Steve Aoki, the DJ/Producer, grew up in Newport Beach, CA, and went to coll… Read Full Bio ↴Steve Aoki, the DJ/Producer, grew up in Newport Beach, CA, and went to college at UCSB. In his early 20s, he founded his own label, Dim Mak Records, in 1996. The label has released music by other electro house artists such as Datsik, Infected Mushroom, Dada Life, Zeds Dead, his own collaboration with Tiësto, MSTRKRFT, The Bloody Beetroots, Felix Cartal and Mustard Pimp, as well as by Bloc Party, Battles, The Kills, The Gossip, Klaxons, Scanners, Whitey, and Mystery Jets to name a few. The label has released over 250 records so far.

Aoki's debut mix album, Pillowface and His Airplane Chronicles was released in January 2008.[6] He also had an Essential Mix that aired on BBC Radio 1 on August 2, 2008.

Aoki's latest solo album, "Wonderland" was released January 2012 and features guest vocalists and musicians LMFAO, Kid Cudi, Travis Barker, Will.I.AM aka Zuper Blahq, Wynter Gordon, Rivers Cuomo, Lil Jon, Chiddy Bang, Lovefoxxx of CSS, Big John former guitarist of the punk band The Exploited, and others.

Aoki has also been busy in the studio collaborating with other fellow producer friends and thus far has released singles with The Bloody Beetroots, Armand Van Helden of Duck Sauce, Afrojack, Laidback Luke, Tai, Sidney Samson, Tiesto. In his interviews, Twitter feed or from his YouTube channel, he has shown teasers or has discussed doing future collaborations with Diplo, Knife Party, Datsik, Chris Lake, Rune, Iggy Azalea, Angger Dimas, and Dirtyphonics.

He has remixed many artists and bands, including Jackson 5, Drake, Kanye West, Eminem, Lil Wayne, Mike Posner, Girls Generation, All American Rejects, Refused, The Killers, Bassnectar, Lenny Kravitz, Bloc Party, Snoop Dogg, Robin Thicke, S.P.A., Kid Cudi, Chester French and Peaches.

Through relentless touring he gained huge support from colleges. Performing an average of 250 shows a year, he has recently started touring with production via bus tours like the spring 2012 Deadmeat Tour he headlined over 55 cities in 60 dates across the United States and Canada.

In March 2010 Aoki released "I'm In The House", a collaboration with Zuper Blahq—alter-ego of The Black Eyed Peas singer will.i.am. The song charted at #29 in the UK Singles Chart in its first week of release.

In May 2006, Aoki became a board member for MC5 bassist Michael Davis' Music Is Revolution Foundation,[9] a non-profit organization that provides music education support within public schools.

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FLIGHT
Steve Aoki Lyrics

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Throw your hands up high
Somebody jump and touch the sky
Let's go

Now everybody in the crowd
I need you all to jump

Jump, jump

Let's go
Jump
Let's go
Jump
Let's go, let's go

Throw your hands up high
I said hands up high
Somebody jump and touch the sky
Let's go

Now everybody in the crowd
I need you all to jump

Jump, jump
Let's go
Jump
Let's go, let's go
Let's go,
Jump
Let's go, let's go
Jump

Can you hit that?

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Steve Aoki's song FLIGHT suggest that the artist wants the crowd to let loose and have a good time. He urges the people to throw their hands up high and jump, to touch the sky. This is a classic call-and-response lyric, implying that the artist is in fact responsible for igniting this spark in the crowd. The lyrics are simplistic, but they serve their purpose well, as they are easy to memorize and easy to follow. By constantly repeating the phrase "Let's go," the artist prompts the listeners to engage in the act of jumping and participating in the performance.

It's important to note that in the context of music, jumping and dancing can be seen as a release from the constraints of everyday life. When people come together to dance, they create an energy and synergy that is both uplifting and cathartic. This energy and synergy are the very foundation upon which Aoki builds his music, and it's what makes tracks like FLIGHT so effortlessly fun to listen to.

Line by Line Meaning

Throw your hands up high
Raise your hands and show your excitement

Somebody jump and touch the sky
Jump up high with energy and enthusiasm

Let's go
Encouragement to start moving and enjoying

Now everybody in the crowd
Directed towards every person present in the gathering

I need you all to jump
A request to all to join in the jumping frenzy

Jump, jump
Reiteration of the call to start jumping

Let's go
Time to start having fun and move along

Jump
Another call to jump with excitement

Let's go, let's go
Moving forward with speed and energy

Let's go,
Encouragement to start immediately

Jump
Continuation of asking everyone to jump

Let's go, let's go
Reiteration of the call to keep moving with speed and energy

Jump
Encouragement to jump again

Can you hit that?
Asking if everyone can get into the rhythm and move with the music

Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: FADIL EL GHOUL, RABON O. BRUNINGS, PATRICK ARVAI, STEVEN HIROYUKI AOKI, FABIUS FABIAN LENSSEN

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