paul, Alecc Crisostomo - Still Fading |
| A4 | Swimming Paul, Beau Neptune - Direct With It |
| B1 | Swimming Paul - Mutt |
| B2 | Swimming Paul, Alecc Crisostomo - Stay Blessed |
| B3 | Swimming Paul, Beau Neptune - Hard2Sleep |
| B4 | Swimming Paul - Drinking To Get Drunk |
| C1 | Swimming Paul, Thals - All My Fault |
| C2 | Swimming Paul, Zayden - Shine A Light |
| C3 | Swimming Paul - Maximum |
| C4 | Swimming Paul, Liza Flume - Liza M1 |
| D1 | Swimming Paul - 20 Anymore |
| D2 | Swimming Paul, Junior Simba - Holly |
| D3 | Swimming Paul, Liza Flume - We F-Up |
