Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike Announce Debut Album, Release Single With David Guetta, Akon and Afro Bros

by Michael Ryan · Published July 21, 2023

Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike have revealed their long-awaited debut album, Rewind + Repeat, which will release on their very own Smash The House imprint.

Alongside the powerhouse duo's announcement, they dropped the first single off the album, "She Knows." The track is a colossal collaboration with Akon, David Guetta and Afro Bros which pulls heavy inspiration from the trance, techno and rave music of the '90s.

Dimitri Vegas and Like performing at the summer 2023 Ushuaïa Ibiza residency.
c/o Tomorrowland

All artists on this collaboration are trailblazers in their own right. Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike played a major role in the big room house boom of the 2010s and became the de facto faces of Tomorrowland, the world's largest electronic music festival. Guetta was an early champion of the intersection of EDM and pop while Akon dominated hip-hop and R&B with global hits like "Smack That," "I Wanna Love You" and "Sexy Bitch," the lattermost of which is a collaboration between the two. They also teamed up for "Play Hard," which appeared on Guetta's Nothing But The Beat 2.0 album over a decade ago.

"It's so great to team up with David again for this summer anthem—we're also huge Akon fans, so to bring those two back together on our collaboration is next level for us," Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike said in a press release shared with EDM.com. "The sample from The Sunclub's 'Fiesta' is part of our musical history and journey and sets the tone of what we want to achieve with our upcoming album: going back to our roots!"

Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike have not revealed the release date of Rewind + Repeat at the time of writing. We're told the majority of the tracks on Rewind + Repeat will be complemented by a short mini-documentary that will bring fans behind the scenes to hear the stories of how each was made.

You can listen to "She Knows" below.

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