Martin Garrix and longtime collaborators Matisse & Sadko are back together, dropping their latest progressive house track ‘Butterflies‘ via STMPD RCRDS. This reunion marks their seventh joint effort and perhaps one of their most emotive. The partnership between Garrix and Matisse & Sadko goes way back; their first track, ‘Dragon,‘ landed in 2015, a time when Garrix was just 19. Over the years, they’ve built a shared vocabulary rooted in festival energy, soaring synths, and cinematic drops. Their return feels less like a revival and more like a continuation. And with the album cover featuring the ruins of the 2025 Tomorrowland Belgium Main Stage, the track embodies rebirth and hope. Listen here.
‘Butterfly’ embraces the vintage progressive house aesthetic and features BARBZ, whose vulnerable delivery underscores a central theme: embracing uncertainty rather than suppressing it. Her voice is wrapped in lush layers of emotional synths, as she addresses the creatures that emerge after long periods of doubt or separation. The metaphor of transformation — the butterfly emerging from the chrysalis — is intentionally woven into both the sound design and the lyricism.