SETTWOR is a music producer specializing in phonk, Brazilian funk, and dance/electronic music. Originally from Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, he relocated to Poland in 2022. He is best known for his musical works, YouTube channel, and short TikTok videos featuring his tracks.

SETTWOR is one of the actively streamed phonk artists on Pandora, where his tracks consistently gain plays and continue to attract new listeners.

SETTWOR was born on February 8, 2007, in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine.

From a young age, Daniil demonstrated remarkable persistence and a strong desire to learn anything that caught his interest. The more challenging the task, the more he was motivated to master it. Music was not his first passion — his early years were dominated by programming. He deeply studied programming languages, which remained his main focus for a long time.

Over time, Daniil explored various hobbies until he discovered his passion for music. He learned music on his own, dedicating countless hours to experimenting and mastering new skills. He later mentioned that he would have loved to study music professionally, as it has always fascinated him and felt incredibly meaningful.

Starting in 2018, Daniil began learning music production from scratch. It began with simple beats, which were far from perfect — hits are rarely made on the first attempt. Gradually, his skills improved, and he realized he wanted to become a full-fledged musician and producer, not just a beatmaker.

In 2021, after numerous experiments and iterations, he released his first track, “Light Wave”.

In 2020, he adopted the stage name SETTWOR and created a YouTube channel under the same name to share his work and future music. On May 8, 2022, he released his first track in the phonk genre — Lunatic.

SETTWOR greeted his first listeners with incredible warmth — it seemed almost impossible to him that someone was actually listening to his music. Each stream gave him hope that his work could resonate with people and provided enormous motivation to keep going. SETTWOR has often expressed how much he values every listener — they mean more to him than one could imagine.

From 2021 through 2025, SETTWOR steadily developed his musical skills, gradually gaining experience and releasing an increasing number of tracks. During this period, he published music with little to no established audience, focusing primarily on learning and refining his sound. Phonk remained the main genre of his releases at the time.

On February 9, 2023, SETTWOR released the track GOT ME UP. Later, with the release of the album GET IT, Vol.1, and having gained more experience and technical knowledge, he presented an updated version titled GOT ME UP 2, which served as a refined and improved reinterpretation of the original track. Over time, GOT ME UP 2 became the most successful release in SETTWOR’s career, standing out significantly in terms of streaming numbers compared to his other works.

On December 15, 2023, the release of DON'T STOP marked the first major turning point in SETTWOR’s artistic development. The track differed noticeably from his earlier phonk-oriented releases and introduced a new direction in his sound. Following this release, SETTWOR continued working with phonk, but with changes in style and production approach, shifting his focus primarily toward album projects rather than standalone singles. From this point on, experimentation with various musical styles became a defining aspect of his work and remains so to this day.

Music completely took over SETTWOR’s life, leaving little room for anything else. He would go outside almost every day, listening to his own tracks for hours, constantly thinking about how to improve them. Even when he had no free time to reflect, music was always with him — ideas, plans, ways to make his songs better, ways to make sure people would hear them.

SETTWOR both loved and resented how deeply music had become part of his life. Yet, years of reflection, experimentation, and self-development paid off. This period became one of the most important stages in his life and career, laying the foundation for everything he creates today.

Before releasing his mixtape BREAKPOINT Mixtape on March 28, 2025, SETTWOR made the decision to promote his tracks more actively than ever before. He also hinted at a possible departure from the phonk genre - either partially or completely - to explore new musical directions. As planned, the release of BREAKPOINT Mixtape marked a true turning point in his career, signaling a shift in style and a move toward different sounds. Currently, he is working on tracks that lean more toward Brazilian funk, house and EDM.

The mixtape truly became a breaking point. Shortly after its release, the track GOT ME UP 2 from his previous album GET IT, Vol.1 reached a record number of streams in SETTWOR’s history - and it continues to grow. More and more of his songs are gaining attention, streams, and playlist placements.

On September 26, 2025, SETTWOR released an aggressive, fast-paced bass track titled OG KILLIN'. The song captures the raw essence of old-school true phonk in its prime — the very sound that made fans fall in love with the genre — serving as a tribute to legendary and authentic phonk.

Unexpectedly, the track reached record-breaking streaming numbers for SETTWOR within the first few days after its release, showing that listeners still have a strong interest in the classic old-school phonk sound.

On December 12, 2025, SETTWOR released NOITE SELVAGEM, his first track in the Brazilian funk genre. The release marks a new creative chapter in his musical journey and highlights his interest in exploring different sounds and styles.

In late 2025, SETTWOR developed an interest in Brazilian funk and released two tracks in this style. The beginning of 2026 also focused on funk, which remained the only genre he released until spring. According to the artist, this period was intended to test Brazilian funk with his audience. At the same time, SETTWOR stated that he does not plan to fully transition into the genre, viewing it strictly as an experiment, as Brazilian funk does not align with his core musical direction.

