Out now via Marshmello's Joytime Collective, the track marks the pair's first original collaboration following ILLENIUM's remix of Marshmello's 'Silence' nearly a decade ago. The post ILLENIUM and Marshmello Team Up for First Original Collaboration, ‘Close My Eyes’ With SACHA app…
ReleaseFirst reported 9 sept, 13:13 / 3 outlets
ILLENIUM and Marshmello release 'Close My Eyes' featuring SACHA
The track marks the producers' first original collaboration, released via Marshmello's Joytime Collective.
Headline written by Le Raver across 3 outlets. Each outlet’s own headline is on its report below.
The story
- The song was teased at Ultra Music Festival 2026 in Miami, where ILLENIUM debuted it during his mainstage set with Marshmello as a surprise guest.Reported by EDMTunes
- ILLENIUM previously remixed Marshmello's 'Silence' in 2017, and the pair performed a b2b set at Red Rocks in 2026.Reported by EDMTunes
- The track blends future bass and pop-EDM production, with SACHA on vocals.
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Coverage breakdown
3 sources
3 original reporting
0 ran the press release
How this story was covered
3 tracked outlets have reported this story, first published 9 Sept, 13:13. EDM.com published first among the outlets Le Raver tracks. Coverage spread across the tracked outlets over 2d 19h. Of the 3 reports Le Raver has classified, 3 carried original reporting. That is 3 of the 26 outlets Le Raver tracks.
How it unfolded
- 9 Sept, 13:13EDM.comFirstILLENIUM and Marshmello Team Up for First Original Collaboration, ‘Close My Eyes’ With SACHA
- 11 Sept, 04:18EDMTunes+1d 15hILLENIUM and Marshmello Join Forces With SACHA for Massive New Single ‘Close My Eyes’
- 12 Sept, 09:00EDM Sauce+2d 19hILLENIUM and Marshmello Unite on ‘Close My Eyes’ with SACHA: A Superstar Collaboration That Bridges Mainstream and Festival EDM
Sources, in order of reporting
3 outletsWhen two of dance music’s biggest producers team up, expectations are naturally sky-high. But when ILLENIUM and Marshmello join forces alongside rising vocal sensation SACHA, the result is a massive, emotional crossover hit designed to shake festival mainstages worldwide. Their l…
A Dream Pairing Materializes There are moments in electronic music when the planets align in ways that feel almost inevitable in retrospect. The collaboration between ILLENIUM and Marshmello on the new single “Close My Eyes” featuring rising vocalist SACHA represents exactly that…