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This is a Dutch name; the family name is Van de Corput, not Corput.

Hardwell

Robbert van de Corput

Background information

Birth name Robbert van de Corput

Born 7 January 1988 (age 31)

Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands

 Progressive house
Genres
 big room house

 electro house

 Dutch house

 hardstyle

 future bass

 trap

 tech house

Occupation(s)  DJ

 record producer
 remixer
Instruments  Digital audio workstation

 piano

 mixer

 synthesizer

Years active 2002–present

Labels  Revealed

 Musical Freedom

 Ultra

 Mainstage

 Epic Amsterdam

 Sony

 Universal

 Armada

 Spinnin'

Associated acts  Afrojack

 Amba Shepherd

 Andreas Moe

 Armin van Buuren

 Blasterjaxx

 Bright Lights

 Chris Jones

 Coldplay

 Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike

 DallasK

 Dyro

 Dannic

 Fatman Scoop

 Funkerman

 Haris

 Harrison

 Headhunterz

 I-Fan

 Jake Reese
 Jason Derulo
 Joey Dale

 Jonathan Mendelsohn

 Kshmr

 KURA

 Luciana

 MAKJ

 Magnomite

 Martin Garrix

 Mr Probz

 Steve Aoki

 Tiësto

 W&W

Website djhardwell.com

Robbert van de Corput (Dutch: [ˈrɔbərt fɑn də ˈkɔrpʏt];[1] born 7 January 1988), better known by his
stage name Hardwell, is a Dutch electro house DJ, record producer and remixer
from Breda.[2] Hardwell was voted the world's number one DJ on DJ Mag in 2013 and again in
2014.[3] He was ranked at number three in the top 100 DJs 2018 poll by DJ Mag. Hardwell is best
known for his sets at music festivals, including Ultra Music Festival, Sunburn and Tomorrowland.
Hardwell first gained recognition in 2009 for his bootleg of "Show Me Love vs. Be". He founded the
record label Revealed Recordings in 2010 and a radio show and podcast Hardwell On Air in 2011.
He has released eight compilation albums through his label, as well as a documentary film. His
debut studio album, United We Are, was released in 2015.[4][5]
On 7 September 2018, Hardwell announced his indefinite hiatus from touring, stating that he wanted
to focus more on his personal life instead.[6]

Contents

 1Biography
o 1.1Pseudonym
o 1.2Early life
o 1.3Musical beginnings
o 1.42007-2010: Musical breakthrough and "Revealed Recordings"
o 1.52011-2012: "Hardwell on Air" & "Spaceman"
o 1.62013: Opening of the "I Am Hardwell Tour" & "Best DJ of the World"
o 1.72014: Documentary & works on the debut album
o 1.82015: "United We Are"
o 1.92016: Final "I Am Hardwell" performance and movement to hardstyle
o 1.102017: Second studio album
 1.10.1Spring 2017: Reformation of the label & UMF-performance
 1.10.2Summer 2017 "Make the World Ours" & "Hardwell & Friends EP'S"
 1.10.3Autumn 2017: "Power" with KSHMR
 1.10.4Winter 2017: "Hardwell On Air: Off The Record"
o 1.112018
 1.11.1Spring 2018: "Hardwell and Friends EP Vol 3", Gemstone Records and New Alias
 1.11.2Summer 2018: "Earthquake" and "Conquerors"
o 1.12Autumn—winter 2018: Hiatus and "How You Love Me"
 2Musical style
 3Merchandise
 4Equipment
 5Personal life
 6Discography
 7Awards and nominations
 8References
 9External links

