Out today is GRAMMY award-winning, multi-platinum artist Zedd‘s third studio album, the first in nearly a decade, entitled Telos. A 10-track masterwork that combines his classically trained roots with the singular Dance-Pop sound that underpins his incredible career. Zedd is joined by a star-studded and diverse cast of collaborators on Telos, including 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.
Previously released singles, including ‘Lucky‘ with Remi Wolf and ‘Out of Time‘ with Bea Miller both appear on the album, as well as eight additional unreleased tracks. Regarding the album’s creation, including the Greek title, Zedd said: “Telos has multiple meanings, one of them being ‘accomplishment’ or ‘completion of human art’“.
“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
Telos follows Zedd’s second album, True Colors, released almost a decade ago in 2015. True Colors birthed some of the iconic tracks we still cherish today, including ‘I Want You To Know‘ with Selena Gomez and ‘Beautiful Now‘ with Jon Bellion. Of course, we can’t forget about Zedd’s first full-length album, Clarity, in 2011, the title track of which helped catapult the DJ/producer to the stardom he’s achieved today.