Swedish House Mafia just officially kicked off their highly-anticipated Ushuaïa Ibiza residency with a debut set that immediately became one of the most-talked-about Ibiza moments of the summer. The Swedish trio's opening night was packed with brand-new IDs, generational anthems and mashups that spanned their entire catalogue.
The Swedish trio opened with DJ Emile‘s ‘The Bombshelter Speech’ before launching into their own ‘Miami 2 Ibiza’ with Tinie Tempah, Steve Angello’s solo classic ‘Hooliganns’, a Swedish House Mafia mashup of Chicane vs Axwell vs Opus III vs Rui Da Silva & Cassandra Fox, and the trio’s recent ‘Lioness’ with NIKI & The Dove.
Among the loudest moments was the world live debut of the trio’s brand-new Lykke Li collaboration ‘Happiness Is So Sad’, now confirmed for a 31st July release. They also dropped Axwell’s fresh ‘Whatever Turns You On’ with Bonn, their own ‘Wait So Long (Why Do I Have To)’, the trio’s MPH remix of Knife Party‘s ‘Antidote’, an Underworld classic in ‘Dark & Long’, and the Anyma remix of their own ‘Turn On The Lights Again’ with Fred again.. and Future.
The trio’s mashup work was also on full display. Standouts included the Swedish House Mafia mashup of ‘Payback vs. More Than You Know’ with Steve Angello, Dimitri Vangelis & Wyman vs Axwell Λ Ingrosso & Kristoffer Fogelmark, an Axwell mashup of Booka Shade vs Ivan Gough & Feenixpawl vs Axwell ft. Georgi Kay’s ‘Love Inc vs. In My Mind’, the Axwell Λ Ingrosso classic ‘Dreamer’ in acappella, and a Swedish House Mafia mashup of Michael Calfan & Axwell vs. Empire Of The Sun’s ‘Resurrection vs. Walking On A Dream’.
Deeper into the set, the Swedish trio leaned hard into classics including Steve Angello’s iconic Basement Jaxx remix of ‘Where’s Your Head At?’, the timeless Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso, Steve Angello & Laidback Luke ft. Deborah Cox ‘Leave The World Behind’, Sebastian Ingrosso’s ‘A New Day’ with Céline Dion, the brand-new Martin Garrix & Citadelle & Sebastian Ingrosso ID ‘Peace Of Flood’, the Steve Angello, Laidback Luke & Rowetta classic Swedish House Mafia mashup of ‘Be vs Show Me Love vs Knas’, and deadmau5‘s ‘Strobe’ in an ID remix.
The Swedish trio closed with a wave of crowd-defining anthems including ‘Save The World’ in an NC edit, an Axwell Λ Ingrosso mashup of Sebastian Ingrosso, Tommy Trash & John Martin vs Green Velvet & Nicky Romero’s ‘Reload vs. Flash’, the recent ‘Don’t Go Mad’ with Seinabo Sey, a fresh edit of ‘Finally’ with Alicia Keys, the Swedish House Mafia rework of The Weeknd’s ‘Moth To A Flame’, Eric Prydz’s private remix of M83‘s ‘Midnight City’, the timeless ‘Don’t You Worry Child’, Modjo‘s ‘Lady (Hear Me Tonight)’, and the trio’s recent ‘Heaven Takes You Home’ with Connie Constance.
The set closed out on a Sebastian Ingrosso re-edit of Alesso & Ryan Tedder vs Candi Staton vs Whitney Houston’s ‘Laktos is Calling vs You Got The Love vs I Wanna Dance With Somebody’, the trio’s ‘One (Your Name)’ with Pharrell Williams, and a final encore preview of ‘Happiness Is So Sad’ with Lykke Li to close out the night.
It was exactly the kind of stacked, generation-spanning debut you’d expect from one of the most iconic groups in dance music. Watch the recap below.
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