Skrillex Surprise-Drops Fifth Album SOMA Following 2025 Release and New CONTRA Platform
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Summary
Skrillex surprise-released his fifth album SOMA in 2026, following his April Fool's Day 2025 album F*CK U SKRILLEX YOU THINK UR ANDY WARHOL BUT UR NOT!!. SOMA arrives shortly after the launch of CONTRA, his new multi-disciplinary platform. The article describes Skrillex's previous album as a blend of Brazilian phonk, classic dubstep, hardcore techno, and pop-EDM, showcasing his technical wizardry and boundary-pushing style.
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· 3 pulledJust when you least expected it, the rogue dubstep disruptor surprise-dropped his fourth album—F*CK U SKRILLEX YOU THINK UR ANDY WARHOL BUT UR NOT!!—on April Fool's Day of 2025.
Balancing his trademark technical wizardry with boundary-pushing ideas and unhinged drops by DJ Smokey, Skrillex presented that album as a breakneck mega-mix that blended Brazilian phonk, classic dubstep, hardcore techno, and bursts of pop-EDM perfection.
Just over a year later, his fifth album SOMA also arrives without much warning, hot on the heels of the launch of CONTRA, his new multi-disciplinary platform
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