Description
Area21 (stylized as AREA21) is a Dutch-American electronic dance music duo consisting of Martin Garrix and Maejor.
It gained popularity after Martin Garrix debuted their song "Spaceships" in his set during Ultra Music Festival 2016 in which Garrix had headlined. The duo is signed to Garrix's record label Stmpd Rcrds. Their identities were previously unknown despite speculations about Garrix being a part of it alongside one or more vocalists. Throughout media and journalism, AREA21 has been described as "Martin Garrix's new side project". Their logo consists of two aliens being inside a spaceship. Asher Roth was speculated to be the unknown member of the group, however it was revealed to be Maejor. Their song "Spaceships" peaked on the Spotify Viral 50 chart at third. After one year, they released their third single "We Did It" on 23 June 2017.
On 1 December 2017, they released their fourth single "Glad You Came", which originally debuted during Martin Garrix's Ultra Music 2017 set.
On 9 February 2018, Area21 released their fifth single titled "Happy" on Stmpd Rcrds. In a review by Dancing Astronaut's Farrel Sweeney, the track is said to "emit a happy vibe via its simplicity and upbeat nature, as the title conveys."
In April 2018, Martin Garrix teased an unreleased single titled "Help" on Instagram, and a year later, it was released on 3 March 2019. Its music video then released on 7 March 2019.
On 24 October 2020, Martin Garrix confirm -during an interview on TikTok- an album. The release date will be March 2021, confirmed also by Martin.
Top AREA21 Songs of All Time