EDM Watch: Martin Garrix’s new song with Brooks — Byte — is awesome

So it’s 4 a.m. and I’m sitting in the Albuquerque waiting on a 5 a.m. flight to Dallas. Did you know they even had 5 a.m. flights? I didn’t.

I should be tired, but I’m not. You know why? Because I’m listening to Martin Garrix’s new song — a collab with Brooks called “Byte” — and I’m HYPED.

Seriously, this is way better than caffeine (even though no coffee shops are open right now anyway).

Garrix unveiled this song during his Ultra set two weeks ago, and it caught my ear right away (along with all other Garrix fans). I’m so pumped we didn’t even have to wait a month for it to be released.

Byte is decidedly old-school Garrix — sorry if you were expecting another future bass single like “Scared to be Lonely” or “In the Name of Love” — and there are no vocals (it doesn’t need them).

Holy crap, I love this song. Just picture him dropping this at a concert with tens of thousands of happy people jumping up and down, surrounded by fire and smoke and lasers.

You can’t help but get into the beat.