Biography[edit]
Pseudonym[edit]
Hardwell's pseudonym comes from an idea of his father, who translated his surname into Latin and
English, "Cor" meaning "heart" and "Put" meaning "well". However, he changed the "heart" to "hard",
to make it sound more appealing.[7]
Early life[edit]
Robbert Van de Corput was born on 7 January 1988 in Breda, to Anneke and Cor van de Corput. At
the age of four he began taking piano lessons and attended a music school.[8] At the age of twelve,
he produced his first songs in the field of electro, while performing as a hip-hop-DJ.[9] At a young age,
he was also active in various areas of martial arts, including Judo.
Musical beginnings[edit]
Through his participation in various competitions, he became known in Breda's DJ-scene. He was
influenced by the DJ and producer Tiësto, who also came from Breda.[10]
As hip-hop became an underground scene, Hardwell changed his genre to commercial electronic
dance music. He started producing remixes and uploaded them on several platforms on the Internet.
At the age of 14 in 2002,[11] he was offered a record deal with "Digidance" by Dutch producer
duo Klubbheads. Three weeks later he made a first official release with the two-disc-record
"Bubbling Beats 1",[12] whereupon he toured through the Netherlands and appeared in a number of
dance clubs.[13] His first official single "Play It Around" came out in 2006, and was played in German
clubs. The single featured a combination of popular musical genres, as well as his own style.
2007-2010: Musical breakthrough and "Revealed Recordings"[edit]
At the end of 2007 Hardwell released the song "Never Knew Love", which was produced as a
collaboration with Greatski; the song placed on the official German single-charts.[14] Remixes for
Gregor Salto's and Chuckie’s "Toys Are" together with Dutch DJ and producer R3hab as well as a
mix of "You Do not Love Me" Sidney Samson and Skitzofrenix in 2008 remained at the top of the
dance charts for weeks. Also in 2008 he produced a mash up of the tracks "Be" by Steve
Angello and Laidback Luke and "Show Me Love" by Robin S..
Hardwell's bootleg with the title "Show Be Love", was played by many DJs and was praised by
Laidback Luke and Steve Angello.[15] In December 2008 the two producers released the track as an
official cover version of "Show Me Love". A new remix by Hardwell was contained on the single.[16]
In 2009, Tiësto invited Hardwell to one of his performances. They performed together on the stage,
and this exposure in the Netherlands led to gigs on media events, including the "Dancevalley
Festival", whose official anthem was produced by him under the title of "Twilight Zone".
In 2010 Hardwell founded his own record label "Revealed Recordings", for the purpose of releasing
electronic dance music by young talents.[17] He contracted with EDM-artists, including the
duo W&W as well as his personal friends Dannic and Dyro. Each year Revealed Recordings
releases a compilation called "Hardwell Presents Revealed", containing tracks released by the label
together with Hardwell's own new songs. On the fifth anniversary, a sampler was released
containing the 100 most popular tracks, chosen by a vote through Revealed's website.[18] The top
three were Hardwell's "Spaceman", KSHMR and DallasK's "Burn", and "Left Behind" by Paris Blohm
& Taylr Renee.[19]
2011-2012: "Hardwell on Air" & "Spaceman"[edit]

In 2011, he signed a record deal with the German record label "Kontor Records", giving his releases
wider distribution. In March 2011 Hardwell initiated his own podcast "Hardwell On Air", a one-hour
selection of songs by various artists. The podcast is broadcast by a number of radio stations,
including Slam! In the Netherlands as well as Sirius XM in the United States.[20]
In the same year, Hardwell collaborated with Tiësto to produce the track "Zero 76",[21] named for
the telephone prefix "076" of their hometown Breda. The pair also appeared at
the Tomorrowland festival in Belgium in 2014. On YouTube their "b2b"-set has been watched by
millions of people. The successor single "Cobra" appeared on the Dutch single charts.[22] The track
was used as a theme song for the festival "Trance Energy 2011" and reached position 1 of the
Beatport charts. "Encoded" followed with a similar success and was used as the intro song for his
podcast.[23]
In 2011, Hardwell was ranked in the "Top 100 DJs" category by DJ Mag for the first time and jumped
on #24 as the second-highest entry newcomer behind Skrillex.[24] At the International Dance Music
Awards 2012, he won the Best Break-Through DJ award.[25]

Hardwell at Summer Sound Festival 2012

On 31 July 2012, the track "Spaceman" was released. It sold over half a million times in the US.[26] It
was played extensively in clubs and festivals in 2012. Also it gets titled as one of the songs, that
created the Big room house genre. A vocal version with Mitch Crown could reach a chart position. In
the following years, several remixes of the song were published, as well as a mash-up with a
Hardwell-produced hardstyle remix of Blasterjaxx and W&W's "Rocket", which he often used for sets
as an outro song. The Mash-Up received very positive criticism[citation needed] and was viewed several
hundred thousand times on the internet.
Hardwell appeared as a headliner at several festivals, including Creamfields, Electric Zoo Festival,
Electric Daisy Carnival, Ultra Music Festival and Nature One.[27] He also performed at Tomorrowland
2012,[28] and released a related video which received tens of millions of clicks. In the fall of 2012
Hardwell reached the sixth place in the ranking list DJ Mag Top 100.[29]
2013: Opening of the "I Am Hardwell Tour" & "Best DJ of the World"[edit]

