  
A long-awaited moment for fans of one of the biggest music festivals in the world has arrived. UNTOLD organizers are announcing the first artists to take to the main stage of the festival this year between August 4th and 7th. Some of them come to Romania or UNTOLD for the first time. David Guetta, Don Diablo, G-Eazy, Kygo, Major Lazer, Morten, Oliver Heldens, Paul Kalkbrenner LIVE and Tujamo are part of the seventh story from the magical realm created for 4 days and 4 nights in Cluj-Napoca. They are joined by Above & Beyond and the British artist Anne-Marie, a premiere for our country.
One of the most appreciated and awaited artists, Kygo, is preparing a special show for UNTOLD. The Norwegian DJ and producer is the one who laid the foundations of a new style in electronic music, tropical house, to which he added his favorite instrument, the piano.
In 2014, he released his first single, Firestone, a collaboration with Australian artist Conrad Sewell, and at the end of 2015 set an absolute record: 1 billion hits on Spotify, to reach 2 billion streams a year later. hate. In 2019, Kygo reached all the charts in the world with a cover version for an iconic song, Higher Love. The artist was contacted by Pat Houston, the lawyer who deals with the legacy of the late Whitney Houston, and Clive Davis of Sony Music Entertainment, the label that manages the Whitney Houston catalog, to cover this hit released by Houston in 1990. Kygo used the artist's recordings that year, and the production was a huge success: Higher Love reached number 1 on the Billboard chart and was heard on radio stations around the world.
Kygo completed her list of memorable collaborations with "What's Love Got To Do With It" (Tina Turner), and the remix for the legendary song "Hot Stuff", released by disco queen Donna Summer in 1979.
Major Lazer, the first show in Romania, at Untold 2022
A premiere for Romania, at the UNTOLD festival, is Major Lazer (“soundsystem”), an electronic music project consisting of Diplo, Jillionaire and Walshy Fire. The foundations of this unique collaboration were laid by the American DJ and producer Diplo, and as a style, the band's music is a fusion of genres between reggae and dancehall, with elements of dance and electro house. The American publication Billboard included the Major Lazer project in the ranking of the top 100 artists in the dance spectrum.
The single "Lean On" reached 1.6 billion streams on Spotify, and on the YouTube platform, the official clip of the song exceeded 3 billion 160 million views.
Another premiere at the UNTOLD festival is Morten, the Danish DJ and producer, one of the most active artists in electronic music. WeRaveYou has included him in the list of artists who have generated a change in the spectrum of electronic music. The FUTURE RAVE project, in which he collaborates with the world's number 1 DJ, David Guetta, has changed the dynamics in electronic production, the songs released under this name managing to dominate the charts dedicated to electronic music production.
G-Eazy is coming to Romania for the second time, after performing on the Neversea festival stage 3 years ago. He describes his musical style as a combination of 1950s culture and contemporary rap sound. To achieve the success he enjoys, G-Eazy sold everything and started making music.
In December 2015, he released "When It's Dark Out", with the single "Me, Myself & I" featuring Bebe Rexha, which reached the Top 10 in the Billboard Hot 100, the official US chart, on Spotify the single surpassed 1 billion listens.
Anne-Marie, one of the best British female voices, for the first time in Romania
British soloist Anne-Marie has four British Awards nominations, including Best British Female Solo Artist, and since 2021 has been on the jury of The Voice UK. This summer he is coming to Romania for the first time. Anne-Marie has had successful collaborations with Clean Bandit - "Rockabye", a song that has surpassed one billion one hundred million listens on Spotify, and the song "FRIENDS", on which she worked with the American producer Marshmello, is another hit, with over 927 million views on YouTube.
David Guetta needs no introduction. He is the world's number 1 DJ for the second year in a row and will be back on the festival's main stage again this summer.
Above & Beyond are preparing for their first show at UNTOLD. Jono Grant, Tony McGuiness and Paavo Siljamäki are the three Britons behind the most respected trance project. Their first album, "Tri-State" from 2005, was listed as "BRILLIANT" and received 5 out of 5 stars from DJ Mag. From trance-oriented productions to acoustic albums, Above & Beyond covered everything, and in 2016 and 2018 they were nominated for Grammy Awards in the Best Dance Recording category.
Paul Kalkbrenner, premieres on the Untold mainstage
A premiere for mainstage is techno superstar Paul Kalkbrenner. The German DJ and producer was present every year at the UNTOLD festival on the Galaxy stage, and this year he will do the live show on the main stage of the festival.
The demand is so high for Kalkbrenner that the Multipurpose Hall has become too small for him. The iconic "Sky and Sand", the incomparable "Feed Your Head", "No Goodbye", "Parachute", "Si soy fuego" and many more will be heard for the first time at the Cluj-Arena stadium.
Don Diablo, Oliver Heldens and Tujamo complete the line-up for the main stage of one of the largest music festivals in the world.
The Galaxy scene, the techno house of the UNTOLD festival, also has premiere artists: Ann Clue, Reinier Zonneveld (LIVE) and Richie Hawtin. These big names in the techno world are joined by Jamie Jones B2B Loco Dice and the famous Boris Brejcha, who has created his own minimal high-tech music genre. Other artists will be announced soon.
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