There is a specific kind of artist who does not chase trends and does not chase attention, who just keeps making music that sounds like themselves and trusts that the right people will find it. Ulrich Jannert is that kind of artist. Born in Germany, now based in Sweden, he has been building a catalog since 2022 that moves between indie pop, soul, R&B, rock, and modern country without ever feeling like it is trying to be any of those things specifically. It just sounds like him.
His 2025 album Shape Your Galaxy put that range on full display across eight tracks, pulling country rhythms, soulful grooves, and rock flourishes into something cohesive. Millions of streams and a growing audience across Europe confirmed that people were paying attention. Now he follows it with All In, a four-track EP that feels less like a stopgap and more like a focused statement of where his head is at right now.
The Title Track
All In is the center of the EP and the clearest articulation of what drives Jannert’s songwriting. The subject is familiar: the tendency to wait for the perfect moment before actually doing anything. The gap between wanting something and moving toward it. The way fear of making mistakes can quietly turn into years of postponed decisions and opportunities that just drift by.
What makes the song work is that it does not lecture. It does not stand over you and tell you to get your act together. It sits next to you and acknowledges the tension between caution and action without pretending one of them is obviously correct. That warmth is what separates honest writing from motivational poster writing, and Jannert lands on the right side of that line.
The production matches the emotional register perfectly. Warm piano chords open things up, soulful vocals come in over a mellow arrangement, and then the track builds with drums and instrumentation that includes a smooth saxophone lead that glides through the mid-section in a way that is genuinely beautiful. By the end it has moved from intimate to expansive without ever feeling like it forced that shift.
The Rest of the EP
Breaking Free shows up here in a Soul Brass Version that gives the track a completely different texture. Smoky brass, flickering guitar, rustling drums, and a blues-tinged soul pop energy that feels lived-in rather than produced. It is one of those reimaginings that makes you think the new version might actually be the definitive one.
Follow The Compass in Your Soul gets the same treatment in reimagined form, built around piano with understated percussion underneath moving vocals. It is the quietest thing on the EP and one of the most affecting. When a song is stripped back this much it has nowhere to hide, and this one does not need to.
Yin and Yang closes things with soft piano, crisp drums, bass pulse, and intricate saxophone lines weaving through warm vocals into something that feels genuinely complete as a finale. It is the kind of closing track that makes the whole EP feel like it was building toward something, which is exactly what you want from a four-song project.
The Verdict
All In is Ulrich Jannert doing what he does best. He takes the quieter, more uncertain moments of being a person and turns them into something that feels both honest and hopeful. That is not an easy balance to maintain across a whole career, let alone a consistent one. Four tracks in, this EP earns every minute of its runtime.
Keep an eye on him. The catalog is only going to grow from here.
All In is out now. Follow Ulrich Jannert for new releases.
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