Swedish electronic music duo Galantis has released the music video for their latest single "Runaway (U & I)." The duo — comprised of Linus Eklöw, known for his solo work as Style of Eye, and Christian Karlsson, one third of Swedish band Miike Snow, and as the Grammy Award-winning pop producer/songwriter Bloodshy. The video is the second part is the Seafox saga, the mascot of sorts for Galantis, following her on her quest to find herself as someone famous yet totally alone in this world. This video follows up the previous Seafox-themed clip for "You."
Galantis have achieved a feat that few artists in their sound have been able to do. They are making commercial-sounding dance music that is "cool" and widely accepted by fans and DJs, even those hipster ones who dislike artists just because they become popular or make a certain style of music without giving it a chance.
Galantis are indirectly up for a Grammy as the Kaskade edit of their single "Smile" has been nominated for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical. The competition is stiff with other efforts from Robin Schulz, Audien and Tiësto in the mix, but Kaskade has a good chance of winning.
2014 was a banner year for Galantis. They released their five-track, self-titled Galantis EP April 1 and two of the tracks, "Smile" and "You," went on to be big hit singles.
The pairing has been a revelation for the two producers, who were successful in their own right: Style of Eye, a well-respected dance music producer who has worked with and remixed the likes of Zedd, Tommy Trash, Swedish House Mafia, and getting co-writing credits on Icona Pop's smash single "I Love It." Karlsson broke away from his pop-producing duo Bloodshy & Avant to focus on Galantis, but he has been a producer and writer on tracks for Madonna, Brtiney Spears, Christina Milian, Katy Perry, Sky Ferreira and more.
Watch the video for "Runaway (U & I)" below via Galantis and get ready for their next track "Gold Dust," coming soon.
