Label boss of Revealed Recordings and collecting a plethora of Beatport #1’s (no less than 7 consecutive #1’s in 2013 alone), his studio output has never been more prolific or more on point. Records such as his anthemic hit ‘Spaceman’, ‘Three Triangles (Losing My Religion)’, ‘Countdown’, ‘Jumper’, alongside the hard-hitting track, ‘Apollo’ and his scorching collaboration with Dyro and Bright Lights, ‘Never Say Goodbye’, as well as his single ‘Dare You’ have become some of the biggest records over the past couple of years.
His performance at the 2013 Miami Ultra Music Festival would go on to become the stuff of legend. Clocking up a staggering 6 million views in just 8 weeks, Hardwell’s set broke all records for the most watched Ultra live broadcast during UMF with over 80,000 people watching his set via the feed.
Following on from his 2012 Tomorrowland set, which to date has received over 21 millions views on YouTube, Hardwell returned to the mainstage of Tomorrowland in 2013 where he played yet another inimitable set that took a frenzied Tomorrowland audience on a ride of a lifetime. This time the liveset amassed in excess of 1 million views in just a few days and has currently been viewed over 22 million times on YouTube; the inexorable rate at which his DJ sets are viewed by fans around the world has made him the single most in demand liveset artist in the electronic scene today.
A true festival–straddling superstar his sets have conquered arena’s at the most prestigious and crowd-pleasing of parties in the world such as Ultra Music Festival Miami, Electronic Daisy Carnival Las Vegas, Electric Zoo, Creamfields, UMF Europe, Coachella, EDC London, Future Music Festival, TomorrowWorld, Global Gathering, Mysteryland, Dance Valley and various Sensations, including Amsterdam’s. While his Las Vegas residency at Hakkasan with his ‘Go Hardwell Or Go Home’ event series has cemented his position as one of the forerunning DJ stars in the US club scene.
In April 2013 Hardwell launched his most ambitious project to date when he unveiled his I Am Hardwell world tour concept at Amsterdam’s Heineken Music Hall to a 6000 capacity crowd. A spectacle of unprecedented musical vision and production detail, the entire show was broadcast live on a HD feed to 100,000’s of fans around the world and placed a solid marker to the immense popularity of Hardwell’s position within the dance community. After a hugely successful launch event, Hardwell is now on the road with worldwide travels for this new tour new concept. Spanning 6 continents the tour has seen sold-out shows in Jakarta, Singapore, Bangalore, Mumbai, Lisbon, London, Mexico City, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Tel Aviv, Guatemala City, Manchester, Edinburgh, Belfast, Istanbul, Sao Paulo, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney, making I Am Hardwell one of the must see shows over the past two years. Announcing the next phase of the I Am Hardwell tour, Hardwell took to the streets of New York’s for a Times Square takeover where he revealed the final chapter of the world adventure will culminate in North America with shows in Chicago, Toronto, San Francisco, Vancouver, Los Angeles, Miami completing his mammoth journey at the world renowned Madison Square Garden in New York for what will no doubt be a spectacle finale for Hardwell’s global scaling party concept.
During the 2013 editon of Amsterdam Dance Event, Hardwell held the world premiere of his ‘I Am Hardwell’ documentary in Amsterdam’s oldest and most famous cinema, Tuschinski. The documentary provides a captivating inside-look on Hardwell’s rise. With the motto - "If you can dream it, you can do it”. The film is now being shown in selected cinemas around the world.
The rise of Hardwell as a young boy from the city of Breda into a ripened international super-heavyweight has become an inspiring tale for all. Coming full circle from a dream to reality of wanting to become the ‘#1 DJ in the World’, we can be assured that the Hardwell name, face, and brand is a force that will drive electronic dance music for years to come....
Netherlands, 2005
After a show in ibiza in 11th september 2018 he posted on facebook about an indefinite hiatus. He wants to give life some time.
black magic
Hardwell Lyrics
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My skin starts to burn up
I burn up, I burn up
I sit unless you turn up
So what kind of voodoo do you do?
What kind of voodoo do you do?
I'm still a mess, you turn up
I burn up, I burn up
I sit unless you turn up
So what kind of voodoo do you do?
What kind of voodoo do you do?
What kind of voodoo do you do?
What kind of voodoo do you do?
The lyrics to Hardwell's song "Black Magic" describe the hypnotic and captivating effect that a person can have on someone else. Deeper than just physical attraction, the lyrics suggest that this person has a mysterious power over the singer that they cannot resist. The repeated lines of "I'm still a mess, you turn up, my skin starts to burn up" paint a picture of the singer's overwhelming response to this person's presence. They feel a physical and emotional reaction that they cannot control. The question "What kind of voodoo do you do?" implies that this person has some sort of supernatural ability to bewitch the singer.
Overall, the lyrics suggest that the singer is at the mercy of this person's power and cannot resist their pull. The imagery of voodoo adds to the sense of mystery and magic surrounding this person's influence over the singer. The repeated lines also emphasize their deep infatuation and inability to break away from this captivating force.
Line by Line Meaning
I'm still a mess, you turn up
Despite my chaotic state, your arrival has a calming effect on me.
My skin starts to burn up
Your presence ignites a physical response in me, a hot sensation on my skin.
I burn up, I burn up
Your mere presence causes me to feel a powerful emotional response, a burning desire within me.
I sit unless you turn up
I am stagnant and inactive until you arrive, as you have the power to motivate me and bring me to life.
So what kind of voodoo do you do?
Your supernatural ability to affect me in such a profound way is inexplicable and mysterious.
What kind of voodoo do you do?
Reiterating the intrigue and wonderment of this unexplainable magical influence.
Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing, Cloud9
Written by: Kelli Ali, Robbert A Corput Van De, Satoshi Tomiie
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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GetBack
This track really feels like a nice blending of his 2010-2011 sound and his 2022 comeback style! What an interesting track!
Kuster ぎ
@Robin Skull I don’t think so.
Ayush Govekar
@Robin Skull mine is better than yours
yaboiRisty
stop comparing he's old track of he's new style and let's appreciate he's new style now 🙄
Probably god
My guy this track is pure 2010-11 hardwell his sound design and Logic are just 10 years better thats why it sounds heavier than the old ones
VILow
It feels a bit 2010 when he released a remix for Sander van doorn "What say?" Old hardwell mixed with future rave vibes
Krumel
El sonido es tan limpio, tan perfecto, tan cuidado….
¡QUÉ PRODUCTOR ES HARDWELL!
Helicoptero Apache
@FARFAN BARCENAS FERNANDO quien? Pq hasta donde sé Hardwell es de los pocos que jamás se escuchado que haya usado ghost producers, además de que cuando da masterclass explica todo paso a paso en sus proyectos.
Krumel
@FARFAN BARCENAS FERNANDO quienes?
FARFAN BARCENAS FERNANDO
tiene mas ghostproducers que nada jaja