| "Don't Give Up on Me" | ||||
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| Single by Kill the Noise and Illenium featuring Mako | ||||
| Released | February 13, 2018 | |||
| Genre | Dubstep [1] | |||
| Length | 4:39 | |||
| Label | Proximity | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Nicholas D. Miller | |||
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"Don't Give Up on Me" is a song recorded by American DJs and record producers Kill the Noise and Illenium. It features Mako, who contributed vocals. [3] [4] It was released on February 13, 2018, via Proximity. [5]
"Don't Give Up on Me" was first leaked in the Reddit community by fans, who shared a link to the unlisted video that was published on Mako's YouTube channel. The video was immediately taken down and removed from public access. [6] [7]
The song is described as a genre-bending banger beginning with "a post-apocalyptic vibe" with "dark synths contrasted by layered harmonic vocals." [8] [9] [10]
About the song, Illenium told Billboard "I've looked up to Kill the Noise for a while now, so it was awesome to get a chance to work on a song with him... I got the vocal from Mako and instantly fell in love with it." [11]
Jacob Stanczak, known professionally as Kill the Noise, is an American DJ and record producer from Rochester, New York. His collaboration with Skrillex, Fatman Scoop and Michael Angelakos, "Recess", entered the UK Singles Chart at number 57. The song is the title track from Skrillex's debut album Recess. He has performed at Coachella, Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC), Lollapalooza, Ultra Music Festival, Creamfields, Spring Awakening Music Festival, Holy Ship, Electric Zoo, Electric Forest, Bonnaroo and Tomorrowland.
Christian Valentin Brunn, better known by his stage name Virtual Riot, is a German DJ and electronic music producer. He has released seventeen extended plays and two studio albums, most notably his 2016 extended play Chemistry, which peaked at 20 on Billboard's Dance/Electronic Albums charts and his 2018 extended play German Engineering, which peaked on the Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales chart at the No. 11 position. He was signed to the independent music label Disciple Recordings in 2014. On 16 April 2019, he announced a publishing deal with Skrillex's OWSLA.
This is the discography of American electronic music producer Kill the Noise. His discography consists of three studio albums, three remix albums, four extended plays, 15 singles, and 34 remixes.
Trevor Christensen, known professionally as Said the Sky, is an American electronic dance music producer, DJ and musician.
Dan Griffith, known by his stage name Gryffin, is an American musician, DJ, and music producer. He gained recognition for remixing some well-known songs such as Tove Lo's "Talking Body", Maroon 5's "Animals" and Years & Years' "Desire".
Alexander Seaver, known professionally as Mako, is an American songwriter, music producer, composer, and DJ based in Los Angeles. Initially debuting as a duo with Logan Light, Mako rose to prominence in the electronic dance music scene with chart-topping tracks such as Smoke Filled Room from the debut studio album Hourglass (2017). Following Light’s departure in 2017, Seaver transitioned into composing and producing for Riot Games, contributing to the Emmy-winning animated series Arcane and several League of Legends World Championship anthems. His second studio album, Fable (2021), featured streaming hits such as Breathe and Murder, further showcasing his unique fusion of classical training and contemporary production.
Nicholas Daniel "Nick" Miller, professionally known as Illenium, is an American musician, DJ, music producer, and songwriter. He has released five studio albums, his most recent being Illenium, released in April 2023. Illenium earned his first Grammy nomination following the release of his fourth studio album, Fallen Embers, released in July 2021. One of Illenium's more notable albums, Ascend, was released in August 2019 on Astralwerks. The album was Illenium's first to top the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart and also reached his highest peak on the Billboard 200 at number 14.
The discography of American electronic music producer and DJ Illenium consists of five studio albums, four remix albums, four extended plays, thirty-six singles and eight music videos.
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Tyler Marenyi, better known by his stage name Nghtmre, is an American DJ and electronic dance music producer from Raleigh, North Carolina.
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"Beneath with Me" is a song by American DJ Kaskade and Canadian electronic music producer Deadmau5. It features vocals from American singer-songwriter Skylar Grey. This is the third collaborative single by Kaskade and Deadmau5, having previously worked together on "I Remember" and "Move for Me".
SLANDER is an American DJ duo consisting of Derek Andersen and Scott Land based in Los Angeles, California. They are best known for their unique emotional bass music sound.
Carl Garsbo, better known by his stage name Kasbo, is an electronic record producer and DJ, originating from Gothenburg, Sweden. Starting his music career in 2013, he released multiple songs independently and through labels such as Monstercat, Foreign Family Collective and bitbird. He also released a couple songs on NoCopyrightSounds, those being "Steps", and "Horizon".
"Harpoon" is a song by Australian electronic music duo Knife Party and Danish-Norwegian electronic music group Pegboard Nerds. Canadian record label Monstercat released it on 26 July 2018 as the first single from Pegboard Nerds' sixth EP, Full Hearts.
"Gold (Stupid Love)" is a song by Canadian producer and DJ Excision and American musician, DJ and producer Illenium, featuring American singer-songwriter Shallows. It was released on 17 July 2018 by Abel's record label Excision Music and was distributed by Caption Records.
Adam Puleo, better known by his alias Wooli, is an American briddim, riddim and dubstep DJ and producer. He is known for the songs "Island" and "Another Me", with the prior being a collaboration with American dubstep producers Seven Lions and Trivecta and the latter being a collaboration with Seven Lions and Canadian producer and DJ Excision. "Island" peaked at the No. 20 position on Billboard's Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales chart in early 2019. "Another Me" peaked on the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs at the No. 46 position in late 2019.
"Hearts on Fire" is a song by American DJ and producer Illenium and Canadian producer Dabin featuring Canadian singer-songwriter Lights. It was released on December 25, 2020, via 12 Tone Music and Warner Records. The song was written by Illenium, Dabin, Lights, Taylor Dearman and produced by Illenium and Dabin.
We Are Fury is a Canadian DJ and music production duo consisting of Joachim Speidel and Stuart Brookes. Taking inspiration from the feeling their music gave them for their stage name, they are known for their remixes, singles, extended plays (EP), and debut album Duality. We Are Fury's music is primarily electronic dance music (EDM) and contains elements of subgenres such as melodic trap, future bass, midtempo, and melodic dubstep.
