| "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]
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