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Gregory Dillon reimagines club music with a powerful message in invigorating dance single Burning Kisses💋🔥

Dale Melita October 18, 2024

Gregorian chant may not be the first genre that comes to mind for club-goers, but something extraordinary is about to unfold!

Designed for the cathedral of pulsating dance floors, Gregory Dillonā€™s Burning KissesĀ single emerges as an experimental masterpiece, electrifying audiences with its unexpected debut. With throbbing techno synths and a breathy, almost ritualistic refrain, Dillonā€™s latest single is a transcendent experienceā€”blurring the lines between the sacred and the sensual. This rising luminary in the electronic dance scene, already known for several major-label hits, has clearly been honing his craft, creating a sound that is as enigmatic as it is euphoric.

Gregory said ā€œThe chorus of Burning Kissesā€”ā€˜praise to the damned, if Iā€™m damned, then Iā€™m going to danceā€™ā€”is my anthem for those moments of liberation. As a gay man who grew up in a Catholic environment, I canā€™t help but think of the monks who might have also been queer, seeking refuge in their devotion as I sought refuge in mine. And while this project is not an attack on Catholicism, itā€™s about exploring those contradictionsā€”finding my own place of worship in the clubs, where I can finally celebrate who I am without fear. Itā€™s not about rejecting my past but about embracing who I am now, in all its complexity, and creating something that resonates with others whoā€™ve felt the same tensions between faith, sexuality, and self-expression.ā€

Hailed by Notion as the ā€œinternet sad boy icon of our dreams, ā€ Dillons genre bending anthems blaze with a cinematic allure shimmering from a collision of electropop, new wave, & post-punk sensibility. His self-produced singles lovely, Plastic Ferrari and Alien Boyfriend surpassed 5M+ streams this year, and he signed to PEN Music Publishing, quickly gaining sync placements on HBOā€™s The Sex Lives of College Girls, Batwoman, Riverdale, Love Island UK, MTV and Amazon Prime original series The Lake. His foray into dance music has landed him billing as a DJ/Club Performer for sold-out shows in the US and Europe, and featured collaborations with heavy hitters like nowifi on the track Undefined. Now approaching 11 million streams across his catalog, Dillonā€™s music has been hailed by Music Insider as ā€œa total masterpieceā€ and featured in ā€œBest New Songs of the Weekā€ by Billboard, Paper, MTV News, V Magazine and 1883 Magazine.

After a life-altering collision carved a fresh ethos into his artistry, Dillon’s personal and musical trajectory now mirrors an unexpected transition back to the isolating streets of suburbia that he initially ran from. Shedding the picture perfect Ken-Doll fantasy of his earlier works, Dillonā€™s critically acclaimed self-production and conceptual approach is clearly evolved from escapism and nostalgic longing. Now adorning the Suburban ā€˜Sad Boyā€™ title, Dillon now channels a defiant, rebellious spirit, injecting listeners with a complex dose of euphoric resilience that BEDFORD & BOWERY described perfectly as ā€œpulsing with a yearning to look backward.ā€

Stream Burning Kisses on all music streaming platforms now and follow Gregory on his socials HERE.

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