Hardwell and Dannic during the MOX Revealed Bus Party 2013

On 29 January 2013, Hardwell started a bus tour through Canada, together with his DJ colleagues
and best friends Dannic and Dyro. This was done in connection with "Revealed-Recordings" and
gave the trio the name "Dutch-House-Mafia".[30] Dyro and Dannic also accompanied Hardwell on his
North America tour in summer 2013.[31]
The single "Apollo", released on 1 February 2013, reached the charts of many European countries,
including Austria, Belgium, France and the Netherlands. The singer of the song is Amba
Shepherd.[32] Shortly after, the song "Never Say Goodbye", displaying a similar style, was released.
Hardwell recorded the song with his friend Dyro and the American singer Heather Bright a.k.a. Bright
Lights.[33] In April 2013, he launched his first worldwide tour entitled "I Am Hardwell." That year he
performed on the main stage at the Ultra Music Festival, toppling his Tomorrowland Liveset from the
previous year from the first place of the most viewed live-DJ-sets with over 80,000 viewers.[34]

Hardwell is voted number one DJ

In the summer of 2013 he also appeared as headliner at Tomorrowland. Later in the summer, the
single "Jumper" appeared in collaboration with the DJ duo W&W. It represents the biggest club-hit of
the whole year together with Martin Garrix’ "Animals" and DVBBS' "Tsunami".[35] Hardwell also
adapted his style of the growing big-room house fan base with "Countdown", with which he reached
the German single-charts once again.[36] With the American singer Matthew Koma, he released the
track "Dare You" at the end of 2013, which followed the success of "Apollo".
In the fall of 2013, he became the youngest DJ to be voted as the #1 DJ by DJ Mag.
2014: Documentary & works on the debut album[edit]
In January 2014 Hardwell published the documentary "I Am Hardwell", which tells the story of his
career. For this documentary he was accompanied by the director Robin Piree for two and a half
years.[37] His life's motto is "If you can dream it, you can do it", because as a 16-year-old he dreamed
of being the best DJ in the world.[38] The film documents his most successful moments; a soundtrack
of the film was released separately.

Hardwell at Electric Love Festival 2013

As the first result of his work the track "Eclipse", which opened each of his Livesets since November
2013 came up. Among fans, the ID track received the unofficial title "Titan", with the demands for its
publication a running gag among his fans.[39] In an interview with DJ Magazine, Hardwell promised to
release his album in 2014.[40] Many tracks from the new album were introduced by Hardwell at the
Ultra Music Festival 2014 as well as the Tomorrowland Festival.[41]

Hardwell live at the Mysteryland

After a first collab came out, Hardwell the possibility to work with Tiësto again arose. Hardwell and
Tiësto performed a set, "Hardwell & Tiësto b2b", at Tomorrowland 2014, and announced their latest
collaboration. One track featured Matthew Koma's vocals.[42] Hardwell then devoted himself to
completing his album.
In September 2014 the release of his studio album was postponed to the beginning of 2015.[40] At the
same time, the third official single release came out of the album. It is titled "Young Again" and
contains vocals from British singer Chris Jones. The song was produced similar to "Dare You", not
basing on big-room style, but basing on a melodious progressive house-drop.[43] As with "Dare You",
the single missed the entry to the German single-charts, despite high downloads chart placements.[44]
In November 2014, Hardwell presented the single "Don’t Stop the Madness" with W&W and
American rapper Fatman Scoop as the third single release of his album.[45]
In December 2014 Hardwell announced the official tracklist and cover of the album.[46] Collaborations
with DJs like Tiësto or Headhunterz as well as singers like Andreas Moe or Mr. Probz. Also, first
previews of some of the songs, including the track "Follow Me", which was recorded in collaboration
with R&B-singer Jason Derulo. At the same time, he announced his second world tour called "I Am
Hardwell - United We Are"[47] At the end of the year 2014, a minimix of the album unintentionally
succeeded in the Internet and was virally distributed within minutes. In January 2015 the
instrumental song "Eclipse" was released as a download single.[46]
In the DJ-Mag placements, he held his number-one position for one more year.
2015: "United We Are"[edit]
Hardwell in San Lorenzo

