Calvin Harris teases new music and a release date

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Calvin Harris
Published 5th Feb 2018

Superstar DJ Calvin Harris took to social media recently to tease some new music and fans can't contain themselves. He posted an un-captioned tweet with a mysterious message showing off a date. The tweet included a short video of a billboard with 02.08.18 written and a spinning skull in the background.

The 'Summer' DJ he has even changed out his profile picture for this skull.

However, is he teasing US date format, February 8th or UK format, August 2nd? So many questions, not enough answers!

Fans went crazy at the possibility of new music from Calvin with one saying, 'omg is this a new single? You’re always surprising us 😭 I am so excited!!!'. sic

Others responded with excitable GIFs.

An equally mysterious website has also popped up online called www.nuhready.com which is covered with Calvin's profile picture. And fans now this this is a collaboration with Canadian rapper PartyNextDoor, as one commented, 'Yes. It's called "Nuh Ready Nuh Ready"' and it features PARTYNEXTDOOR. The length of the song is 3:04min.' sic

In 2017 Calvin was named number 1 in the Forbes' Electronic Cash Kings, beating the likes of The Chainsmokers, Zedd, David Guetta and Martin Garrix.

See the top 10 Forbes' Electronic Cash Kings 2017 below:

10. Zedd - $19,000,000

Zeed enjoyed chart success in 2017 collaborating with Alessia Cara on 'Stay' and more recently Liam Payne on 'Get Low' which was released last month.

9. Martin Garrix - $19,500,000

Martin Garrix released 'Scared to Be Lonely' with British singer Dua Lip earlier this year and in 2016 his collaboration with Bebe Rexa, 'In the Name of Love' reached the top 10 in the UK.

8. marshmello - $21,000,000

marshmello joined the electronic music scene a couple of years ago when he made a name for himself remixing Jack Ü and Zedd.

7. David Guetta - $25,000,000

David Guetta has been in the industry for many years, most recently he had a top 5 hit with Justin Bieber, '2U', the video of which featured the Victoria's Secret Angels.

6. Diplo - $28,500,000

Diplo is known as a DJ and producer, having a handful of top 40 songs in the UK charts since the early 2000s. He is also part of Major Lazer who released 'Cold Water' last year featuring Justin Bieber and MØ.

5. Steve Aoki - $29,500,000

Steve Aoki has been the subject of a Netflix documentary and set up his own record label Dim Mak Records in the mid-90s. Late last year he teamed up with Louis Tomlinson for 'Just Hold On'.

4. Skrillex - $30,000,000

As well as a DJ in his own right Skrillex teamed up with Diplo to form Jack U. They're largest hit was 'Where Are U Now' featuring Justin Bieber.

3. The Chainsmokers - $38,000,000

This year The Chainsmokers are embarking on their 'Memories... Do Not Open' tour following the success of their collaborations with Halsey on 'Closer' and Coldplay on 'Something Just Like This'.

2. Tiësto - $39,000,000

Although his music tends not to break into the UK top 40 Tiësto is a regular at dance music festivals around the world.

1. Calvin Harris - $48,500,000

This year Calvin has had hits with 'Feels', 'Heatstroke' and 'Slide'.

Last year was a mega busy year for the DJ who released a whole host of collaborations with Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry and Big Sean on 'Feels', to Frank Ocean and Migos' collaboration 'Slide'. He then went on to release his fifth studio album 'Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1', which reached number 2 in the charts.

Although there is no official word yet on what or when Calvin's next release will be, it has been more than six months since 'Feels' was released, so hopefully it will be soon!

Now take a look at 9 songs you probably didn't know Calvin Harris had written >>