Pageant season is quickly approaching liftoff, and “Air,” the brand new collaboration from Gryffin, Excision and Julia Michaels, appears like its first second of weightlessness.
Out now by way of 10K Tasks, the monitor leans into its emotional core moderately than chasing the extremes on which Excision is understood to hold his hat. Constructed on Gryffin’s signature cinematic textures, “Air” opens with vivid piano chords and luminous synths that swell like a rising tide.
Michaels’ momentous vocals land with actual weight, anchoring the association because it glides right into a drop that’s extra refined surge than full-on explosion. There’s tinctures of Excision’s dubstep affect within the design, particularly within the second drop, however it’s filtered by means of a melodic lens to encourage motion with out overwhelming pressure.
To that finish, “Air” appears like a shared imaginative and prescient greater than a conflict of types. It is a hovering, anthemic dance file that evokes the cathartic euphoria of early 2010s progressive home whereas staying rooted in fashionable melodic bass.
As Gryffin continues his “PULSE: PHASE 2” tour and heads right into a loaded competition season, “Air” lands like a mission assertion. His first foray into dubstep and co-production with Excision alerts his intent to proceed rising and demonstrating his elite versatility inside a large number of dance music sub-genres.
You’ll be able to take heed to “Air” beneath and discover the brand new single on streaming platforms here.
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