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Some artistic combinations are simply written in the stars, and they don't lie when they pair visionaries. After taking us to the moon back in 2009, Kid Cudi is returning to orbit, this time with Dom Dolla steering the spaceship.

The duo today released "Forever," one of the year's biggest dance music collaborations. If "Day 'n' Nite" was the soundtrack to stargazing alone, "Forever" is the euphoric sound of dancing in zero gravity. Dolla's club sensibility meets Cudi's existential cool, and together they find the sweet spot where real anthems live.

"We'd never worked together before, but somehow we knew this one would be special," the pair said.

What elevates "Forever" beyond mere dancefloor utility is its emotional intelligence. Cudi and Dolla's stated intention, crafting something that "takes you to a happier time and place," reads initially as standard artist commentary, but the execution reveals deeper ambition. The desire to freeze perfect, ephemeral moments pulses behind every lyric.

Beneath the surface lies a genuine yearning for permanence, a sentiment that resonates powerfully after years of collective isolation and uncertainty. Euphoric synth swells flutter atop a pumping house beat, mirroring how fleeting moments of bliss punctuate our everyday existence, even when it seems mundane.

This tension between impermanence and eternity gives "Forever" its narrative depth. The track becomes a meditation on time itself, capturing how dancefloors have always served as escapist autonomous zones where time stands still and worries deplete along with sweat glands.

You can listen to "Forever" below and find the new single on streaming platforms here.

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The minds behind Miami's III Points are hoping to save even more lives in 2025.

Between the music, comedy and easter egg hunts at this weekend's III Joints event—III Points' one-day offshoot to celebrate cannabis culture—there will be a bone marrow donor registration drive. The beloved festival brand shared an informational post on social media explaining their public health initiative.

While the donation process involves a surgical procedure, the requirement to be added to the donation is a harmless cheek swab. The information gathered is then added to a database where donors can be matched with those in need of a life-saving bone marrow donation. Gift of Life collected 200 registrations at III Points and III Joints last year, and two of those attendees went through with the procedure to save two lives.

The cause is close to organizers' hearts. After being diagnosed with cancer in high school and spending five months in isolation at a Durham children’s hospital, III Points founder David Sinopoli recovered thanks to a bone marrow transplant from his brother. He later rose through South Florida’s nightlife scene and ultimately co-founded III Points in 2013.

III Joints Festival will take over Factory Town in Miami on April 19th, 2025. You can learn more here.

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After garnering multiple wins and nominations for the Academy Award for Best Picture, A24 now has its eyes on the music industry.

The renowned studio, which is behind a bevy of the most popular independent films of the last two decades, took to social media this week to mysteriously teased a project involving music. It shared a teaser alerting fans to the new venture, including a cryptic caption: "A24 Music. Stay tuned."

Many fans had initially believed A24 launched a record label, but representatives from the studio told TheGamer that A24 Music is centered on the "launch of a new social channel for its music arm."

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It's worth noting that the company has been running a YouTube channel of the same name since December 2021 and since hosted official audio of songs from some of their films. That includes Everything Everywhere All at Once, which won Best Picture in 2023 ; and X, which was written and directed by Ti West, the husband of electronic music superstar Alison Wonderland.

A24 also made waves in the dance music space earlier in 2025, when they announced that they'll be distributing the Charli xcx-led and A.G. Cook-scored film The Moment, from the former's new movie studio, Studio365. Outside of electronic music, A24 is responsible for the critically acclaimed restoration of the Talking Heads' 1984 concert film, Stop Making Sense.

Specific details surrounding A24's new music venture have not been made public at the time of this writing.

Miami's Club Space is gearing up for another marathon session over the 2025 Memorial Day holiday, tapping some of today's best techno and house music artists to soundtrack a huge weekender.

With each show beginning at 11pm each night, the weekend kicks off Friday, May 23rd with a headlining performance from EDM.com Class of 2024 star Sara Landry. Natalia Roth, Dara Del Castillo and a b2b set from Hiroko Yamamura and Cole Knight round out the first night’s lineup.

