{"id":1324,"date":"2025-04-25T04:52:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T04:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wetpainttools.com\/?p=1324"},"modified":"2025-04-30T10:31:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T10:31:49","slug":"gryffin-excision-and-julia-michaels-soar-to-new-heights-with-buoyant-bass-anthem-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wetpainttools.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/25\/gryffin-excision-and-julia-michaels-soar-to-new-heights-with-buoyant-bass-anthem-air\/","title":{"rendered":"Gryffin, Excision and Julia Michaels Soar to New Heights With Buoyant Bass Anthem, “Air”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Festival season is rapidly approaching liftoff, and “Air,” the new collaboration from Gryffin<\/a>, Excision<\/a>\u00a0and Julia Michaels<\/a>, feels like its first moment of weightlessness.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Out now via 10K Projects, the track leans into its emotional core rather than chasing the extremes on which Excision is known to hang his hat. Built on\u00a0Gryffin’s\u00a0signature cinematic textures,\u00a0“Air”\u00a0opens with bright piano chords and luminous synths that swell like a rising tide.<\/p>\n

Michaels\u2019 momentous vocals land with real weight, anchoring the arrangement as it glides into a drop that\u2019s more subtle surge than full-on explosion. There’s tinctures of Excision\u2019s dubstep influence in the design, especially in the second drop, but it\u2019s filtered through a melodic lens to inspire movement without overwhelming force.\u00a0<\/p>\n

To that end, “Air”\u00a0feels like a shared vision more than a clash of styles. It’s a soaring, anthemic dance record that\u00a0evokes the cathartic euphoria of early 2010s progressive house while staying rooted in modern melodic bass.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As\u00a0Gryffin\u00a0continues his “PULSE: PHASE 2” tour and heads into a loaded festival season, “Air” lands like a mission statement. His first foray into dubstep and co-production with Excision signals his intent to continue growing and demonstrating his elite versatility<\/a> within a multitude of dance music sub-genres.<\/p>\n

You can listen to “Air” below and find the new single on streaming platforms\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n