Norwegian DJ and House producer Kygo has released an Amazon Original track,“I’ll Wait (Orchestral Version feat. Sasha Sloan),” available to stream and purchase only on Amazon Music. “I’ll Wait is a track from my album Golden Hour and it’s one of my favorite songs on the album,” says Kygo. “That’s why we decided to do this special orchestral version of the song, and I’m super happy about how it turned out.”
As a part of the Amazon Music “Summer Sessions,” Kygo has also curated the “Summer Sessions with Kygo” playlist of electronic and dance tracks available exclusively to Amazon Music listeners. Kygo writes, “This is a playlist with some of my favorite songs I’ve been listening to this summer while at home enjoying a beautiful Norway summer!”
Listen to Kygo’s Amazon Summer Session playlist only on Amazon Music: https://amzn.to/SummerSessionswithKygo
Listen to “Lose Somebody (Orchestral Version)” only on Amazon Music: https://amzn.to/Kygo
Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll, better known by his stage name Kygo, broke into the mainstream with a series of remixes in 2013-2014 which helped popularize the “Tropical House” sound in electronic music. By 2015 Kygo became the fastest artist to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify. During this time he continued to release singles featuring artists such as Selena Gomez, Ellie Goulding, and Imagine Dragons. In 2016 he released his debut LP Cloud Nine and became the first house music producer to perform at an Olympics closing ceremony. In 2020 Kygo released his third LP, Golden Hour, which included collaborations with artists including Zara Larsson, Tyga, OneRepublic, Kim Petras, and more.
The Amazon Music Summer Sessions feature a scorching line-up of dance DJs and producers – including Martin Garrix, Calvin Harris’s project Love Regenerator, Jayda G, Tiësto, Kygo, Galantis and Disclosure. Each artist has curated their own party playlist, available exclusively to Amazon Music Unlimited and Amazon Music HD customers globally, released on a weekly basis along with an exclusive Amazon Original track. The playlists showcase the DJs ultimate summer dance anthems, packed with the best new electronic music as well as dance classics. New playlists drop every Friday until August 28.
Upcoming Summer Sessions, headliners in bold to release new Amazon Originals: 8/14: Love Regenerator (headliner) plus additional playlists from Aluna, Monki, Gamper & Dadoni and Jerome
8/21: Tiësto (headliner) plus additional playlists from Eats Everything, Idris Elba and Martin Jensen
8/28: Galantis (Closing party headliner) plus additional playlists from Groove Armada, Faithless and Solardo.
Amazon Music listeners can find “I’ll Wait (Orchestral Version feat. Sasha Sloan)” on Kygo’s Summer Sessions playlist. Customers can also simply ask, “Alexa play the Amazon Original by Kygo” in the Amazon app for iOS and Android and on Alexa-enabled devices. In addition to Kygo, Amazon Music listeners can access hundreds of Amazon Originals featuring both emerging and established artists across numerous genres, available to stream and purchase only on Amazon Music.
