They've played some of the biggest festivals together and just released a new record, "Take Ü There" featuring Kiesza. Still, it seems that song's beat wasn't the only thing getting dropped as late last week, Skrillex avoided hanging out with Diplo, attending a party without him.In fact, Skrillex showed up at the Red Bull Studios in Santa Monica last week for a TOKiMONSTA listening party, rolling in solo as a way of confirming what everyone suspected: he and BFF Diplo were cancelling their friendship.
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Meanwhile, Diplo was in Vegas, partying with Usher and trying to find time to finish his work on Madonna's upcoming album. Friends with knowledge of the situation say that neither side are talking, only pointing out that Skrillex has been looking for other ways to express his anger, mainly through uncharacteristically negative tweets.
Jack Ü started as a side project in 2013 and a way for the two innovative DJs to get to know each other as people while deepening their friendship. While at first glance, the tall, frequently shirtless former BlackBerry spokesperson and the spectacled, asymmetrically-haired, six-time-Grammy winner have little in common, they soon found a real and abiding common ground in their love of music.They formed the duo Jack Ü and made their live debut at Diplo's Mad Decent Block Party before throngs of kandi bracelet-wearing fans last year. When their collaboration with 2014 breakthrough star Kiesza premiered on BBC Radio 1 last week, host Zane Lowe tried to press the two to commit to future plans, but they both demured, indicating that their bromance was definitely in trouble.
The two are slated to perform at Madison Square Garden on New Year's Eve but much like Beyoncé and Jay-Z's On The Run tour, that show might become a spectacle for those more eager to watch the tension unfold on stage than the music.Keep up with the latest DJ news and gossip by following TMP, the EDM TMZ. - @thumpthump
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Jack Ü started as a side project in 2013 and a way for the two innovative DJs to get to know each other as people while deepening their friendship. While at first glance, the tall, frequently shirtless former BlackBerry spokesperson and the spectacled, asymmetrically-haired, six-time-Grammy winner have little in common, they soon found a real and abiding common ground in their love of music.They formed the duo Jack Ü and made their live debut at Diplo's Mad Decent Block Party before throngs of kandi bracelet-wearing fans last year. When their collaboration with 2014 breakthrough star Kiesza premiered on BBC Radio 1 last week, host Zane Lowe tried to press the two to commit to future plans, but they both demured, indicating that their bromance was definitely in trouble.