Saturday brings a shift in energy with a headline from Mau P, who is fresh off a massive performance at Coachella. He'll DJ after OMRI. and Club Space residents Malóne and Thunderpony.

The weekender closes out on Sunday with a stacked showcase that reads like a love letter to after-hours. Dennis Cruz and Seth Troxler lead the charge, followed by Chaos In The CBD and a pair of b2b sets: Ryan Crosson with Shaun Reeves and Ms. Mada with Danyelino.

You can check out the full billing below and purchase tickets here.

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Festival season doesn't start at the gates. It starts with a sweat. So Barry's, the beloved boutique fitness brand, has teamed up with Breakaway Music Festival and CELSIUS for a special DJ-led workout.

Blending high-intensity training with electronic music, "Barry's to Breakaway" is scheduled for Thursday, April 24th at 4:20pm ET. The class will feature a live DJ set by Rich DietZ, whose adrenaline-pumping house music will offer a dose of festival energy and a taste of what's to come at Breakaway's ensuing return to Raymond James Stadium.

Attendees will have the chance to win free tickets to Breakaway Tampa, which begins the following day before concluding April 26th. This year's festival lineup includes Rich DietZ as well as FISHER, Knock2, ISOxo and Louis The Child, among others.

Whether you're already heading to Breakaway or just want to get moving to a live DJ set, "Barry’s to Breakaway" offers a unique way to start the weekend early. Spots for the class are limited and can be reserved here.

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Imagine you're in a crowd at a festival, concert museum or even a public square, and suddenly, you hear a message meant only for you. No headphones, just sound. That’s the promise of "audible enclaves," the byproduct of new technology developed by scientists and researchers at Penn State that could redefine how sound is experienced in public spaces.

Led by Jiaxin Zhong, a postdoctoral scholar in acoustics, and Yun Jing, a professor of acoustics at Penn State, the research team has figured out how to use ultrasonic waves to beam sound through the air to a single person without anyone nearby hearing a thing. They published their findings in the multidisciplinary scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The tech works by overlapping two high-frequency beams that are silent to human ears on their own. But when they meet at a specific point in space, they generate a new frequency—the difference between the two—that falls within the audible range. That exact spot becomes a so-called "audio enclave," essentially a pocket of sound, and if you step outside of it, everything goes quiet.

The sound can also curve around objects to reach its destination. This is made possible by engineered "acoustic metasurfaces," which act like lenses for sound by bending the beams in precise directions. That means even if the listener isn’t directly in the line of sight, the message can still find its way to them.

"The self-bending ultrasonic beams created by acoustic metasurfaces, though inaudible, can bypass obstacles such as human heads," according to the study. "At their intersection behind obstacles, highly localized audible enclaves are formed due to the local nonlinear interactions."

To test the system, the team used a dummy with microphones inside its ears. Only when the figure's head was placed at the intersection point could the audio be detected, confirming that the sound was completely contained to that tiny zone.

The tech can create an audible enclave up to about three feet away, at a volume similar to everyday conversation. It’s still in the experimental phase, but the potential applications span everything from immersive art installations and museum exhibits to individualized experiences at live events. Even everyday environments like airports or libraries could benefit, offering directional audio without adding to the noise pollution.

You can read the team's findings here.

The old adage "drunk words are sober thoughts"  is taking on new meaning through a wild performance this weekend by Alison Wonderland.

While enjoying a drunken night at a Renaissance Faire last year, the Australian electronic music virtuoso came up with an idea for a unique tribute to her breakout debut album, Run. This Saturday, she'll explore a reality where she wrote the record in 1515 instead of 2015.

In celebration of the album's 10-year anniversary, Wonderland has announced a pop-up DJ set on the Maybower Stage at Southern California's Renaissance Pleasure Faire. She's remade Run in medieval form and will be playing "ye olde versions" on phonographs, her management tells EDM.com.

Wonderland herself said the performance will take place on a "strange contraption." It’s a delicious irony that Run, a spellbinding album conjured from laptops and synths, would've branded her a witch in the 1500s but is now being reimagined as medieval magic.

Wonderland's Renaissance Faire pop-up is scheduled for Saturday, April 19th. You can purchase tickets here.

