Bad Royale

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Bad Royale
Origin California, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • DJs
  • producers
Years active2015–present
Labels
Members
  • Maor Levi
  • Bruce Karlsson
  • Kevin Wild
  • Elias Ghosn
Past membersMaor Levi
Website badroyale.com

Bad Royale is an American DJ/production group consisting of Maor Levi, Bruce Karlsson, Kevin Wild and Elias Ghosn. [1] [2] [3] [4] Karlsson was also a member of the electronic duo Norin & Rad. [5]

Contents

Career

Bad Royale was formed on the summit of a mountain in Southern California. [6] [7] They noted that Major Lazer inspired them to start the project. [8]

Known for collaborating with Diplo, Steve Aoki and Skrillex, Bad Royale have performed at notable dance music festivals such as Ultra, Electric Zoo, Tomorrowland and Life In Color. They started a record label named Rude Mood. [3] In 2015, Bad Royale and Diplo remixed "Look At My Dab", a song by hip-hop group Migos. [9] [10]

On May 6, 2016, Bad Royale's EP Immutable Timeline, which features the single "Bun It Up", was released. [1] In December 2016, they collaborated with Major Lazer to release the single "My Number". [11] [12] Their remix of VICE's song "Steady 1234" which features singer Jasmine Thompson and rapper Skizzy Mars, released via Atlantic Records. [13]

On January 20, 2017, Anjunabeats partnered with Mad Decent to release three of Bad Royale's covers of Above & Beyond's songs such as "We're All We Need" and "Fly Me to New York", as singles. [14] In May 2017, they signed with Polydor Records. [7]

On May 5, 2017, their single "All I Can Do", a collaboration with Silver which was written by Jamie Hartman, was released via Polydor Records. [15] Former member of the group Maor Levi left to pursue his own solo endeavors in 2017, leaving the group as a trio.

Discography

[16] [17]

Extended plays

TitleDetails
Move Like
Welcome to the Badlands
  • Released: July 14, 2015
  • Label: Buygore
  • Format: Digital download, CD
Before Common Era
  • Released: December 1, 2015
  • Label: Buygore
  • Format: Digital download, CD
Immutable Timeline
  • Released: May 6, 2016
  • Label: Mad Decent
  • Format: Digital download, CD
Treasures From Tomorrow
  • Released: October 12, 2016
  • Label: Mad Decent
  • Format: Digital download, CD
We're All We Need
  • Released: January 20, 2017
  • Label: Mad Decent
  • Format: Digital download, CD

Singles

As lead artist

TitleYearAlbum
"Hey!"
(featuring Fly Boi Keno)
2015Non-album single
"Galaxy Ranger"
(featuring Mark Hardy)
2016Treasures from Tomorrow
"Vibrate"
(featuring Brukout)
"Gyal Ya Shake It"
(featuring Future Fambo)
"No Behavior"
(featuring Hashim)
Non-album single
"We're All We Need"2017We're All We Need
"Blue Sky Action"
(featuring Ruby Chase)
"Fly to New York"
(featuring Flipo)
"All I Can Do"
(featuring Silver)
Non-album singles
"Generals" [18]
(with Party Favor featuring Richie Loop)
2019
"NRG" [19]
(featuring Richie Loop and Lulu)

Promotional singles

TitleYear
"My Number"
(with Major Lazer)
2016
TitleYear
"Big Booty"
(Richieloop featuring Bad Royale)
2015

Remixes

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