The Dutch singer-songwriter Jim Gardner has just started as a solo artist, but he is already world-famous: he can be heard as a singer on tracks by Martin Garrix, Hardwell, and Lucas & Steve. In 2025, it was time to step into the spotlight himself, and Gardner did so with the excellent, Harry Styles-like single Don't Leave Because I Love You. Earlier this year, the follow-up, Better Man, was released, in which the singer shows a very different side of himself: subdued acoustic, with a very personal text. Gardner has already scored performances at NPO Radio 2, Radio 538, and QMusic!