Jack U
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Skrillex and Diplo |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Genres | EDM, trap |
| Years active | 2013–present |
| Labels | OWSLA, Mad Decent |
| Associated acts | |
| Website | jackuofficial |
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Jack Ü is an American EDM DJ duo, side group and collaborative project, consisting of Mad Decent founder Diplo and OWSLA founder Skrillex, formed in 2013. Jack Ü performed at Ultra Music Festival Miami in 2014. They released their first official single "Take Ü There" featuring vocals from Kiesza on September 17, 2014. On February 3, 2015, the duo announced that they would be working with Missy Elliott on a remix to "Take Ü There". They released their debut album Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü on 27 February 2015.
According to Skrillex, this collaboration is called 'Jack Ü' because it refers to how the music 'jacks you up' with its high energy beats and bass line.
Jack Ü also performed at Ultra Music Festival in 2015 with the entire "Jack Ü crew", featuring live contributions from CL, Kai, Diddy, Kiesza, and Justin Bieber.
On September 15, 2013, Jack U debut performance took place at Mad Decent Block Party in San Diego with 3 Jack U tracks: Dubstep-Juke hybrid track known as "Shark Patrol", "Bounce it", and a very early version of their collaboration with AlunaGeorge that would later be released as "To U"
Diplo announced the project by releasing the Mad Decent Block Party lineup with Jack Ü playing at multiple stops on the tour. After some guessing by many of who Jack Ü was, Diplo finally came out to reveal that "Jack Ü ... means Skrillex and Diplo together".
The two have worked with each other on assorted projects over the past five years starting with Skrillex singing and playing guitar on a record for Major Lazer, one of Diplo's other projects. In 2011, Diplo also worked on a song with Skrillex titled "Amplifire" (though it was never completed or released) for Bangarang.
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