Already prior to the release of the album, his Podcast "Hardwell On Air" celebrated the 200th
episode which made new animations being introduced in the video releases.[48] Number 201 of the
podcast had the subtitle "United We Are" on it and was a pure presentation of all the tracks of his
album.
On 23 January 2015 "United We Are" has been published worldwide.[49][50] The single "Sally" was
released one week before on 16 January 2015. It is a combination of rock music, big-room and
Melbourne bounce.[51] The track was recorded with the British singer-songwriter Harrison Shaw and
is the first song of the Dutch DJ, which was able to enter the German single charts. As a "Thank you"
for the massive support of his album and the celebration of two million followers on Twitter, Hardwell
uploaded a video of the first two hours of the kick-off event to his new tour at the Ziggo Dome in
Amsterdam on 24 January 2015.[52] End of April In 2015, the single "Echo", sung by singer-songwriter
Jonathan Mendelsohn, followed. Both the trance-song and the complex music video received
positive criticism.[53]
On the "Ultra Music Festival" 2015 Hardwell presented numerous other unpublished songs like "Mad
World" with the singer Jake Reese, "Survivors" with Dannic & Haris, "Off the Hook" with Armin Van
Buuren, as well as numerous tracks from artists who were signed to his label. In addition, there were
performances on "Tomorrowland Brazil" and "Tomorrowland". Together with DJs like Dannic, Dyro,
W&W, Kill the Buzz, Headhunterz and Newcomer Julian Calor, he hosted his own "Revealed" Stage,
named after his label.[54] In September 2015, there was also a performance at the TomorrowWorld
festival in the USA.
Hardwell performing at Tomorrowland 2015

In July 2015, the sixth episode of his Revealed-Presents compilation was released in parallel with
"Survivors", which, similar to its predecessors, gained great success. In addition, the W&W remix of
his song "Birds Fly" and his upcoming single "Chameleon" was presented for the first
time.[55]"Chameleon", a Jungle Terror collaboration with producer Wiwek followed one week later as a
single.[56] Two months later, the release of his Armin-van-Buuren-Collab "Off the Hook" followed. On
the one hand, the old-school touch was praised; on the other hand, the song was also described as
a very special.[57] Just some weeks later "Mad World", which has been expected since May 2015,
was released and features vocals by Jake Reese. However, the melody of Leadsound contains a
melody-sample of the song "Smile with Your Eyes" by the musician Yeck Mar.[58]
In October 2015 he lost his top position of the DJ Mags to the Belgian brothers Dimitri Vegas & Like
Mike. In the course of this, a series of criticism followed. As a reason of that was mentioned, that
they worked with disproportionate promos-actions.[59]
During the Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) in October 2015 Hardwell's second documentary "I Am
Hardwell - Living The Dream", directed by Robin Piree, was premiered. Two days later, on 13
October 2015, the film went on in cinemas. On 7 November 2015 Hardwell presented the biggest
DJ-solo show in Germany, held in collaboration with the "BigCityBeats World Club Dome". It took
place in Arena AufSchalke in front of a record crowd of about 40,000 attendees. The normal tickets
for this concert were sold out within three days.
A remix version of his studio album "United We Are" was released in December 2015.[60] It contained
the original tracklist, but all songs were remixed by different artists, including W&W, Vicetone and
Frontliner. The entire tracklist was presented in episode 244 of his Hardwell on Air podcast.[61] In
parallel he and Armin van Buuren each presented an action figure; this caused moderate criticism,
because of the high price.[62]
On 13 December 2015, Hardwell organized a free concert entitled "The Biggest Guestlist" in
Mumbai. With this performance, he did a world record of the same name. In addition, he donated all
the proceeds of the festival as well as the ones from the fans to the Magic Bus Charity Project, which
enables children from poor backgrounds to achieve better education in cooperation with the "United
We Are Foundation" and "Guestlistevents in".[63]
2016: Final "I Am Hardwell" performance and movement to hardstyle[edit]
Hardwell at the "Biggest Guestlist" in India

On 8 January 2016, the song Perfect World by the Dutch singer Maan de Steenwinkel appeared. It
was released as part of the casting show The Voice of Holland, whose sixth season she won. The
title was produced by Hardwell. The song went up to 31st place in the Dutch single charts. He
commented on the cooperation:
I’ve met Maan 3 weeks ago as I also followed her performances on ‘The Voice Of Holland’ from the
beginning. I think she is a great talent and I know for sure that she will have a successful career in
the music industry. She has my full support and I’m proud to be the producer of her first single
‘Perfect World’

— Hardwell[64]
"Hollywood" with Afrojack appeared on 25 January 2016[65] and jumped directly to # 1 on the
Beatport charts. The second single of the year was the second collaboration with Jake Reese titled
"Run Wild", which found place on 29 February 2016.[66] Just a month later on 29 March 2016,
Hardwell published his Kura-collaboration "Calavera".[67] This track reached the first place on the
Beatport charts again.[68][unreliable source?]
At the Ultra Music Festival in 2016, he premiered the final version of his W&W collaboration. The
initial version was premiered in 2013 and contained vocals by Harrison, but the producers who aren't
satisfied with that release decided to incorporate a new version with Crunk-vocals of US rapper Lil
Jon. In addition, Hardwell played his next release, "8Fifty", in collaboration with his Revealed
colleague Thomas Newson.[69] However, the release was heavily criticized[by whom?] since Hardwell had
several alternative projects running, which included "Live the Night", "MusicBox" or "What We Need".
On 20 May 2016, his hardstyle[70] remix of The Chainsmokers’ and Daya’s "Don't Let Me Down",
which was produced in collaboration with Sephyx, was released as a remix-single.[71]
Hardwell on the Cover of the Revealed Volume 7

