“Eyes Wide Shut” by ILLENIUM ft. Avril Lavigne & Travis Barker, Tuesday, June 6, 2023
The electronic dance music of the ‘10s couldn’t be farther from ILLENIUM ’s self-titled album , released last month. Following up 2019’s Ascend , the eponymous record delves into pop-punk and hard rock along with more familiar sounds of pop and R&B. Although ILLENIUM started his career remixing Alternative artists like Florence + the Machine and Lana Del Rey , he found success in working with pop acts. But today’s song is a prime example of how rock became popular in the early ‘20s after nearly 20 years of being untrendy. I SAY I’M FINE, BUT I’M MISERABLE. In an interview with Zach Sang shortly after releasing his self-titled album, ILLENIUM talked about his rock influences which he could now proudly bring to his DJ career. But rather than assembling artists like his rock heroes, something an artist may have done twenty years ago when artists’ peak careers were shorter, Illenium features three veteran acts: All Time Low , Avril Lavigne , and Travis Barker . Today we’ll discuss t
