Juniper Vale and Ah. BLOOM: The Producer/Artists Behind Winter Sun, Sampled on Future's Hollywood (2026)
The Vohnic Music producer/artists whose song Winter Sun became the beat for Future's "Hollywood" on The Real Me. A guide to their music, their catalog, and where to listen.
Juniper Vale and Ah. BLOOM (the producer moniker of Ben Laver) are the producers/artists behind "Winter Sun," the song sampled on Future's "Hollywood" from his 2026 album The Real Me (Epic Records). "Winter Sun" sits at the intersection of cinematic pop and analog atmospheric production — a texture rare enough to catch a major-label producer's ear, and durable enough to anchor a global single. This is a guide to who they are, how "Winter Sun" came together, and where to hear the rest of the catalog.
If you got here from Future's "Hollywood," you already know the hook. The loop the beat is built on comes from a song called "Winter Sun" by Juniper Vale and Ah. BLOOM released on uncrumpled records, a subsidiary of Vohnic Music in Nashville, TN. This is who they are and where to find the rest of their work.
The short version
- Juniper Vale is an indie pop artist and vocal producer credited on "Winter Sun".
- Ah. BLOOM is the moniker used by piano composer and producer Ben Laver on "Winter Sun".
- uncrumpled records is a subsidiary of Vohnic Music. a boutique Nashville-based label and publisher focused on indie folk, indie pop, analog electro-indie, cinematic strings, and piano-driven records.
- "Winter Sun" was sampled by Future on "Hollywood", from the 2026 Epic Records album The Real Me.
- The clearance was a direct one-stop master and publishing deal between Vohnic Music and Epic Records.
About Juniper Vale
Juniper Vale is an ethereal indie pop artist and producer signed to uncrumpled records, a subsidiary of Vohnic Music. On "Winter Sun" she is credited as both — shaping the song's melodies, lyrics and production. Her aesthetic sits in the modern cinematic-pop lane: atmospheric, emotionally weighted, closer in feeling to artists like Aurora and Hozier, with vocal styling similar to Regina Spektor and Yebba. The through-line across her work is a creativity that is both whimsical and timeless — leading to productions and melodies that create space rather than fill it.
That aesthetic is exactly what translated into Future's world. When a hip-hop producer chops an indie record, the elements that survive the process are the ones with air around them — a memorable interval, a distinct texture, a chord progression that loops without feeling repetitive. Juniper Vale's writing and production are built that way by default.
About Ben Laver (Ah. BLOOM)
Ben Laver is an artist and producer known for his neoclassical piano compositions and lofi hip hop productions. On "Winter Sun" he is credited under his producer moniker Ah. BLOOM. His production leans into analog electronics, cinematic textures, and hybrid arrangement — and on "Winter Sun" the Ah. BLOOM fingerprint is the sonic foundation the song is built on.
That combination — two producer/artists writing and producing together, one leaning cinematic-pop and one leaning analog-electronic — is a recurring architecture in the Vohnic catalog, and it is why records from that catalog keep landing in high-value sync and sample contexts. "Winter Sun" is the highest-profile placement of that model to date.
How "Winter Sun" came together
"Winter Sun" was written and produced cross-continenetally, by two indie artists with world class talent. Juniper Vale in Nashville and Ah. BLOOM in London - each artist creating tracks in a small room with the world in mind, a two person team with a philosophy that treats every release as a potential master license, not just a streaming asset. The record was not written to be sampled. It was written to stand on its own. That is why it worked when Epic Records went looking for a source recording with the right mood, the right harmonic movement, and — critically — the right rights structure.
Vohnic administers both the master and the publishing on "Winter Sun". That one detail is why the song was cleared quickly enough to anchor a Future single. When rights are splintered across separate master owners and multiple co-publishers, sample deals stall. On "Winter Sun", they did not.