On 24 June 2016, Hardwell published the seventh part of his "Hardwell-presents-Revealed"


compilations.[72] In the course of this release appeared the studio versions of his solo hardstyle debut
"Wake Up Call" and the title "Going Crazy". "Wake Up Call" continued to be released on 3 August
2016 as a free download.[73] On 29 August 2016, Hardwell released "Going Crazy" on Beatport,
marking his second collaboration with Blasterjaxx.[74]
Hardwell's collaboration with Craig David called "No Holding Back" was released on 19 August
2016,[75] which contained elements of UK Garage and deep house.[76]
In his performance at the BigCityBeats World Club Dome, Hardwell announced that his last show of
the "I Am Hardwell - United We Are" world tour would be taking place on 27 August,
at Hockenheimring in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.[77] Together with Big City Beats, the largest
lighting installation in Germany was built, with it the light show and the design of the Mainstage were
described as breathtaking. As warm-up acts, Funkerman, Kill The Buzz and Dannic played from 5:00
to 08:30 pm.[77] Hardwell played for 3½ hours in contrast to his previous 2-hour-long shows. As
guests, he brought singer Haris on stage for his upcoming single "What We Need" as well as
hardstyle DJ Atmozfears for their collaboration. In spite of temperatures of more than 35 °C, free
water was renounced which led to criticism by attendees.
On 13 October 2016, single "Thinking About You" was released together with singer Jay
Sean.[78] The single contained elements of pop and R&B, and was highly received on download
charts.[79] Together with Revealed colleague Kaaze, Hardwell produced a progressive house
"Festival Mix" of "Thinking About You" at the end of October 2016.[80] Hardwell's "Get Down" together
with W&W was premiered a few weeks later on Hardwell on Air, and was released on 18 November
2016.[81][82]
Hardwell live with Atmozfears at the final concert of his tour at Hockenheimring 2016

In the DJ-Mag placements, Hardwell fell down the rankings from his previous year position, this time
ranking third.[83] In addition, Martin Garrix reached the top, with which he got the rank as the youngest
number one.[84] In the course of the controversy surrounding the 2016 DJ Mag awards, he held a
statement at his ADE-performance on 21 October 2016, where he challenged the guidelines of the
rankings. He explained using Atmozfears as an example that production talent would not be taken
into account, as Atmozfears had exceptional production skills but failed to receive a list placing.[85]
On 12 December 2016, Hardwell released "Baldadig", which was produced in collaboration
with Quintino.[86] Shortly thereafter, a reworked version of the song "Crank" from Jewelz &
Sparks appeared on Revealed Recordings, produced by Hardwell under his pseudonym "HWL".[87]
2017: Second studio album[edit]
Spring 2017: Reformation of the label & UMF-performance[edit]

Hardwell on the 300th episode of his Hardwell-on-Air podcast

On 2 January 2017, Hardwell released the song "Break the House Down", which was produced
together with Kill The Buzz in December 2015.[88] This was the first publication in the new "Revealed"
design.[89] For his 29th birthday on 7 January 2017, Hardwell released "Party till the Daylight" as a
birthday gift for free, which marks his entry into bass house.[90] He also announced that the 300th
episode of his "Hardwell-on-Air" on 20 January 2017 would be a special episode. Guest
appearances were done by Blasterjaxx, Wiwek, Jay Hardway, Don Diablo, Suyano, and Kill The
Buzz.[91]
From 2 to 3 February 2017, Hardwell made a reworked version of the song "Spaceman" available as
a free download for its 5-year anniversary, which included vocals by singer Heather Bright.[92] In the
year 2012, Hardwell organised a competition for a vocalised version of the song after the
instrumental version was released, where at that time Bright sent her winning version to Hardwell.
His management however, settled on Mitch Crown's "Call Me A Spaceman". Since 2015, the
common version was available as a free-track from Bright Light's site.[93]
On 10 February 2017, the song "Go Down Low" by Badd Dimes was premiered on the 300th
"Hardwell-on-Air" episode, and released as an edit by Hardwell on the same day.[94] At the Ultra
Music Festival on 25 March 2017, Hardwell premiered new productions with Austin Mahone, Maddix,
Moksi and Henry Fong.[95]
On 12 May 2017 Hardwell released his single "Creatures Of The Night" featuring Austin
Mahone.[96] This track did not represent his typical big-room style, but more of the future bass style
which was very popular in 2017.[97] In his home country, the song entered the official single
charts.[98] In other European countries, "Creatures of the Night" achieved high rankings in both
streaming and download portals.[citation needed]
Summer 2017 "Make the World Ours" & "Hardwell & Friends EP'S"[edit]

