[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Dancing Astronaut [@dancingastro](/creator/twitter/dancingastro) on x 298.1K followers Created: 2025-07-25 17:07:51 UTC I couldn’t let IOH release day come and go without saying a few (or a lot) more words than I already have these last two and a half years. It has been a long road to July 25, 2025. XXXXX days to be exact since that first IG story. Everyone is well aware that I (among some others who know who they are) stubbornly refused to lose the faith in that time. I knew this day was going to eventually come, it was just a matter of when. And I am grateful to have played whatever role in helping us get to this point. I could write a thesis about the rollercoaster of an IOH ride, but I will spare the timeline. After years of calls for a collab — and a couple of impromptu B2Bs in 2022 — two of my all-time favorite artists decided to grant the wish. Quickly following its Ultra 2023 debut, some began to pick up on the fact that IOH sounded slightly different depending on whose set you listened to. I don’t know if I can even speak on that considering I mentally blacked out after Garrix said “make some noise for Alesso right now." We soon learned that while they hoped to have it ready to go for Bayfront Park, they hadn’t mutually settled on a final form. And they ultimately felt that if they were going to finally work together, they wanted to do it justice. I agreed with that. I was in love with IOH from the start but I never denied the fact I didn't necessarily feel it was Carry You or ID - ID tier. I do now. There were more than a few moments when it felt like it was finally time to move on. But then IOH would reappear out of thin air (specifically Mirage night 4, RAI night 2, and Chile 2024) and the delusion would resume. Six versions later and a verdict was finally reached at Ultra Europe 2025: it wasn't just finished, it was perfect. They decided to take Garrix's Ultra 2023 demo, put it on steroids, and evolve IOH into the version it had always deserved to be. Seeing that visual — paired with them reunited on stage — was full circle, considering those three words have been the DA Discord username for at least a year. And hearing it firsthand a week later at Tomorrowland felt like a poetic victory lap. For one last time: IOH is alive. Thank you, @MartinGarrix, @Alesso and @_shaunfarrugia.  XXXXXX engagements  [Post Link](https://x.com/dancingastro/status/1948792323803902092)
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Dancing Astronaut @dancingastro on x 298.1K followers
Created: 2025-07-25 17:07:51 UTC
I couldn’t let IOH release day come and go without saying a few (or a lot) more words than I already have these last two and a half years.
It has been a long road to July 25, 2025. XXXXX days to be exact since that first IG story.
Everyone is well aware that I (among some others who know who they are) stubbornly refused to lose the faith in that time. I knew this day was going to eventually come, it was just a matter of when. And I am grateful to have played whatever role in helping us get to this point.
I could write a thesis about the rollercoaster of an IOH ride, but I will spare the timeline.
After years of calls for a collab — and a couple of impromptu B2Bs in 2022 — two of my all-time favorite artists decided to grant the wish.
Quickly following its Ultra 2023 debut, some began to pick up on the fact that IOH sounded slightly different depending on whose set you listened to. I don’t know if I can even speak on that considering I mentally blacked out after Garrix said “make some noise for Alesso right now."
We soon learned that while they hoped to have it ready to go for Bayfront Park, they hadn’t mutually settled on a final form. And they ultimately felt that if they were going to finally work together, they wanted to do it justice. I agreed with that. I was in love with IOH from the start but I never denied the fact I didn't necessarily feel it was Carry You or ID - ID tier. I do now.
There were more than a few moments when it felt like it was finally time to move on. But then IOH would reappear out of thin air (specifically Mirage night 4, RAI night 2, and Chile 2024) and the delusion would resume.
Six versions later and a verdict was finally reached at Ultra Europe 2025: it wasn't just finished, it was perfect. They decided to take Garrix's Ultra 2023 demo, put it on steroids, and evolve IOH into the version it had always deserved to be. Seeing that visual — paired with them reunited on stage — was full circle, considering those three words have been the DA Discord username for at least a year.
And hearing it firsthand a week later at Tomorrowland felt like a poetic victory lap.
For one last time: IOH is alive.
Thank you, @MartinGarrix, @Alesso and @_shaunfarrugia.
XXXXXX engagements
