Steve Aoki celebrated the release of his 9th studio album, Paragon by hosting an exhilarating album release party at the Brooklyn Mirage on Friday, June 28 while also kicking off his worldwide Heavenly Hell Tour this summer.
Steve Aoki – Heavenly Hell (ft. NE-YO) off his new album, Paragon
Opening with a galvanizing performance of his iconic hit “Turbulence,” Steve Aoki erupted the sold-out venue into buoyant revelry as flames propelled on stage before the elated audience, further emphasizing the track’s pulverizing beat. Lining the venue from wall to wall, thousands of colorful, buoyant fans celebrated with Aoki as he delivered a brazen, interactive set, which featured some of his most iconic releases, new IDs, and tracks off his album Paragon released that day.
Steve Aoki & Lil Jon performs ‘Turbulence’ at Tomorrowland 2023
Known for his showmanship on stage, Aoki was was clearly not performing “for” the crowd, but was performing “with” them, in cohesion. The energy that he exuded on stage set forth an instantaneous matched reaction in the audience, which can only be described as contagious. Brimming with high-energy, Aoki unleashed festival favorites , “No Beef,” “Boneless,” and his famous remixes, “Pursuit of Happiness” for Kid Cudi and “Mic Drop” for BTS.
Steve Aoki Remix – Pursuit of Happiness by Kid Cudi – Live at Tomorrowland 2023
The artist also featured new tracks from his album that included his new Kid Cudi collaboration, “ELECTROWAVEBABY2.0,” “3 Days” (Hyro Energy Remix), and his highly-anticipated collaboration with Lil Jon, “Get Lower’ ‘ which saw its premiere at Tomorrowland last summer.
Steve Aoki – Tomorrowland 2023 – Full Set
Jordan Grace joined Aoki on stage in a surprise live vocal performance of “Save My Soul,” Aoki’s recent collaborative release with Afrojack under the joint moniker Afroki. The performance became another focal point of Aoki’s command over his audience as it kicked off with stirring angelic vocals by Grace and rapidly transformed into reverberating, heavy techno-leaning beats within seconds.
While some DJs tend to distance themselves from performing older music, Steve Aoki’s set had a nostalgic and endearing quality to it by reviving some of dance music’s most coveted classics. These included, “Runaway (U&I) by Galantis, “A Million Voices” by Otto Knows, and “Better Off Alone” by Alice Deejay to name a few. This further engaged the audience as the lyrics were belted out in unison while Aoki intermixed the vocals with other productions to make them sound revitalized and original.
To conclude the festivities in true Aoki fashion, the artist unleashed a myriad of sheet cakes to hurl at the crowd as people began pointing to their faces chanting, “Cake Me” while others emerged on top of shoulders with signs and T-shirts with messages for the artist to “cake.” Further uniting the crowd, the artist smashed at least 10 sheet cakes into the faces of the audience with those being hit jumping up and down with glee while others were seen laughing as they cleaned icing off each other’s faces. This clearly became the memorable moment of the night and redefined a boring answer to the question, “What did you do over the weekend?”
Steve Aoki’s Heavenly Hell Tour is scheduled to take over a number of cities around the world as he previews releases of his album Paragon. The artist will also be bringing along fellow Dim Mak artists, Callie Reiff, Deorro, Nostalgix, Pickle, Cheyenne Giles, Yetep, Ookay, Henry Fong, and Wolfgang Gartner, to join him on select stops. “Heavenly Hell ” received its name from the vibrant first single featured on the album, Paragon with three-time, Grammy award-winning hitmaker NE-YO. For additional information on the tour, please visit Aoki’s official website.
Steve Aoki 2024 Heavenly Hell Tour Dates
- July 6 – Kristiansand, Norway – Palmesus
- July 6 – Torre Del Mar, Spain – Weekend Beach Festival
- July 7 – Romania – Neversea
- July 8 – Mallorca, Spain – BCM
- July 10 – Ibiza, Spain – Ushuaia
- July 11 – Calgary, AB, Canada – Cowboys Music Festival
- July 12 – Las Vegas, NV, USA – Omnia
- July 13 – Las Vegas, NV, USA – Wet Republic
- July 16 – Barcarès, France – EMF – Electrobeach
- July 19 – Mezőtúr, Hungary – East Fest
- July 20 – Weeze, Germany – Parookaville
- July 21 – Boom, Belgium – Tomorrowland
- July 27 – Boom, Belgium – Tomorrowland
- July 28 – Montecosaro, Italy – MIND Festival
- July 29 – Zrće, Croatia – Noa
- July 31 – Mykonos, Greece – Cavo Paradiso
- August 2 – Las Vegas, NV, USA – Omnia
- August 3 – Toronto, ON, Canada – Veld Festival
- August 4 – Las Vegas, NV, USA – Wet Republic
- August 8 – Cluj-Napoca, Romania – Untold
- August 9 – Saalburg-Ebersdorf, Germany – SonneMondSterne
Steve Aoki – ‘Paragon’ Tracklist:
- Heavenly Hell (ft. NE-YO)
- Clapback (ft. Raphaella)
- 2×2 with Chapter & Verse & Alika
- Mad (ft. Moonchild Sanelly)
- Electrowavebaby 2.0 with Kid Cudi
- Bum Bum with Sandro Silva and Natalhão
- 3 Days (ft. Kalan.FrFr)
- Visa with Major League DJz (ft. Mannywellz)
- Weirder Things (ft. Xander850)
- Drive (ft. KIDDO)
- Play The Track with 22Bullet
- Lose My Mind with K?D
- Better Run with Just_us
- Flashing Lights with Bassjackers
- Voices In My Head with Bassjackers (feat. Teddy Bee)
- Get Lower with Lil Jon
- 3 Days (ft. Kalan.FrFr) [Steve Aoki Hyro Energy Remix]
- Paragon