Hardwell live at Airbeat One Festival 2017

On 20 June 2017, Hardwell released the first version of the song "We Are One" on Taiwanese
record label Eternal Music. This version was done for the Asian market and features vocals of
Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai.[99]
At the end of June 2017, a track by Hardwell could be heard during the so-called "Endshow" of the
Saturday of the Defqon.1-Festival. The footage that was used in the video revealed the official name
as "Make The World Ours", and the track will subsequently confirmed by Hardwell on Twitter.[100] This
song was classified into the genre hardstyle and received very positive feedback.[by whom?] Two days
later, on 30 June 2017, Hardwell published it officially on his own record label.[101] It was speculated
beforehand that the track would be released on "Q-Dance".[102]
For summer 2017, the publication of two EPs was announced.[citation needed] At Ultra Europe, Hardwell
premiered a collaboration with the Dutch DJ duo Sick Individuals, who had been working with his
record label for years. He also played a second collaboration with Afrojack, which had previously
been rumored to be an Afrojack & KIIDA production. The song was completed after Hardwell's
private jet had to make an emergency landing and Afrojack took him to his plane.[103]
In the 326th episode of his "Hardwell-on-Air" podcast, published on 21 July 2017, he announced that
the first part of his "Hardwell & Friends EP" would be released on upcoming Friday. Until then, he
wanted to release the songs as singles day by day. The song "We Are Legends", which developed in
collaboration with Kaaze and Jonathan Mendelsohn, represented the beginning of that project on 24
July 2017.[104] On 25 July there appeared the official "Revealed" version of his track "We Are One".
This version did not include Jolin Tsai's vocals, but instead of that the voice of Alexander
Tidebrink.[105] "Police (You Ain't Ready)" with Kura was released the next day, a track which
represents a crossover of genres reggae, big-room, hardstyle and trap.[106] Also named on the single,
was reggae artist Anthony B, whose vocals were part of a sampled, and was used in the break. The
tracks roots reach back to January 2016, where Kura already presented the first drop of the song in
his podcast "Ambush Radioshow".[citation needed] The releasing series continued on the following day by
the track "All That We Are Living For".[107] This song developed in cooperation with Dutch hardstyle
DJ Atmozfears and singer M.Bronx and was already premiered a year earlier at the final "I Am
Hardwell Show" at "Hockenheimring" in Germany.[citation needed] The release of "Smash This Beat" ended
the week.[108]
In the 330th episode of his radio show, he teased the tracklist of the second part of the second
volume of his "Hardwell & Friends EP".[citation needed] Several days before, the cover was released which
features all collaboration partners. "Badam", which was recorded together DJ Henry Fong and
vocalist Mr. Vegas, was already announced to be part of the EP in June 2017 in an interview at Ultra
Singapore, and was released on 21 August 2017.[109] The next track was an official collaboration with
Kill the Buzz, after multiple collaborations on the tracks "Don't Give Up" and "Break the House
Down". Titled as "Still the One", the song was released on 22 August 2017.[110] "What We Need",
which was premiered at Queens Domain in early 2015, was released on 23 August 2017.[111] Beside
a bass house track with Moksi titled "Powermove",[112] a collaboration with Dr Phunk was also part of
the EP titled "Here Once Again".[113]
Autumn 2017: "Power" with KSHMR[edit]
At the end of August 2017, Hardwell confirmed that he is working on the third "Hardwell & Friends
EP". In an interview he also announced the third part of his "Hardwell & Friends EPs".[citation needed] He
also announced the completion of the ninth collaboration with W&W.[citation needed]
On 22 September 2017 Hardwell and KSHMR released their collaboration track
"Power",[114] premiered in April 2017, was published on KSHMR's "Spinnin' Records" imprint "Dharma
Worldwide". This track represents Hardwell's first release on "Spinnin' Records" since "Zero 76" with
Tiësto came out on that label back in 2011.[115] As a co-writer, Shermanology-member Andy Sherman
as well as Jarrad Kritzstein worked together with them.[citation needed] After the release was announced in
late August 2017, Hardwell premiered the studio version on 1 September 2017 in his "Hardwell On
Air" podcast.[116] In the course of their collaboration, they hosted one episode of the "Spinnin'
Sessions" and on the other an episode of "Revealed Radio".[citation needed]
On 6 October 2017 Hardwell published his third collaboration with Afrojack, titled "Hands Up".[117] Like
the predecessor "Hollywood", the track is based on a classic Dirty Dutch style. Another part of the
track is Afrojack's live show supporter MC Ambush. In contrast to the two previous collaborations,
Afrojack's record label "Wall Recordings" acted as the main label.
After the official announcement of the eighth volume of his "Hardwell presents Revealed" series via
Instagram-Story at the beginning of September 2017, the volume was released on 13 October
2017.[118] In addition to the songs of his two Hardwell & Friends EPs, it also contains the intro of his
2017 live shows, "Who's in the House", as well as the unpublished track "The Universe".
Also on Instagram, Hardwell announced on 2 October 2017, to publish his first own perfume called
"Hardwell Eclipse".[119] The fragrance is available as of 20 October 2017 with the motto "The New
Sound in Fragrance".[120]
During the Amsterdam Music Festival on 21 October 2017, which included the release of this year's
DJ-Mag Top 100 list, he first played a "back2back" live set with Armin van Buuren, which was
previously announced as "Two is One".[121] They gave a foretaste of their collab appearance in
August 2017 with their 15-minute surprise performance at Dam Square in Amsterdam. As in the
previous year, Hardwell lost a place in the DJ-Mag ranking and slipped to fourth place; third place
went to Armin van Buuren.[122]
On 3 November 2017, Hardwell & Quintino released a remix of "Mi Gente" by J Balvin and Willy
William.[123] The track features elements from his previous track with Quintino, "Baldadig".
Winter 2017: "Hardwell On Air: Off The Record"[edit]