Starting in 2026, SETTWOR intensified the promotion of his releases more than ever before, which quickly reflected in his statistics. By the end of January, he reached his highest Spotify performance at that time: his audience grew to thousands of daily listeners, and his tracks were added to thousands of playlists within the first month of the year.

In February, the growth not only continued but accelerated — total streams more than doubled compared to the record-breaking January. By that point, SETTWOR had already reached tens of thousands of monthly listeners on Spotify, while his combined monthly audience across all digital platforms exceeded 50,000 listeners.

With the release of OG KILLIN’, SETTWOR launched a regular release series, committing to dropping new tracks every second Friday — two releases per month. As part of this series, tracks such as OG KILLIN’, Ball Hard, anguish✟, Disco 00, THE TROOPER, PIT STOP, NOITE SELVAGEM, MENTE LOUCA, SE TU QUER, GUARDA CHUVA, BATE NA PICA, ENTÃO CHUPA, MEU BONECO, GOT ME UP (Deluxe) and BRUMA AURA have already been released.

SETTWOR's height is 173 cm.

Since 2022, he has been residing in Poland.

On April 3, 2025, the track GOT ME UP 2 from the album GET IT, Vol.1 reached 100,000 streams on Pandora, marking one of SETTWOR’s most notable achievements at the time.

Several months later, on July 22, 2025, the track surpassed 500,000 streams, further establishing it as a key release in the artist’s career.

On February 22, 2026, the song exceeded 1,000,000 total streams across all digital platforms, becoming SETTWOR’s first million-stream track.

Shortly thereafter, GOT ME UP 2 also reached 1,000,000 streams on Pandora, confirming its sustained popularity on the platform.

The track continues to gain streams steadily, reflecting consistent listener interest and strong replay value.

To celebrate the second anniversary of the album GET IT, Vol.1, as well as the success of its most popular track at the time, GOT ME UP 2, SETTWOR released GOT ME UP (Deluxe) on March 15, 2026.

The album includes the original version of GOT ME UP, an updated and improved GOT ME UP (Alternate Mix), the track GOT ME UP 2, its enhanced GOT ME UP 2 (Alternate Mix) version, as well as two additional versions of each track — Slowed and Sped Up editions.

In total, the album contains 12 tracks.

Shortly after the release, the original version of GOT ME UP was removed from streaming platforms and remained available exclusively on the GOT ME UP (Deluxe) album.

The sound quality of GOT ME UP (Alternate Mix) and GOT ME UP 2 (Alternate Mix) shows a clear improvement, highlighting the artist’s technical growth and development in production over time.

In its first week after release, the track PIT STOP became the fastest-growing release in SETTWOR’s history in terms of streams, setting a new personal record for the artist.

Later, the track SE TU QUER set a new record by reaching 1,000 streams on Spotify within just six days after its release.

The track SE TU QUER set a new record by reaching 10,000 streams on Spotify in just 36 days after its release.

SETTWOR’s YouTube channel showed steady and impressive growth over the years. On August 7, 2022, the channel reached its first 1,000 subscribers, and by October 2, 2022, it had already surpassed 1 million total views. Less than a year later, on June 11, 2023, the subscriber count jumped to 10,000, while total views hit 5 million by May 24, 2023. Continuing the momentum, SETTWOR achieved 15,000 subscribers on April 15, 2024, and crossed 10 million views on July 9, 2024 — solidifying his presence as a recognized creator in the music scene.

The SETTWOR channel features over 600 videos, including edits of various tracks in different styles such as 8D audio, slowed, sped up, a few mashups, as well as SETTWOR’s own original songs.

On November 2, 2022, SETTWOR received the status of an official musician's channel.

On June 13, 2023, the day before the channel’s third anniversary, YouTube deleted the channel for an unknown reason, as SETTWOR reported on his social media. On the same day, after filing an appeal, the channel was restored; the reason for the removal was quite strange. SETTWOR wrote in his Telegram channel:

"They deleted the channel for 'Sveta Kakala Skazhi', or rather for the guy who was shaking his ass at the beginning. They said it was sexual content that causes arousal. For some reason, they deleted the channel, although they should have issued a warning first, and only after four warnings should they have deleted it. After restoring the channel, they gave me a warning and deleted the video. I filed an appeal to restore the video; it was restored but marked as 18+."

On October 11, 2025, the SETTWOR channel was hacked, and scammers gained control of the account. The following day, the hackers sold the channel. Three days after the incident, on October 14, 2025, SETTWOR successfully recovered his channel and account with the help of YouTube support.