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U2 & Martin Garrix – “Fireflies”
Once upon a time, U2 tried to make dance music. After successfully reinventing themselves as ironic aesthetes on Achtung Baby and Zooropa , U2 steered all the way into the late-'90s electronica hype wave on their 1997 album Pop , and the result was not what they wanted . U2 quickly abandoned that aesthetic path, leaning into classic sounds and elder-statesman status on later records. So it's interesting to hear U2 teaming up with the Dutch DJ and producer Martin Garrix now — not just after the …
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