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Billy McFarland and the organizers of the controversial Fyre Festival have postponed a planned sequel to the infamous 2017 event following disputes with Mexican authorities over its location, according to an email issued to ticket-holders and obtained by EDM.com.

Fyre Festival 2 will no longer take place in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, as previously announced. The organizers claim they have been "blindsided" by local government officials who allegedly first supported the event before publicly denying any knowledge of it.

"When a government takes your money, issues permits, promotes the event, and then pretends it’s never heard of you, that’s not just dishonest—it’s theft," the statement reads. "Due to this, we have decided to move FYRE Festival 2 elsewhere."

The statement described a pattern of similar challenges with officials in Isla Mujeres, where the festival was initially planned. After receiving "official government documentation stating full support" in December 2024, organizers said they secured venues and began selling tickets, only to face public disavowal from the same authorities.

When approached by the government of Playa del Carmen with what they called "a proposal we couldn't refuse," Fyre organizers relocated the event there. According to their statement, they obtained and paid for various permits, participated in a joint press conference with various partners and received public support through government social media accounts before facing another denial.

"Then, days later, and after international media coverage, the same government publicly denied any awareness of FYRE Festival 2," they wrote in today's email. "You can't make this stuff up."

McFarland in 2018 entered a guilty plea for fraud for his role organizing the original Fyre Festival, a botched event that devolved into chaos on the Bahamian island of Great Exuma. He was released from prison in 2022 after serving four years for wire fraud.

The team behind Fyre Festival 2 insists the event "is still on" and are currently "vetting new locations." They have not announced new dates or a location at press time.

Mary Droppinz channels the chaos of Fortnite into something physical, filthy, and undeniably filthy in her new single, "Drop In."

A sub-heavy salute to the iconic game, "Drop In" succeeds where many crossover attempts fail, speaking authentically to both gaming enthusiasts and bass music aficionados without pandering to either. The result is both accessible and uncompromising, precisely what makes Droppinz one to watch.

Out now under Zeds Dead's Deadbeats banner, "Drop In" is a nasty, expertly carved slab of deep dubstep that doubles as a nod to gamer culture. What elevates the track beyond mere gamer fan service, however, is her DIY approach to sound design. Droppinz, a producer's producer, melds Apache drum loops and Think breaks to create a rhythmic backbone and even samples the pang of her own glass water bottle.

The track's highlight is its wonky bassline, which provides the gravitational pull around which Droppinz's vocals and samples orbit. Her own vocals purr the titular command, but it's the drop's woozy low end that brings it into banger territory, wobbling like heat off asphalt.

You can listen to "Drop In" below and find the new single on streaming platforms here.

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Tomorrowland's influence is swelling far beyond electronic dance music as the legendary Belgian festival steps into the world of interior design with the launch of MORPHO, a luxury furniture collection.

The collection is the brainchild of Tomorrowland's newest creative venture, Great Library Design Studio. The launch marks a major evolution for the brand, expanding its immersive world-building ethos beyond music festivals and into people's living spaces.

With MORPHO, Tomorrowland brings its signature whimsical storytelling to life through nature-inspired furniture, lighting and décor. The collection leans heavily into organic forms, earth tones and a bespoke design philosophy with a mission to capture the same sense of wonder and escapism that has defined the festival's onsite experience for 20 years.

Dragonflies served as Tomorrowland's "main source of inspiration," according to a press release. The MORPHO bar stool incorporates the shape of the insect's wings, and the motif can also can be found in the metal detailing of the collection's sunbed as well as the embroidery on the leather back of the lounge chair.

The goal is simple: to turn the ephemeral magic of the festival into something tangible and lasting within both interior and exterior spaces. Great Library Design Studio worked alongside specialized craftsmen, factories and workshops to ensure every piece in the collection feels intentional and transportive. 

Tomorrowland's primary collaborators are a trio of esteemed Belgian design brands: Ethnicraft, Atelier Vierkant and RVB. Inspired by Art Nouveau, they pulled inspiration from legendary architects such as Victor Horta and Antoní Gaudí.

The Art Nouveau-inspired MORPHO line is available now. You can shop the collection here.

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