On The Town With AJ Mitchell

• Our friends at Epic Records pulled out all the stops on Wednesday evening to demonstrate their excitement over their latest signing — the talented AJ Mitchell, who performed before a sold-out house at the famed El Rey Theatre, treating the crowd to a performance of his new EP, Hopeful in its entirety, along with a cover of Julia Michaels‘ “Issues” and his big hit, “Used To Be.” Mitchell also sang his new single, “Girls,” which is nearing 425,000 streams on Spotify and will be serviced to Top 40.

Pictured, during the pre-show dinner/reception at the swanky Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), (l-r): Anthony Jaramillo (TuneIn), Brittany Shabashov (Beats 1), Rick Sackheim (Epic Records), Steve Resnik (RAMP), JaQuay Bangs (TuneIn), AJ Mitchell, Sandra Afloarei and Dylan Newman (Epic Records), Nelson Aguirre (Beats 1), Alex Gervasi (KIIS-FM/Los Angeles), Brian Kelly (WXSS/Milwaukee), Joel Denver (All Access) and Tanya Rad (On Air with Ryan Seacrest).