{"id":1547167,"date":"2026-01-15T17:19:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T14:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1547167"},"modified":"2026-01-15T17:19:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T14:19:10","slug":"skrillex-surprise-releases-kora-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1547167","title":{"rendered":"Skrillex Surprise-Releases Kora EP"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article main-content story\" lang=\"en-US\">\n<div class=\"AIContentWrapper-gOOlQO fHyaAp\">\n<div class=\"ArticlePageLedeBackground-JMVDp bIwRjk\">\n<header class=\"ContentHeaderWrapper-cqMZiN lbDgHU content-header article__content-header inset\">\n<div data-testid=\"ContentHeaderContainer\" class=\"ContentHeaderContainer-cMdHiZ fxttZl\">\n<div class=\"ContentHeaderHedAccreditationWrapper-WaWBW fTkfBu\">\n<div data-testid=\"ContentHeaderTitleBlockWrapper\" class=\"ContentHeaderTitleBlockWrapper-cyIGwg dMceKV\">\n<div data-testid=\"ContentHeaderRubric\" 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class=\"body__inner-container\">\n<p>Skrillex surprised-dropped an ambient EP on Thursday (January 15). The three-song <em>Kora<\/em> includes contributions from frequent collaborators Varg2\u2122, Siiickbrain, and Whitearmor. It\u2019s the produer\u2019s second EP in as many months, following November\u2019s <em>Hit Me Where It Hurts X<\/em>. You can listen to the new one and check out its cover art below.<\/p>\n<p>Last April, Skrillex dropped <em>F*CK U SKRILLEX YOU THINK UR ANDY WARHOL BUT UR NOT!! &lt;3<\/em>, his first album since 2023\u2019s dual-LP release of <em>Quest for Fire<\/em> and <em>Don&#8217;t Get Too Close. ANDY WARHOL<\/em> is up for two awards at the 2026 Grammys: Best Dance\/Electronic Album and and Best Dance\/Electronic Recording (for its single \u201cVoltage\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>Read more about Skrillex in Meaghan Garvey\u2019s 2025 feature, <em>Spring Breakers<\/em>, Brostep, and the Maximalist Party Mindset.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-fkZDUs kHRAYC asset-embed\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-eEeytc eRSvCP asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-zEXFr koTknX responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cIfZLr fHIkTW asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image may contain Nature Outdoors Sky Adult Person Flare and Light\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-eNxvmU cfBbTk responsive-image__image\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image25201.jpeg\" title=\"image25201\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"CaptionWrapper-jYrTxZ lffKHz caption AssetEmbedCaption-fyuOdR eXMqGf asset-embed__caption\" data-testid=\"caption-wrapper\"><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gzmcOU BaseText-eqOrNE CaptionText-brNLzD deqABF gfMdJi fGraOh caption__text\"><\/p>\n<p><em>Kora<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure data-testid=\"IframeEmbed\" class=\"IframeEmbedWrapper-sc-ldQZQl ejqOZZ iframe-embed\">\n<div data-hasconsent=\"true\" data-testid=\"IframeEmbedContainer\" class=\"IframeEmbedContainer-hkaqNE rtPbe\">\n<div class=\"IframeEmbedAspectRatioWrapper-hLozwN etIrxU\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure data-testid=\"IframeEmbed\" class=\"IframeEmbedWrapper-sc-ldQZQl ejqOZZ iframe-embed\">\n<div data-hasconsent=\"true\" data-testid=\"IframeEmbedContainer\" class=\"IframeEmbedContainer-hkaqNE rtPbe\">\n<div class=\"IframeEmbedAspectRatioWrapper-hLozwN etIrxU\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p> Source URL: http:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/skrillex-surprise-releases-kora-ep\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News Skrillex Surprise-Releases Kora EP The three-song project features Varg2\u2122, Siiickbrain, and Whitearmor By Alex Suskind January 15, 2026 Skrillex (Photo by NAKEESHA) Skrillex surprised-dropped an ambient EP on Thursday (January 15). The three-song Kora includes contributions from frequent collaborators Varg2\u2122, Siiickbrain, and Whitearmor. It\u2019s the produer\u2019s second EP in as many months, following November\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1547169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[54],"class_list":["post-1547167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-pitchfork-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1547167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1547169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1547167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1547167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1547167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}