Fred Again continues to be uncatchable

DJs and producers are popping up like mushrooms today. Some are more or less good, very few are artists. That is, capable of sculpting sound worlds through their music, collaborating with ever-changing names, experimenting, but without losing a precise and above all recognizable identity: Fred Again is among them. His touch is always there, reminding us who he is. In the field of electronic and electro-pop, is undoubtedly one of the most relevant names of recent yearsnot only for the recognition obtained and the great collaborations put in place, but for the strength with which he brought his immediately identifiable vision and style into the mainstream. At all levels and in all genres. Even in Italy, at the last Sanremo Festival, there were songs clearly derived from his musiclike Emma's “Apnea”, which cited “Marea”.

Recently Fred John Philip Gibson, this is his real name, collaborated for the first time with Grammy-nominated US rapper Lil Yatchy and British dance music prodigies Overmono, in his new single “stayinit”. Yatchy's voice extends ethereally on a carpet of sound which, when turned on, gives all the typical nuances of the world of Fred Again. Music and speech/sung, in fact, in the Fred Again universe are very often in a mystical balance as a symbolic song like “Marea” reminds us. Performed live alongside Lil Yachty and Overmono for the first time during an impromptu pop-up and later during a broadcast from The Lot Radio in New York earlier this month, “stayinit” marks the beginning of a new year, full of music. Fresh off a bumper 2023 which culminated in Fred headlining sold out shows at Alexandra Palace in London and other live shows in New York (three times at Forest Hills Stadium) and in Los Angeles (nine times at the Shrine Expo Hall), “stayinit” is his new sound fresco, followed by “leavemealone” released in December with Baby Keem, “ten” with Jozzy, and “adore u”a heartwarming collaboration with Obongjayar as well as Fred's highest charting single in the UK to date, coming in at fourth.

Fred Again is leaving an indelible mark on the global music scene. Highlights include selling out Madison Square Garden last year with Skrillex and Four Tet. Fred's passion for surprise pop-up shows has become almost legendary in recent years: one of the most memorable performances was in Times Square, from a school bus for The Lot Radio, together with Skrillex and Four Tet, in recent days he did one at none other than the Sydney Opera House, announced and sold out in a few hours. Events, as has not happened for years, have brought the world's spotlight back to a live electronic music show, demonstrating how this genre, thanks to protagonists of this calibre, is experiencing a new exciting moment of creativity and mass success.