“Losing Control (VIP)” Is A Texas-Born Rebirth In Bass Music
- Sophia Chartrand
- Apr 18
- 3 min read
It happened in a flash - but one that stuck. A wall of bass rolled across the Ubbi Dubbi crowd like a thunderclap. Hands shot skyward. The pit moved as one, a tidal sway pulled by the same gravitational drop. Somewhere in the strobe and fog, JFRANK turned to PRSM and grinned. They knew. This track didn’t just hit - it detonated. And now, years and a thousand late-night tweaks later, it’s back. Stripped down, sharpened, and rebuilt from the inside out, “Losing Control (VIP)” is a reckoning. And this time, Texas feels it in full force.
Three years after it first sent shockwaves through festival speakers, “Losing Control” returns - louder, rawer, and lit from within by everything that’s changed. Dallas-based, JFRANK and Houston’s own PRSM have rewired their breakout track, injecting it with new depth and sharper edges. Born in the Texas underground and battle-tested on stages like Ubbi Dubbi and Foam Wonderland, the original track announced their arrival. The 2025 VIP edit? It marks their evolution—a full-circle moment captured in strobes. It is a sonic snapshot of two artists chasing their limits and pulling the crowd with them.

“Losing Control” doesn’t whisper its message - it rips it open like lightning tearing through a heavy sky. It’s emotional and unfiltered. And that’s the point. For JFRANK, the track was cathartic. “Losing Control is the epitome of finally releasing without any external noise clouding your mind,” he explains. “It’s not good or bad. It’s just pure release - waves of emotion unbound.”
PRSM felt it just as deeply. Not just during creation but every time he listened back. “It became a way to process the mental weight,” he says. “It wasn’t about pretending. It was what was inside.” There’s no posturing here - just raw, emotional voltage. When the chorus lands, it takes your attention. That sound expands, distorts, and grips your spine. It demands surrender.

Before it cracked open dance floors, “Losing Control” was just a file labeled Final Boss - a half-joking nod to its sheer force. JFRANK sent it to PRSM with no grand plan; just a gut feeling. “I wasn’t sure what it would become,” JFRANK recalls, “but I needed another brain - someone who understands tension, knows when to hold and when to explode.” PRSM heard it once and couldn't stop. What started as an experiment between two sonic worlds took its own pulse. They didn’t speak in software settings or tempo tweaks—they spoke in colors, moods, and mental snapshots. That intuitive language shaped every detail. By the time the final mix played back, it felt alive.
The track opens in silence - then a few airy guitar chords float in, suspended just long enough to ache. The intro feels like a confession whispered into the dark. “I wanted it to be emotional and aggressive,” JFRANK says. And it is. Then, the floor shifts. The first drop doesn’t slam - it envelops. Layers of melody and sub-bass envelop the listener like a weighted blanket of emotion. It leans into feeling, not force. But just when comfort sets in, the track yanks the wheel.
The second drop doesn’t hit - it detonates. Distorted synths cut like blades. Drums strike without apology. What drifted now drives. “Losing Control (VIP)” defies genre boundaries. There’s the aching tension of melodic bass, the hard punch of trap, the explosive chaos of a main-stage banger. The track speaks both languages fluently in headphones or shoulder-to-shoulder in a crowd.

Before “Losing Control” carved a crater into festival sets, it cracked something open inside its creators. The original got them noticed. It put JFRANK and PRSM on stages they used to dream of watching from the crowd. Ubbi Dubbi. Foam Wonderland. A blur of new cities, new fans, and crowds already shouting the lyrics back at them. “That song changed everything,” JFRANK says. “It booked shows. It made people listen.” The VIP edit reflects who they’ve become. More refined. More fearless. More connected - to the craft and each other. “We didn’t want to polish it,” PRSM explained. “We wanted to amplify it - take the rawness and push it further.”
At Ubbi Dubbi 2022, JFRANK brought PRSM into the spotlight. Two Texas producers, shoulder to shoulder, facing a roaring crowd, bass shaking the ground beneath them. The track hadn’t dropped yet - but the crowd felt it anyway. That day, “Losing Control” was a shared unraveling—a moment suspended in fog and flash. If anything, it’s evolved - darker, deeper, more urgent. And this time, it dares us to let go all over again.
Listen to "Losing Control (VIP)" on Spotify
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