After the first episode was published on Sirius XM on 26 May 2017, Hardwell officially announced a
second hour of "Hardwell On Air" on 16 November 2017.[citation needed] This is called "Off The Record"
and consists of a selection of songs that are stylistically different from his normal style, with the
genres being future bass, deep house and tech house.[citation needed]
2018[edit]
Spring 2018: "Hardwell and Friends EP Vol 3", Gemstone Records and New Alias[edit]
On 18 January 2018, Hardwell announced that the third volume of his Hardwell and Friends
EP would be releasing soon, with a new track coming out everyday as of 19 January.[citation needed] The
next day, Hardwell premiered the EP in the 350th episode of "Hardwell On Air". On 22 January 2018,
he released "The Underground",[124] a collaboration with Timmy Trumpet. The track was first
premiered at Ultra Europe 2017. On 23 January 2018, he released "Woest",[125] a collaboration
with Quintino. On 24 January 2018, he released "Get Low",[126] a collaboration with Sick Individuals.
The track was also first premiered at Ultra Europe 2017. On 25 January 2018, he released
"Safari",[127] a collaboration with Jewelz & Sparks.
With the final release of "Take Us Down (Feeding Our Hunger)" with Dr. Phunk,[128] the full EP was
made available on 26 January 2018.[129]
Hardwell released "Anthem" with American DJ Steve Aoki on 13 April 2018, which was the fourth
release in Aoki's 5OKI artist collaboration campaign.[130][131]
Hardwell later released a track titled "Thunder" with Julian Calor under the name Magnomite on 23
April 2018 on Revealed Recordings. It was Hardwell's first release under an alias.[132]
Hardwell announced on his Twitter account on 24 April 2018 that he has launched a new electronic
pop sub-label titled "Gemstone Records",[133] whose main goal is to promote new talent and reach a
larger audience, while encompassing multiple genres such as deep house, future house, future
bass and electro pop.[134]
Summer 2018: "Earthquake" and "Conquerors"[edit]
On 11 May 2018, Hardwell released "Earthquake". The track features vocals from Harrison, and was
first premiered in the 350th episode of Hardwell on Air.[135] On 25 May 2018, he collaborated
with Netherlands-based jazz and pop orchestra Metropole Orkest to release an episodic two-part EP
titled "Conquerors".[136][137]
Later, Hardwell collaborated with Dutch producers Blasterjaxx to release "Bigroom Never Dies" on
13 July 2018,[138] which was notably teased during his live performance on Dutch radio station
Slam.[139] The song incorporates elements of multiple genres other than its prevalent big room sound,
including hardstyle, house, and techno.[140] He collaborated with Kaaze again on "This Is Love", which
was released on 31 August 2018 and featured vocals from Loren Allred who has previously
performed on The Voice.[141][142]
Autumn—winter 2018: Hiatus and "How You Love Me"[edit]
On 7 September 2018, Hardwell announced via his Instagram page that he would be clearing his
touring schedule indefinitely to take time off for his personal life. He promised that he will still
continue to produce new music and will "never let it go". His last performance was at the Ziggo
Dome for the Amsterdam Dance Event on 18 October 2018. The performance was closed with a
speech where he stated: "Thank you so much, I will be back!"[143] [144][6]
Hardwell continued to release a series of singles after his announcement: reggae-influenced "Light It
Up" with Suyano, "Out Of This Town" with Vinai and Cam Meekins, and "Kicking It Hard".[145][146][147] On
7 December 2018, he released electronic pop-influenced single "How You Love Me" with Snoop
Dogg and Conor Maynard through Spinnin' Records.[148][149]

