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Fuck U Skrillex You Think Ur Andy Warhol but Ur Not!! <3
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ReleasedApril 1, 2025 (2025-04-01)
Recorded2010–2025
Genre
Length46:27
Label
Producer
Skrillex chronology
Don't Get Too Close
(2023)
Fuck U Skrillex You Think Ur Andy Warhol but Ur Not!! <3
(2025)

Fuck U Skrillex You Think Ur Andy Warhol but Ur Not!! <3 (stylized in all caps, and more commonly shortened to Fuck U Skrillex or FUS) is the fourth studio album by American record producer Skrillex. It was released on April 1, 2025, through Atlantic Records and Owsla as a surprise album, and his final album for the former labels. [3] Unlike his previous three albums, it is presented as a continuous mix hosted by producer DJ Smokey. Stylistically, the album has been described as a return to Skrillex's dubstep roots, featuring several previously unreleased tracks dating back to 2010. [3]

Contents

The album features appearances from a wide variety of collaborators, including Boys Noize, Dylan Brady, Varg2TM, Whitearmor, Starrah, Zacari, Virtual Riot and Parisi. [4] Production was primarily handled by Skrillex himself, alongside Fred Again, Varg2TM, Whitearmor, and Eurohead, among others. Fuck U Skrillex follows his pair of 2023 albums, Quest for Fire and Don't Get Too Close .

Release

Fuck U Skrillex received no previous promotion, and was instead released as a surprise album. On March 31, 2025, one night before release, the full mixtape was shared by Skrillex via a Dropbox link sent to his email subscriber list. [5] [6] The album was released to streaming services on April 1, 2025. [6] The cover photograph was taken near the NestHQ media company building in Los Angeles, California and features a first generation Mazda Miata.

Several months prior up to the album's release, Skrillex made public comments on his Twitter/X account about his frustration with Atlantic Records. [7] Since his contract required four albums, this album is to be Skrillex's final project with Atlantic, which has been affiliated with every Skrillex release since his debut single "Weekends!!!" (2010). [8]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 74/100 [9]
Review scores
SourceRating
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Pitchfork 8/10 [2]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [11]

Fuck U Skrillex received positive reviews from music critics. According to review aggregator Metacritic, the album received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 74 out of 100 from 5 critic scores. In a review for Billboard , Katie Bain called the album "occasionally laugh-out-loud funny" and "ultimately quite moving", noting its "tongue-in-cheek" tone and praising "Voltage" as "one of the most, if not the most, emotionally resonant, truly moving songs of the entire Skrillex catalog". [12] A positive review by Michaelangelo Matos for Rolling Stone noted the album's "playful edge" and attention to detail. [11] Receiving the album positively, Vulture's Craig Jenkins praised the album's eclecticism, likening the album's mixtape format to Resident Advisor mixes and DJ Drama's Gangsta Grillz series. [13]

Track listing

Fuck U Skrillex You Think Ur Andy Warhol but Ur Not!! <3 track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Skrillex Is Dead" (with DJ Smokey)
  • Skrillex
  • Heavy Mellow
  • Johnson
  • Kudo
0:51
2."Spitfire" (with Hawaii Slim)
  • Moore
  • Keith Hall
Skrillex1:29
3."While You Were Sleeping VIP" (with Virtual Riot and Naisha)
  • Skrillex
  • Virtual Riot
0:57
4."Slickman"
  • Moore
  • Barghabi
Skrillex0:44
5."Tears Lost Drop" (with Joker and Sleepnet)
  • Skrillex
  • Joker
  • Sleepnet
1:16
6."Things I Promised"Moore
  • Skrillex
  • Virtual Riot
0:57
7."Recovery" (with Space Laces)
  • Moore
  • Ian Slider
  • Skrillex
  • Space Laces
1:10
8."Andy"
  • Skrillex
  • Kudo
  • Wiggins
  • Car!ton
  • Nik Roos
  • Isoxo
1:52
9."Squishy Clip"MooreSkrillex0:47
10."Look at You" (with Jónsi)
  • Skrillex
  • Jónsi
0:51
11."Gulab XX" (with Naisha)
  • Moore
  • Barghabi
  • Skrillex
  • Isoxo
1:19
12."Momentum" (with Zacari and Starrah, featuring Ilykimchi)
  • Skrillex
  • Isoxo
  • Ilykimchi
1:18
13."Animals Beat" (with Team EZY)
  • Skrillex
  • Team EZY
0:29
14."Mirchi Test" (with Virtual Riot and Naisha)
  • Moore
  • Brunn
  • Barghabi
  • Skrillex
  • Virtual Riot
  • Isoxo
1:06
15."Hold On"
  • Skrillex
  • Isoxo
0:32
16."See You Again VIP" (with Swedm [a] and Loam)
  • Moore
  • Brunn
  • Simon Hessman
  • Jonas Rönnberg
  • Skrillex
  • Varg2TM
  • Eurohead
  • Virtual Riot
1:16
17."Morja Kaiju VIP"
  • Moore
  • Sulaiman
  • Alvin Risk
  • Skrillex
  • Roos [v]
1:29
18."Korabu" (with Bgirl and Parisi, featuring Eurohead, Varg2TM, Whitearmor, and Jamesjamesjames)
2:01
19."Redline Dash"
  • Moore
  • Barghabi
  • Hessman
  • Gold
  • Rönnenberg
  • Jordan Douglas
  • Tyshane Thomas
  • Dilip Venkatesh
  • Skrillex
  • Varg2TM
  • Eurohead
  • Dilip
  • Team EZY
1:16
20."Zeet Noise" (with Boys Noize and Dylan Brady)
  • Skrillex
  • Boys Noize
  • Brady
2:14
21."Booster" (with Dylan Brady)
  • Moore
  • Brady
  • Skrillex
  • Brady
1:52
22."Fricky VIP"MooreSkrillex0:38
23."Ultra Intro" (with LH4L)
Skrillex1:03
24."Jungundra"
Skrillex1:29
25."Druids" (with G Jones)
  • Skrillex
  • G Jones
  • Isoxo
1:39
26."Biggy Bap" (with Wuki and DJ Smokey)
  • Moore
  • Kris Varman
  • JaVocca Davis
  • Skrillex
  • Wuki
2:55
27."Say Goodbye" (with Njomza and Eurohead featuring Team EZY, Varg2TM and Swedm)
  • Moore
  • Vitia
  • Rönnberg
  • Hessman
  • Gold
  • Skrillex
  • Varg2TM
  • Team EZY
  • Eurohead
1:48
28."Mosquitotouille"Moore
  • Skrillex
  • Isoxo
0:38
29."Baby Royal" (with Swedm)
  • Skrillex
  • Varg2TM
  • Whitearmor
  • Eurohead
0:51
30."G2G" (with Swedm and Badriia)
  • Moore
  • Brunn
  • Brady
  • Bourelly
  • Hessman
  • Rönnenberg
  • Skrillex
  • Brady
  • Virtual Riot
  • Varg2TM
  • Eurohead
1:47
31."DnB Ting" (with Majestic)Skrillex1:05
32."San Diego VIP"MooreSkrillex1:40
33."Voltage"
  • Skrillex
  • Feldmann
2:09
34."Azasu" (with Swedm and DJ Smokey)
  • Moore
  • Hessman
  • Rönnberg
  • Rosenberg
  • Jamesjamesjames
  • Skrillex
  • Jamesjamesjames
  • Varg2TM
  • Eurohead
  • Whitearmor
  • Virtual Riot
2:43
Total length:46:27

Notes

Sample credits

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [15]

Musicians

  • Skrillexprogramming (all tracks), instrumentation (tracks 2–18, 20–34), vocals (6, 17, 33)
  • Rex Kudo – programming (tracks 1, 8), instrumentation (8)
  • Heavy Mellow – guitar (track 1)
  • Peter Lee Johnson – strings (track 1)
  • Hawaii Slim – vocals (track 2)
  • Virtual Riot – instrumentation, programming (tracks 3, 6, 14–16, 30, 34)
  • Naisha Barghabi [b] – vocals (tracks 3, 11, 14, 19), additional vocals (4)
  • Salamimeats – additional vocals (track 5)
  • Joker – programming (track 5)
  • Sleepnet [c] – programming (tracks 5, 8), instrumentation (8), vocal producer (17)
  • Space Laces – instrumentation, programming (track 7)
  • Isoxo – instrumentation, programming (tracks 8, 11, 12, 14, 15, 25, 28)
  • Badriia – vocals (tracks 8, 30)
  • Carlton McDowell – instrumentation, programming (track 8)
  • Dylan Wiggins – instrumentation, programming (track 8)
  • Jónsi – instrumentation, programming (track 10)
  • Ilykimchi – instrumentation, programming (track 12)
  • Zacari – vocals (track 12)
  • Starrah – vocals (track 12)
  • Team EZY – instrumentation, programming (tracks 13, 19, 27)
  • Njomza – vocals (tracks 13, 27)
  • Eurohead – instrumentation (tracks 16, 18, 19, 27, 29, 30, 34), programming (16, 18, 19, 29, 30, 34), vocals (18)
  • Varg2TM – programming (tracks 16, 18, 19, 27, 29, 30, 34), instrumentation (16, 18, 27, 29, 30, 34)
  • Loam – vocals (track 16)
  • Whitearmor – instrumentation, programming (tracks 18, 29, 34)
  • Jamesjamesjames – instrumentation, programming (tracks 18, 34); vocals (18)
  • Parisi – instrumentation, programming (track 18)
  • Bgirl – vocals (track 18)
  • Dilip – instrumentation (track 19)
  • Dylan Brady – instrumentation, programming (tracks 20, 21, 30)
  • Boys Noize – instrumentation (track 20)
  • Kitty Kat – vocals (track 23)
  • G Jones – instrumentation, programming (track 25)
  • Wuki – instrumentation, programming (track 26)
  • Vockah Redu – vocals (track 26)
  • Royal Anderson – vocals (track 29)
  • Swae Lee – vocals (track 29)
  • Earth – guitar (track 30)
  • Majestic – vocals (track 31)
  • John Feldmann – instrumentation, programming (track 33)

Technical

Charts

Chart performance for Fuck U Skrillex You Think Ur Andy Warhol but Ur Not!! <3
Chart (2025)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [16] 194
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [17] 58
Japanese Digital Albums (Oricon) [18] 28
Japanese Download Albums ( Billboard Japan ) [19] 26
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [20] 29
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [21] 29
UK Album Downloads (OCC) [22] 62
UK Dance Albums (OCC) [23] 6
US Billboard 200 [24] 69
US Top Dance Albums (Billboard) [25] 3

Notes

  1. Swedm is Varg2TM and Eurohead. [14]
  2. Barghabi is credited as Nakeesha or Naisha on different tracks.
  3. Roos is credited as Sleepnet or Nik Roos on different tracks.

References

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  7. Bain, Katie (November 18, 2024). "Skrillex Teases New Music, Reflects on His 'Final Project for Atlantic Records' & Recalls Meeting 'My Absolute Hero' Quincy Jones". Billboard. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
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  20. "NZ Top 40 Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. April 11, 2025. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  21. "Album 2025 uke 15". VG-lista . Retrieved April 11, 2025.
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