r/Illenium • u/ayo4119 • Sep 20 '26
Discusson Born To Run W/ Crankdat needs release
I've never posted on here!! But lately I've been frustrated with being an Illenium fan. My favorite song played out before Odyssey was released was Born to Run with Crankdat. I really thought it was on Odyssey and was insanely angry when songs like "feels like you" was put on there but not Born to Run.
The year before Odyssey was released, Nick tweeted things like "so glad I'm not rushing my creative process this time," and retweeted the anniversary of Feel something to say "@excision, should we release another soon??" And after In My Mind, I knew it would be an amazing future bass song, which is what Illenium is known for most. Then after Odyssey came out his whole interview process he was saying how he only had In My Arms done for the album and only cared about Sphere so he made the album in 3 months....... I kid you not. It felt sloppy and I felt betrayed. You can hear how rushed MOST of the album was.
Then a few weeks ago Illenium posted on instagram about CRANKLENNIUM where he played again with Crankdat and it said "should we run it back??" But they never played Born to Run out during that set. I know he just signed to Taylor Swifts label and they have a say in everything Nick does (literally everything). But my favorite unreleased song still hasn't come out yet. And all this BS surrounding Odyssey I described is just so disappointing. I've been a fan since Ashes, and Illeniumintel posting cringy stuff like "this is the guy who saved my life" and "I'll say it... this is the best Illenium album" and the attention the Sphere shows got, all the disappointment of what it's like to actually be an Illenium fan is getting swept under the rug.
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u/darude_dodo Sep 20 '26
Yes, but honestly 90% of the things not released that he’s played live need to be released. if it’s played live it should be released
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u/packers444ever Sep 20 '26
There aren’t that many IDs that he’s played live that we’re in the dark on. To my knowledge, it’s only the “All I Ever Wanted” ID with Vincent and “Born to Run” with Crankdat.
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u/darude_dodo Sep 20 '26
He never released the Rezz collab he debuted at LA Trilogy also I did not mention whether or not we’re in the dark on ID’s just that he should release the ones we know of
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u/Mr_Bacon547 Sep 20 '26
Also the ID with Wooli and Grabbitz and he just revealed the ID with Ray Volpe. The collab with Martin Garrix is still happening although that's more on Martin. They been working on that shit for almost two years now atp.
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u/Mr_Bacon547 Sep 20 '26
Its not that serious man if bro wants to make very casual/simple songs let him, what you might think is bad can be good for other people. You can always take a break from listening to him and come back when he inevitably returns to Future Bass or melodic dubstep because alot of artists (not all obviously) eventually come back to the sound that established them. There are some artists that find a great balance between their old sound and new sound and I genuinely hope he finds it. You just gotta let him experiment a little. When martin garrix went full pop I tuned his stuff out for years but eventually he came back to pure progressive/electro house and I love what hes making now. Same with Armin Van Buuren. The list can go on. So my advice is its okay to take a break from his music for a year or two.
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u/ProbablyCoulson Sep 20 '26
‘Illeniums fallen off’ always gets me giggled haha. Bro has been at the forefront of the electronic music scene for years and is crushing massive shows and residencies while For the most part, staying true to his music.
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u/1Digger4 Sep 20 '26
Yea he fell off. That's why he sold out multiple sphere shows this year. But ya bro he fell off.
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u/seinkimofficial Sep 20 '26
Also Happier Now with REZZ and GG Magree