Swedish DJ and record producer Alesso has released his new single, “Words”, featuring Swedish singer Zara Larsson.
Alesso has worked with numerous artists, including Tove Lo, Theo Hutchcraft, Ryan Tedder, Hailee Steinfeld, Calvin Harris, Katy Perry, Anitta, Usher, David Guetta, Sebastian Ingrosso, Liam Payne, TINI and Stray Kids.
Alesso has performed at numerous music festivals, including Coachella, Electric Daisy Carnival, Creamfields, and Tomorrow land. In 2012, MTV named Alesso one of the “EDM Rookies to Watch”.
He was ranked 13th on DJ Magazine’s 2015 list of the top 100 DJs and number 20th in year 2016 on DJ Magazine among the list of Top 100 DJs in the world. His debut full-length album Forever was released on 22 May 2015 by Def Jam Recordings.
On 30 September 2016, his new version of “I Wanna Know” featuring Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai was officially released. Alesso and Tsai closed International Music Summit with a discussion of what it takes to bridge the gap between East and West in electronic music.
On 1 October 2016, Alesso and Tsai performed the single “I Wanna Know” and a remix version of Tsai’s hit “Play” together at the Storm Music Festival in Shanghai. On 4 October 2016, it was announced that Alesso would be releasing a new version of the song “Years”, collaborating with K-pop band Exo’s member, Chen. The song was released on October 7 through SM Station.
On 7 October 2016, Alesso premiered a new single, co-produced by Dillon Francis, called “Take My Breath Away” during Ultra Music Festival Taiwan. The single was later released on October 21, 2016.
On 8 September 2017, Hailee Steinfeld released her new song “Let Me Go” which is a collaboration between Alesso, Watt, and Florida Georgia Line. On 13 October 2017, Alesso released his new single “Is That for Me” which is a collaboration with Brazilian singer Anitta.
In 2018, Alesso went on his European Tour, highlighted by his closing performance at the Tomorrowland festival in Belgium. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Electric Zoo later that year, Alesso is invited to be the headliner along with Tiesto.
In August 2018, Alesso performed on ABC’s Good Morning America’s summer concert series where he debuted his new single, “Remedy”. The concert was held in New York City’s Central Park while Alesso was joined by singer Conor Maynard for the song’s performance. Remedy reached number one on the US Dance Airplay chart.
In October 2018, Alesso played three back to back sold-out shows at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. Previously in the year he also performed shows in Brooklyn and San Francisco.
Alesso’s final single release of 2018 was “Tilted Towers”, made in partnership with video game streamer Ninja and was debuted live on Twitch where it was watched by over fifty thousand fans. The song’s name is based on a popular map in the video game Fortnite, which Alesso and Ninja live streamed playing together to promote the track’s release.
On January 29, 2019 it was announced that Alesso will perform at the Indy 500 Snake Pit on May 26, 2019, along with Skrillex, Illenium, and Chris Lake. Previous performers have included: Axwell Λ Ingrosso, deadmau5, Diplo, GRiZ, Zedd, Marshmello, Martin Garrix, Steve Aoki, Kaskade, Hardwell, Dillon Francis, and Zeds Dead.
On February 22, 2019 he performed at the concert Venezuela Live Aid alongside influencers Lele Pons and Juanpa Zurita to help raise funds to fight Venezuelan humanitarian crisis.
In November 2020, Alesso performed at Road to Ultra Taiwan, one of the few major music events still taking place in 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
Stream & Download Words Mp3 by Alesso Ft. Zara Larsson Below:
