Maintaining unstoppable momentum, ILLENIUM releases a brand-new track entitled “Blood” featuring Foy Vance today.
It paves a path for the imminent arrival of his third full-length studio album, ASCEND, on August 16 via Virgin EMI. Continuing an ethereal, apocalyptic aesthetic, ILLENIUM shares the accompanying lyric video for “Blood,” which can be viewed below.
“Blood” sends a message to his devout and diehard fan base worldwide. Its distillation of dubstep dissonance and soulful vocal transmissions from critically acclaimed Irish troubadour Foy Vance encapsulates ILLENIUM’s intriguing and inimitable alchemy as a producer. Thematically, the track sends an assuring and comforting reminder to fans: “We’re all together. We cope by having a community. We’re blood,” he affirms.
Additionally, he revealed the powerhouse tracklisting for ASCEND, including stunning collaborations such as “In Your Arms” ft. X Ambassadors, “Gorgeous” ft. Bipolar Sunshine with Blanke, and “Takeaway” ft. Lennon Stella with The Chainsmokers. The latter impacted a couple of weeks ago and already crossed 15 million total streams and 8+ million views for the entrancing music video.
Tracklist:
ILLENIUM “I Care” (Intro)
ILLENIUM “Hold On” feat. Georgia Ku
ILLENIUM “Good Things Fall Apart” with Jon Bellion
ILLENIUM “That’s Why” feat. GOLDN
ILLENIUM “Blood” feat. Foy Vance
ILLENIUM “Take You Down”
ILLENIUM “All Together” feat. Oekiin
ILLENIUM “Crashing” feat. Bahari
ILLENIUM “Broken Ones” feat. Anna Clendening
ILLENIUM “Every Piece of Me” feat. Echos
The Chainsmokers and ILLENIUM “Takeaway” Feat. Lennon Stella
ILLENIUM and Said The Sky “Sad Songs’ feat. Annika Wells
ILLENIUM “Pray” feat. Kameron Alexander
ILLENIUM “In Your Arms” with X Ambassadors
ILLENIUM and Blanke “Gorgeous” feat. Bipolar Sunshine
ILLENIUM “Angel” (Lonely Prelude)
ILLENIUM “Lonely” Feat. Chandler Leighton
The upcoming album projects ILLENIUM’s immersive vision in widescreen. Not only does it musically traverse levels of electronic, alternative, indie, pop-punk, and dubstep, but it lyrically shares intimate and relatable stories inside of vibrant vignettes. Personal, poetic, and powerful, it represents the uncompromising ascension of this innovator.
