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U2 & Martin Garrix – “Fireflies”
U2 have released “Fireflies”, a new collaboration with Dutch DJ and producer Martin Garrix. The release marks another move towards electronic production for the band, whose earlier late-1990s experiment with dance music on Pop was short-lived, and comes amid a renewed run of new material from U2.
Garrix previously produced U2’s “Scars” and worked with Bono and the Edge on the 2021 UEFA European Championship song “We Are The People”. The Edge joined Garrix onstage at Tomorrowland earlier this month to debut “Fireflies”; the track is now available via Darkroom and features restrained festival-EDM elements, with Bono’s heavily Auto-Tuned vocals and the Edge’s recognisable guitar sound.
In short
- U2 and Martin Garrix have released new single “Fireflies”.
- The Edge debuted the collaboration during Garrix’s Tomorrowland set.
- It follows several recent U2 releases and earlier work with Garrix.
Explained simply
U2 is one of the world's most successful rock bands, led by singer Bono and guitarist The Edge. Martin Garrix is a Dutch electronic music producer and DJ known for dance and electronic music. The two have worked together on a new track.
The new track is called "Fireflies" and marks another venture into electronic music for U2. U2 previously explored dance and electronic music in the late 1990s with an album called Pop, although that experiment was relatively brief. Garrix has produced U2's track "Scars" and collaborated with Bono and The Edge on "We Are The People" for the 2021 UEFA European Championship.
The track features festival-style electronic music production alongside The Edge's guitar work and heavily Auto-Tuned vocals from Bono. The Edge made a special appearance with Garrix at the Tomorrowland festival to debut it.
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