A musical conversation that paused over a decade ago finally picks back up. Alesso and OneRepublic teamed up again for “In Your Eyes,” their long-awaited fourth collaboration, out Friday, June 5. The track arrives as a return to the golden era of dance music the pair helped define, built on Alesso’s exuberant drops and Ryan Tedder’s idyllic lyrics.
The reunion carries real history. “In Your Eyes” follows the genre-defining 2013 hit “If I Lose Myself,” their Sebastian Ingrosso collaboration “Calling (Lose My Mind),” and “Scars.” Those first four tracks marked milestone moments in electronic music, and the news lands just as “If I Lose Myself” crosses over 500 million streams on Spotify alone.
Both artists framed the session as effortless. Alesso said something magical always happens when he works with Tedder and OneRepublic, calling the single one to remember. Tedder echoed it, describing Alesso as one of those rare collaborators where you sit down and something just happens, like picking up a conversation they never finished.
The song explores devotion, destiny, and unconditional love, its syrupy melodies pulling toward one moment of pure ecstasy. It fuses the two worlds again into something both nostalgic and timeless, a generational anthem from two acts at the peak of their craft.
The release arrives amid Alesso’s long-awaited first US headline tour, which kicked off at Red Rocks Amphitheater and rolls through San Francisco and Los Angeles before a closing night in New York City. OneRepublic, meanwhile, keeps up a busy year of global touring, with European headline shows kicking off in Madrid on June 20. It’s a euphoric, deeply satisfying return for a partnership fans have waited ten years to hear again.