

"Because once you're in there and you've done that once in your life with the energy and the positivity, it's like a piece of our hearts that's missing." "I understand why a lot of heritage bands continue touring for the rest of their lives," said Ingrosso. But when the coronavirus pandemic took hold in 2020, not having an audience was one of the hardest parts for these DJs who had spent decades performing live in clubs, arenas and festivals all over the globe, setting the unrelenting musical pace for tens of thousands of dancing fans. Angello released his own solo records and Axwell and Ingrosso put out an album in 2017 together. But if you let some time pass, all of a sudden, those things that, those things that tore us apart were kind of destroyed."ĭuring the breakup, they all kept working and performing. "So like when you're running 100 miles an hour, like you don't have time to reflect. "Enough time went by for me to feel like I was missing something, right?" said Angello. The opportunity to push boundaries again was the motivating factor to come back together and put aside differences that led to their split, said Angello, who remained coy on the exact reasons. The new songs are leading up to their full-length album "Paradise Again," slated for release next year. They released two other singles this year, including "Lifetime" featuring Ty Dolla $ign and 070 Shake and "It Gets Better," both of which reached the Top 15 of Billboard's Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart. "We were like, 'Well, did you have this written down or how was it like? Did you prepare notes?' (He said,) 'I just looked at some text messages on my phone.'" "He just, boom, went for it and it sounded amazing," said Axwell. After meeting in Los Angeles, they found a track they all loved and the Toronto-born superstar let inspiration lead him, said Axwell.

They also now share the same management team with The Weeknd, who has hinted at the collab on his social media.

"We made more songs in the past two years than we did in the 20 years before that, which is incredible," said Angello. Known for being perfectionists and their slow pace of recording, the pandemic gave them the time they needed as they worked in their studio in Sweden. The anticipation has been building since the three announced their reunion at a surprise set at Ultra Music Festival in Miami in 2018, but behind the scenes it was a years-long process of getting a new label, new management and new music. In other Swedish House Mafia news, Sebastian Ingrosso teased an LA show on his Instagram story, hinting at a Los Angeles return for the trio.With hits like "Don't You Worry Child" and "Save The World," they were the first DJ act to sell out Madison Square Garden and got top billing at Coachella, where they will return in 2022.

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The tweet and website update were synonymous to the Ultra Europe news the day prior, set to a hyped-up video of the trio’s Knife Party-assisted “Antidote.” With posters appearing in Seoul after the Ultra Europe announcement, the confirmation only guides beliefs to an Ultra Worldwide circuit comeback tour of epic proportions.Īfter this five-year hiatus, fans of the super-group have grown impatient from the slow leak of information covering the highly anticipated comeback tour after a watershed performance at 2018’s Ultra Music Festival. Dates in Ibiza, Mexico City, and a headlining slot at Creamfields this summer are already confirmed while Tomorrowland rumors continue to swirl. Continuing the Swedish House Mafia slow drip, Ultra Korea just confirmed the trio’s headlining performance in Seoul, South Korea.
