Monitor marks the producer/DJ’s first correct solo single since 2021
Skrillex is again together with his first new solo track in simply over a yr, “Rumble,” which options rising DJ/producer Fred Once more.. and dirt MC/producer Flowdan.
“Rumble” lives as much as its identify, with Flowdan rapping over a gentle, propulsive groove punctuated with menacing bass swells. The 2-and-half-minute monitor builds steadily to a intelligent peak that drops with a deft, nearly understated increase.
The official launch of “Rumble” comes after Fred Once more.. teased it throughout his Boiler Room debut final summer time. The track additionally dropped a few days after Skrillex appeared to tease new music — even a doable double album — on social media with a video crammed with track snippets, accompanied by the enigmatic caption, “QFF/DGTC 23.”
Skrillex hasn’t launched a correct solo album since 2014’s Recess. The next yr, he and Diplo additionally launched a collaborative report as Jack Ü.
Skrillex has, after all, stayed busy with loads of collaborations, unfastened singles, and manufacturing work within the intervening years — although “Rumble” is his first solo providing since 2021. He was concerned in some new music final yr, together with collaborations with Beyoncé (“Vitality”), PinkPantheress (“The place Are You”), and 100 Gecs (“Torture Me”).