Steve Aoki & Sub Zero Project Reimagine Nero’s Iconic Dance Anthem “Promises”

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August 14, 2026 - Global icon Steve Aoki and Dutch Hard Dance heavyweights Sub Zero Project officially release their reimagined version of Nero's dance classic "Promises." After being road-tested across festival stages worldwide for the past year, including Tomorrowland, EDC Las Vegas, Ultra Australia, Ultra Peru, and Amsterdam Music Festival, the collaboration arrives as a full-scale reinterpretation of one of electronic music's most recognizable anthems.

Blending Aoki's genre-defying production style with Sub Zero Project's signature hard dance sound, the track preserves the emotional impact of the original while introducing a festival-ready perspective, built around the song's iconic lyrical chorus, infused with new bass-driven drops, uptempo breaks, and a renewed sense of scale. First unveiled during the artists' live sets, the collaboration has quickly become a standout moment, with audiences around the world experiencing its evolution before its official release.

"There's a fine line between paying tribute to a classic and giving it a new identity, and that's what made this collaboration with Sub Zero Project so exciting," says Steve Aoki . "We wanted to preserve what made 'Promises' so memorable while giving it a completely new perspective. The track really found itself through the live shows-every time we played it, the crowd showed us where to keep pushing it. By the time we finished the record, it had already taken on a life of its own, and that's when you know you've created something special."

"It was a huge honor to finally collaborate with the legend Steve Aoki and we had so much fun creating this track together," Sub Zero Project shares. "We've been playing 'Promises' for well over a year and it has become a true highlight in our live sets at events such as Tomorrowland, EDC Las Vegas, Ultra Australia, Ultra Peru, Amsterdam Music Festival and many more, with explosive crowd reactions every single time.

The fun part of playing the track is that the first drop (a powerful dubstep drop) catches the crowd completely off guard before transitioning into the highly energetic hard dance drop, followed by the epic break with the beautiful vocals. To top it all off, the track builds into an insane melody drop, delivering energy from start to finish. We're beyond excited to finally share this collaboration with the world and we can't wait for everyone to experience the same energy we've been witnessing on dance floors across the globe."

With their innovative productions and boundary-pushing approach to hard dance, Dutch duo Sub Zero Project continues to push the genre forward, bringing their signature sound to audiences worldwide through their "Our World" tour and appearances at major festivals including Tomorrowland, Ultra Peru, EDC Las Vegas, Amsterdam Music Festival and many more.

The release also continues the celebration of Dim Mak's landmark 30th anniversary. Throughout 2026, Aoki is commemorating three decades of the influential label with special events, festival takeovers, and the ongoing Dim Mak 30 Tour, including upcoming performances at Austin City Limits, EDC Orlando, and stops across Tokyo, San Francisco, Minneapolis, and New York City.

Steve Aoki Dim Mak 30 Tour

August 14 - Tokyo, JP @ Harajuku Rave Club SUMMER SONIC

August 21 - Edmonton, AB @ Union Hall

September 3 - Costa Mesa, CA @ The Pacific Amphitheatre

September 4 - El Paso, TX @ The Elmont - Social

September 7 - Cleveland, OH @ Shooters Cleveland

September 11 - Greater Sudbury, ON @ Grace Hartman Amphitheatre

September 18 - Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave / Eagles Club

September 19 - San Francisco, CA @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium

October 2-11 - Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits

October 17 - Minneapolis, MN @ The Armory

October 24 - New York, NY @ The Rooftop at Pier 17

October 25 - Baltimore, MD @ The TailGOAT

November 6 - Detroit, MI @ Russell Industrial Center

November 6-8 - Orlando, FL @ EDC Orlando

ABOUT STEVE AOKI:

Counting nearly 3 billion music streams to his name, Steve Aoki is a true visionary. Billboard described the 2x-GRAMMY-nominated music producer, artist, fashion designer, entrepreneur, futurist, and Dim Mak Records founder as "one of the most in-demand entertainers in the world." A Guinness World Record holder for the "Most Traveled Musician in a Single Calendar Year," Aoki has performed at nearly every top festival around the world, including Coachella, Ultra Music Festival, Lollapalooza, Fuji Rock Festival, Tomorrowland, and Electric Daisy Carnival. Aoki also graced recent covers of Entrepreneur Magazine, Success Magazine, Electronic Musician, and Adweek as their "Visionary of the Year."

As a globally successful cross-genre solo artist, Aoki has collaborated with an impressive list of varied artists, including BTS, Maluma, Snoop Dogg, Linkin Park, blink-182, One Direction's Louis Tomlinson, Machine Gun Kelly, Lil Uzi Vert, 2 Chainz and Daddy Yankee, on top of having released three Platinum singles, six Gold singles, and over ten Top 10 radio records.

Aoki approaches each new endeavor with the same sense of dedication he's put into his past achievements, including the Grammy-nominated Netflix documentary I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2016) and his memoir BLUE: The Color of Noise (2019). In 2012, he also founded THE AOKI FOUNDATION to support organizations in brain science and its research. His influential record label Dim Mak, which celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2021, is known for being a launching pad for the careers of prominent acts like Bloc Party, The Chainsmokers, Bloody Beetroots, The Kills, Zedd, and Diplo.

About Sub Zero Project

Hardstyle duo Sub Zero Project aka Nigel Coppen and Thomas Velderman have taken the hard dance scene by storm. As teenagers they started their careers in 2014. The combination of high quality productions and a unique signature sound, launched this Dutch duo to the top in no time. Sub Zero Project is best known for their hits within Hardstyle, such as; 'Darkest Hour', 'Our Church', 'Halo' and 'Trip To Mars'. All of these bangers have reached tens of millions of streams. Thanks to their success, Sub Zero Project have been able to spread their sound on a global scale by performing on the biggest dance stages in the scene - Tomorrowland, Electric Daisy Carnaval, Defqon.1 Weekend Festival, Ultra Music Festival, Medusa Festival, to name a few. They even sold out their 7.500 capacity solo event in Germany in the Mitsubishi Electric Halle in Dusseldorf in 2023 and the famous Waagnatie in Antwerp in Belgium in 2024.

Throughout their career, Sub Zero Project have worked with several big artists such as; Timmy Trumpet, W&W, Hardwell, Vini Vici, Da Tweekaz, Headhunterz and many more. This is only at the beginning of so much more to come. After releasing their second album, a piece of art called 'Renaissance Of Rave' in 2022, their 'Psychodelic' live concept in 2023, 'Robot Ravolution in 2024, these boys dominated 2025 by winning the #1 track of all Top 100 charts with It Will Be Ok and the launch of their brand new live show called Our World.

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