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🎵 The Collab Nobody Saw Coming: Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd

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Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso and Steve Angello had a meteoric rise to fame as the supergroup Swedish House Mafia during the EDM boom of the early 2010s, however, after just a few years together, the trio chose to disband in favor of their solo projects. After a nearly decade-long hiatus, the group returned this summer with the singles It Gets Better and Lifetime. In April, SHM hired The Weeknd’s manager Sal Slaiby, but a collaboration between the two artists never seemed likely, until a month ago when the trio closed their MTV VMA set with a seven second snippet of The Weeknd’s vocals. The teased track has finally been released, and it’s the best either fan base could’ve hoped for — blending together SHM’s percussive synths with The Weeknd’s haunting vocals.

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