A knockout cut from one of dance music's brightest stars
Tokyo, June 6th — GRAMMY-nominated Brazilian music superstar & philanthropist ALOK steps into the ring, joining the official soundtrack for FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves with his new single 'Don't Mess With The Fire'. A futuristic fusion of 16-bit nostalgia and flat out production, the track comes decked out with its very own drum 'n bass finishing move. Gear up for battle on June 6th, when the new single drops worldwide.
In Round 1, ALOK comes out swinging with a swag-heavy breakbeat. Round 2 sees him enter his flowstate, dropping into a highly melodic electro house stomper, fit for everything from the battlefield to the club. Round 3 feels like a boss fight, as the tempo builds into a technical and aggressive bass groove, all while retaining the melody from the previous round.
'Don't Mess With The Fire' sees ALOK join a soundtrack full of heavy hitters, including artists like Alan Walker, Steve Aoki, Solomun, and Afrojack across 19 custom tracks. The full soundtrack doesn’t only add a new layer to the aesthetic immersion of FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves, but further injects the game’s ethos into today’s mainstream.
Be ready to select your character on June 6th, when 'Don't Mess With The Fire' lands on streaming platforms everywhere.
'Don't Mess With The Fire' sees ALOK join a soundtrack full of heavy hitters, including artists like Alan Walker, Steve Aoki, Solomun, and Afrojack across 19 custom tracks. The full soundtrack doesn’t only add a new layer to the aesthetic immersion of FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves, but further injects the game’s ethos into today’s mainstream.
Be ready to select your character on June 6th, when 'Don't Mess With The Fire' lands on streaming platforms everywhere.
About FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves:
SNK's beloved Fatal Fury series first hit the market in 1991, spearheading the fighting game boom of the 1990s that swept the industry thereafter. GAROU: MARK OF THE WOLVES (released in 1999) has, for some time, served as the franchise's most recent installment. But that is all about to change: 26 years on, a brand-new entry - FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves - is set to arrive on the scene! FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves features a unique art style that stimulates the senses, an innovative REV System that supercharges the excitement, plus a host of other battle systems even more robust than before. The game also breathes new life into the series by introducing two distinct control schemes (ensuring fun and excitement for newcomers and veterans alike) as well as other fresh features and elements. The streets of South Town are a hotbed of action, wild dreams, and even wilder ambition. Here, at long last, a new legend is about to unfold...
About ALOK:
ALOK is a bona fide two-time Latin-GRAMMY nominated dance music superstar and philanthropist holding the title of the second biggest Instagram following of any electronic artist globally, with over 28 million fans. On Spotify, ALOK concentrates more than 33 million monthly listeners and 5 billion streams, making him the most listened to Brazilian artist internationally. In 2024, he received his first two Latin GRAMMY Music Award nominations in the new ‘Best Latin Electronic Music Performance’ category for his songs, "Pedju Kunumigwe" with Guarani Nhandewa from his The Future Is Ancestral album, and “Drum Machine” with DJ Pickle. In 2023 he was named the No. 1 DJ in Latin America and 4th Best DJ in the world, according to the prestigious DJ Mag Top 100 DJ Poll. ALOK is also the only Brazilian to make the “Billboard Dance 100” and was named in 2022 by Bloomberg Linea as one of 500 people more influential in Latin America. Performing some 320 yearly shows on five continents, ALOK is widely regarded as one of the most influential Brazilian artists of all time and is experiencing his breakout moment in the US. His hit single, “Hear Me Now” has garnered over 755 million streams on Spotify alone. From working with and lending his remix work to artists including The Rolling Stones to Zara Larsson, from Jason Derulo to Tove Lo and more, he won the “Best Remix” award at the 2020 International Dance Music Awards for his hit remix of the Meduza’s single ‘Piece of Your Heart’ (over 223 million streams), also partnering with global pop sensation Dua Lipa for the official remix of her hit single ‘Physical’. In 2021 he collaborated with Grammy award-winning pop sensation John Legend on ‘In My Mind’, also with renegade vocalist John Martin, as well as lending his craft to remix multi-platinum, #1 artist Ed Sheeran. After an already hugely successful start to 2022 and hot off the back of the announcement of his debut Ibiza residency at Hï Ibiza, he brought the smash hit of the summer ‘Deep Down” alongside Ella Eyre, Kenny Dope and Never Dull. The song reached #1 Billboard Dance Chart for 4 weeks in a row. More recently, ALOK joined forces with multi-platinum singer/songwriter Ellie Goulding and British DJ/Producer Sigala for the dance-pop anthem "All By Myself", which brings the timeless sample of Depeche Mode’s "Enjoy The Silence." ALOK is also a recognized brand and star, having achieved huge notoriety in the gaming world as a character, with his own name, in the wildly popular game “Free Fire.” Two years ago, he created the Instituto Alok, which manages high-impact philanthropy projects in Brazil and Africa. To date, the institute has donated more than 10 million dollars to social and environmental projects worldwide. As a philanthropist, ALOK was part of the revolutionary Global Citizen Live series of worldwide performances alongside names including Billie Eilish, BTS, and Elton John, streaming live from the Amazon RainForest alongside the Guarani indigenous people to support poverty and climate change. In 2022 and 2023 he performed, with Brazilian indigenous artists, on the rooftop of the United Nations Headquarters, in NY, at the opening of Climate Week.
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