Zedd Releases Long-awaited Third Studio Album: Telos
GRAMMY Award-winning multi-platinum artist Zedd releases his first album in nearly a decade, Telos, a 10-song masterwork that combines his classically trained roots with the singular dance-pop sound.
On Telos, Zedd is joined by a diverse cast of collaborators: rock monoliths John Mayer and Muse, alt-pop stars Remi Wolf, Dora Jar and Bea Miller, modern Irish folk virtuosos the olllam, and the iconic voice of the late, great Jeff Buckley.
Following a legendary run of globe-conquering singles, Zedd’s third studio album was conceived as a music-lover’s album, complex and innovative at every turn, but without sacrificing the bright melodies and glitchy hooks fans of “The Middle” and “Stay” have come to expect. Nearly every song travels through moods, genres, and ideas — threads of world music, jazzy breakdowns, psychedelic soundscapes, booming bass, orchestral strings, and endless sonic textures. Telos offers a profound listening experience seamlessly transitioning through each record, from the alternately brooding and soaring opener, “Out of Time” with Miller, to the 6-minute, Bach-inspired finale, “1685” featuring the entirety of Muse.
“Telos has multiple meanings, one of them being ‘accomplishment’ or ‘completion of human art,’” says Zedd of his new album’s Greek title. “I’ve always dreamed of creating an album that, 30 years on, I can look back and be incredibly proud of. That will be just as amazing then as it is right now, because it’s not based on trends or sound design that might fall off — it’s based on music, just like the albums that shaped me growing up that I still adore to this day. With Telos, I created something I didn’t think I was capable of — it just took a bit of time to get there.”
Zedd first announced Telos in spectacular fashion at EDC Las Vegas 2024, unleashing a small army of drones overhead during his set’s finale to spell out “Z3 8/30.” He repeated the feat while headlining Perry’s Stage at Lollapalooza this month, this time revealing “1 (800) 602 – ZEDD,” a hotline that served up a 2-minute album preview. He also invited onto the stage genre-bending phenomenon Remi Wolf to perform their infectious, upbeat Telos single, “Lucky.”
Multi-platinum, GRAMMY® Award-winning artist/DJ/producer Zedd made his debut with “Clarity” after signing with Interscope in 2012 and has been breaking down barriers surrounding music genres ever since. Over the course of his legendary career, Zedd has performed sold-out headlining sets across the world at festivals including Coachella, Lollapalooza, EDC, Summer Sonic Japan, Outside Lands, ULTRA and many more. In 2018 he created his own festival, the famed Zedd in the Park.
It has sold out every year since its inception (’18, ’19, ’22) and is now back for the event’s fourth edition, the first two-day incarnation of the event. Now, Zedd has sold over 5M+ headlining tickets globally and racked up over 31.6B streams across all platforms, truly proving himself to be one of the most timeless artists of his generation.
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