Musical style[edit]
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Hardwell's style can be classified in different sub genres of the electro-house music. He describes
his starting style as influenced by the hip-hop underground scene. Between 2005 and 2006, he
developed his style more commercially and over time his productions were increasingly based on a
mix of Tech House and Dirty Dutch. Around the year 2008 his songs became slower and more
commercial. In parallel, he experimented with elements from other genres. During that time, he
came up already with build-ups, which were very similar to the big-room genre that had emerged
years later. With the release of the single "Feel So High" in 2009, he published a tech-house song
that corresponded to the classical progressive house, which was dying out, especially at the time.[150]
At the beginning of 2010, he joined the growing EDM genre and increased his talent in the area of
production with singles like "Move It 2 The Drum" and "Asteroid". In 2011, his first successful singles
in the field of electro house appeared with "Zero 76" and "Encoded". With "Spaceman", he co-
founded the big-room scene in 2012 and established himself permanently in this subgenre.[151] One
year later, his singles "Apollo" and "Never Say Goodbye" gave him a place in the modern
progressive house style.[citation needed]

Hardwell (2013)

On his studio album "United We Are", he used trance music synths for the first time for his track
"Echo" as well as deep house sounds for "Birds Fly".[citation needed] In addition, "Chameleon" is based on
the Jungle-Terror genre, which was similar with the W&W single "Get Down". For the first time since
"Don’t Stop the Madness", "Hollywood" embodies a track corresponded to the Dirty-German-music.
Starting from 2015, his syntheses were increasingly oriented on hardstyle samples.
His Headhunterz collaboration "Nothing Can Hold Us Down" was created solely on hardstyle-based
sounds.[citation needed] His solo productions "Run Wild" and "What We Need" contain features of this genre
too.[citation needed] He also presented the song "Wake Up Call" at the Biggest Guestlist Festival in
Mumbai, which was initially suspected as the collaboration with Hardstyle producer Atmozfears, but
later was confirmed by Hardwell as a solo production.[152]
His 2016 single "No Holding Back", represents his first movement into the UK garage.[citation needed] The
track represents elements of deep and tech jouse scene as well for the first time since
his Funkerman collaboration "Where Is Here Now".
On 7 January 2017, he released the song "Party Till the Daylight", which was Hardwell's debut bass
house production.[153] At the Ultra Music Festival, he premiered his first future bass single, "Creatures
of the Night".[154]

Merchandise[edit]
On 20 October 2017, Hardwell launched his own cologne brand "ECLIPSE" in Amsterdam, whose
release was originally announced through his Twitter page on 2 October 2017.[155]

Equipment[edit]
SSL Xlogic G Series Compressor - Studio accessory by Hardwell

Pioneer CDJ-2000 - mixing console with its live performances

By the year 2015 Hardwell still produced in his parents' house in Breda.[156][157] On 20 January 2015,
Hardwell first presented his current studio.[158] It was designed by studio designer Jan Morel.[156]
In the studio he works with a Roland A-49 MIDI Keyboard Controller White, Crane Song Avocet
Remote II, and a Solid State Logic XLogic G Series Compressor.[159] "reFX Nexus 2" is one of his
favourite plugins. On 11 March 2015 he published a soundset for the synthesizer software
"Sylenth1".[160]
On his performances, Hardwell is mostly seen with Sennheiser HD 25 II headphones. According to
his Technical Rider, he works with a Pioneer DJM-800 Nexus or a DJM-900 Nexus mixer. In
addition, his set-up contains four interconnected Pioneer CDJ 2000s.[161]

Personal life[edit]

Hardwell in Bangkok

Hardwell's parents are active in a foundation for DJs that helps young artists deal with contracts,
managers and record labels.[citation needed]
Since 2014, he was in a relationship with the Dutch event manager Yanicke Agnes. They met in a
bar in his hometown of Breda in 2013.[162]However, they split up in 2016. His annual salary is
estimated at €9.5 million.

Discography[edit]
Main article: Hardwell discography

 United We Are (2015)

Awards and nominations[edit]


Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Hardwell

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