Fuck U Skrillex You Think Ur Andy Warhol but Ur Not!!
Fuck U Skrillex You Think Ur Andy Warhol but Ur Not!! <3 is the fourth studio album by American record producer Skrillex. It was released on April 1, 2025, through Atlantic Records and Owsla as a surprise album, and his final album for the former labels. Unlike his previous three albums, it is presented as a continuous mix hosted by producer DJ Smokey. Stylistically, the album has been described as a return to Skrillex's dubstep roots, featuring several previously unreleased tracks dating back to 2010.
The album features appearances from a wide variety of collaborators, including Boys Noize, Dylan Brady, Varg2TM, Whitearmor, Starrah, Zacari, Virtual Riot and Parisi. Production was primarily handled by Skrillex himself, alongside Fred Again, Varg2TM, Whitearmor, and Eurohead, among others. Fuck U Skrillex follows his pair of 2023 albums, Quest for Fire and Don't Get Too Close. The album received a nomination for Best Dance/Electronic Album at the 68th Grammy Awards.
Release
Fuck U Skrillex received no previous promotion, and was released as a surprise album. On March 31, 2025, one night before release, the full mixtape was shared by Skrillex via a Dropbox link sent to his email subscriber list. The album was released to streaming services on April 1, 2025. The cover photograph was taken near the NestHQ media company building in Los Angeles, California and features a first generation Mazda Miata.Several months prior up to the album's release, Skrillex made public comments on his Twitter/X account about his frustration with Atlantic Records. Since his contract required four albums, this album is to be Skrillex's final project with Atlantic, which has been affiliated with every Skrillex release since his debut single "Weekends!!!".
Critical reception
Fuck U Skrillex received positive reviews from music critics. According to review aggregator Metacritic, the album received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 74 out of 100 from 5 critic scores. In a review for Billboard, Katie Bain called the album "occasionally laugh-out-loud funny" and "ultimately quite moving", noting its "tongue-in-cheek" tone and praising "Voltage" as "one of the most, if not the most, emotionally resonant, truly moving songs of the entire Skrillex catalog". A positive review by Michaelangelo Matos for Rolling Stone noted the album's "playful edge" and attention to detail. Receiving the album positively, Vulture's Craig Jenkins praised the album's eclecticism, likening the album's mixtape format to Resident Advisor mixes and DJ Drama's Gangsta Grillz series.Track listing
Notes- indicates an additional producer.
- indicates a vocal producer.
- All track titles are stylized in all caps.
- "Tears Lost Drop" is an alternate version of "Tears" from Quest for Fire and contains a sample of "I Never Knew", written by Fred Jerkins III, Rodney Jerkins, Isaac Phillips and LaShawn Daniels, and performed by Deborah Cox.
- "Andy" contains samples of "Top Off", written by Khaled Khaled, Shawn Carter, Nayvadius Wilburn, Beyoncé Knowles, and Joseph Zarrillo, as performed by DJ Khaled featuring Jay-Z, Future, and Beyoncé, and "U Don't Know Me (Like U Used To)", written by Brandy Norwood, Rodney Jerkins, Isaac Phillips, Paris Davis, and Sean Bryant, as performed by Brandy.
Personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal.Musicians
- Skrillex – programming, instrumentation, vocals
- Rex Kudo – programming, instrumentation
- Heavy Mellow – guitar
- Peter Lee Johnson – strings
- Hawaii Slim – vocals
- Virtual Riot – instrumentation, programming
- Naisha Barghabi – vocals, additional vocals
- Salamimeats – additional vocals
- Joker – programming
- Sleepnet – programming, instrumentation, vocal producer
- Space Laces – instrumentation, programming
- Isoxo – instrumentation, programming
- Badriia – vocals
- Carlton McDowell – instrumentation, programming
- Dylan Wiggins – instrumentation, programming
- Jónsi – instrumentation, programming
- Ilykimchi – instrumentation, programming
- Zacari – vocals
- Starrah – vocals
- Team EZY – instrumentation, programming
- Njomza – vocals
- Eurohead – instrumentation, programming, vocals
- Varg2TM – programming, instrumentation
- Loam – vocals
- Whitearmor – instrumentation, programming
- Jamesjamesjames – instrumentation, programming ; vocals
- Parisi – instrumentation, programming
- Bgirl – vocals
- Dilip – instrumentation
- Dylan Brady – instrumentation, programming
- Boys Noize – instrumentation
- Kitty Kat – vocals
- G Jones – instrumentation, programming
- Wuki – instrumentation, programming
- Vockah Redu – vocals
- Royal Anderson – vocals
- Swae Lee – vocals
- Earth – guitar
- Majestic – vocals
- John Feldmann – instrumentation, programming
Technical
- Skrillex – mastering, [Audio Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing (recorded music)|mixing], recording
- Luca Pretolesi – mastering, mixing
- Robert Guzman – mastering, mixing
- Virtual Riot – mastering, mixing
- Isoxo – mastering, mixing
- Drew Gold – recording ; mastering, mixing
- Joker – recording
- Sleepnet – recording
- Nik Roos – recording
- John Feldmann – recording