What Winter Sun sounds like
On its own, "Winter Sun" is not a hip-hop record. It is a cinematic-pop record with an analog-electronic underbelly — the kind of song built for a late-night drive or the emotional pivot of a film scene. The elements Future's production team pulled forward are the ones that give the song its hook: the melodic figure, the core textures, the harmonic movement that loops without collapsing.
That is a good working definition of a sample-able record in 2026. The source has to be memorable enough to anchor a hit and durable enough to survive being chopped, filtered, layered, and re-arranged. "Winter Sun" clears both bars — which is why it made it out of the demo stack and into the tracklist.
Where to listen
"Winter Sun" by Juniper Vale and Ah. BLOOM is available on all major streaming platforms via Vohnic Music. The rest of the Juniper Vale and Ben Laver (Ah. BLOOM) catalogs — and the broader Vohnic Music catalog they belong to — are worth spending time in if this is the aesthetic you came for.
For producers, sync supervisors, and A&R teams: the "Winter Sun" master and the wider Vohnic catalog are available for master licensing, sampling, and sync via the Vohnic Sample Library.
Browse the Vohnic Sample Library
What Future's placement means for Juniper Vale and Ah. BLOOM
"Hollywood" is on Future's The Real Me, one of the most anticipated hip-hop releases of the summer. Every stream of that record traces back — legally, financially, and creatively — to "Winter Sun". For two independent artists in a boutique catalog, that is the definition of a career-scale moment.
It is also a signal about where the sample market is going. Major-label producers are increasingly reaching into curated indie catalogs for source material that shared marketplaces cannot deliver. Juniper Vale and Ah. BLOOM (Ben Laver) are the artists on the front end of that shift.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Juniper Vale?
Juniper Vale is a Vohnic Music producer and artist known for cinematic-pop work with atmospheric, emotionally weighted production. On Winter Sun she is credited as both producer and artist alongside Ah. BLOOM (Ben Laver). Winter Sun is the sample source for Future's Hollywood on The Real Me (Epic Records, 2026).
Who is Ben Laver?
Ben Laver is a Vohnic Music artist and producer whose work centers on analog electronics and cinematic hybrid production. On Winter Sun — the song sampled on Future's Hollywood in 2026 — he is credited under his producer moniker Ah. BLOOM, alongside co-producer and artist Juniper Vale.
Who is Ah. BLOOM?
Ah. BLOOM is the producer moniker used by Ben Laver, a Vohnic Music artist and producer. Ah. BLOOM is the credited producer name on Winter Sun — the song sampled on Future's Hollywood from The Real Me (Epic Records, 2026) — alongside co-producer and artist Juniper Vale.
What is the song Winter Sun by Juniper Vale and Ah. BLOOM?
Winter Sun is an indie release by Juniper Vale and Ah. BLOOM (Ben Laver) on Vohnic Music. It sits in the cinematic-pop / analog atmospheric space and became globally visible when Future built his Hollywood beat around it on The Real Me.
Where can I listen to Winter Sun?
Winter Sun by Juniper Vale and Ah. BLOOM (Ben Laver) is available on all major streaming platforms via Vohnic Music. Future's Hollywood, which samples it, is out on Epic Records as part of The Real Me.
Are Juniper Vale and Ah. BLOOM (Ben Laver) a duo?
They are co-credited producers and artists on Winter Sun rather than a single fixed duo project. Both are signed to Vohnic Music. Juniper Vale releases under her own name; Ben Laver releases and produces under both his own name and the moniker Ah. BLOOM.
What label are Juniper Vale and Ben Laver on?
Both Juniper Vale and Ben Laver are Vohnic Music artists. Vohnic is a boutique Nashville-based label and publisher that administers both master and publishing on its catalog, which is why the Winter Sun sample cleared quickly with Epic Records for Future's Hollywood.
How did Winter Sun end up on a Future album?
Vohnic Music brokered the placement directly with Epic Records as a one-stop master and publishing deal. Because Vohnic controls both sides of the copyright on Winter Sun, the clearance moved at major-label speed. A full case-study walkthrough is linked in Related Articles.