ZHU Unveils Healing Single "BURN" From Upcoming 'BLACK MIDAS' Album Featuring Joyia
GRAMMY-NOMINATED PRODUCER & DJ
ZHU
REVEALS SECOND SINGLE FROM
UPCOMING ALBUM PROJECT BLACK MIDAS WITH “BURN”
FEATURING
SINGER/SONGWRITER & PRODUCER JOYIA
OUT TODAY, FEBRUARY 13
LISTEN HERE
BLACK MIDAS SET FOR RELEASE MARCH 20, 2026
ON BROKE / BLACKLIZT SOUND SYNDICATE
UPCOMING APPEARANCES SET FOR
ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL & TOMORROWLAND
BLACK MIDAS cover. Photographer: Angelica Ageeva
Today, February 13, ZHU unveils “BURN,” the second single and latest offering from his upcoming album project BLACK MIDAS. With a sleek synth melody, a billowing bassline, and undeniable R&B-savvy hook courtesy of sultry singer/songwriter & producer Joyia, the GRAMMY-nominated artist creates a track that is sexy as it is sinister.
“BURN” is more than a soulful dance track, it’s also a healing one. In 2025, ZHU was displaced by the Southern California Palisades wildfire. In the fire, his land burned and his neighborhood was decimated, yet his house and studio structures were spared, although uninhabitable from smoke damage. He spent the entire next year rebuilding everything he had known, including his music sparking what was to become BLACK MIDAS.
ZHU photographed at home during the Los Angeles wildfires January 2025.
Photo courtesy of artist.
For BLACK MIDAS–which will be fully released on March 20–ZHU transports listeners into a different world by creating tracks around late night narratives through sounds, emotions, words and energy he encountered on his journey. The productions range from deep house to melodic techno and feature collaborations with an array of underground and emerging artists including Joyia on “BURN.” Shares ZHU, “On “Burn” I found this artist from Toronto. Her name's Joyia, kind of like an R&B singer. I make R&B music and wanted to make R&B a bit more up tempo so people would be able to dance to it, as opposed to keeping it super slow. So I wrote some stuff. I put it on record, sent it over. She wrote some stuff back and I just naturally wanted to put soulful stuff on dance music. So that's a track I love on the album.”
Listen to the new ZHU single “BURN”
Pre-save ZHU’s BLACK MIDAS album:
https://broke.ffm.to/black-midas
As his breakout hit “Faded” was given new life via a remix from HNTR, ZHU spent 2025 embarking on DJ sets integrating himself deeper into the global dance music community, building upon his BLACKLIZT nightlife concept and arcing into what was to become BLACK MIDAS. There were sets with Mathame in Bogota and deadmau5 on Coachella’s Quazar stage, surprise pop ups post Bonnaroo weather shutdown in Nashville, Brooklyn Store House in NYC, and at Lighting In A Bottle, as well as shared stages with Paul Kalkbrenner and Mahmut Orhan. He traveled to Turkey for a headlining set at Istanbul’s VW Arena and London for a turn at the legendary Drumsheds.
In support of BLACK MIDAS look for ZHU to appear at Ultra Music Festival in Miami, Rabbits Eat Lettuce Festival in Queensland, Australia and Tomorrowland in Belgium. Look for more to be announced soon.
UPCOMING SHOWS:
March 29 Ultra Festival Miami, FL
April 4 Rabbits Eat Lettuce Festival Queensland, Australia
July 25 Tomorrowland Festival Boom, Belgium
ZHU photographed by Angelica Ageeva, Joyia photographed by Sandra Monaco