Martin Garrix & Ed Sheeran finally drop long-awaited collab ‘Repeat It’ after 12 years — listen

After more than a decade of waiting, Martin Garrix and Ed Sheeran are finally giving fans the release they’ve been asking for. The duo’s long-rumoured collaboration, ‘Repeat It’, has officially arrived, closing the chapter on one of EDM’s most talked-about unreleased tracks.

Originally known among fans as ‘Rewind Repeat It’, the song first gained traction after Martin Garrix previewed it during his Ultra Music Festival Miami set in 2015. Since then, live rips, fan uploads, and online petitions have kept the track alive across EDM communities, even as its official release remained stuck in limbo.

The collaboration dates back to 2014, when Garrix and Sheeran first connected during the producer’s early breakout era following ‘Animals’. At the time, Sheeran was entering his x album phase, making the pairing an unexpected crossover between festival EDM and singer-songwriter pop. According to reports from that period, the track began with a voice note melody sent by Sheeran before Garrix built the production around it.

Despite strong fan demand, the release faced years of delays tied to label approvals, scheduling conflicts, and rights complications connected to Garrix’s earlier Spinnin’ Records era. By 2018, Garrix had openly admitted that he was unsure whether the song would ever officially come out.

 

 

 

 

 

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Things changed earlier this year when fans spotted the pair together again in New York City, fuelling speculation that the project had been revived. Garrix later teased an updated version of the track during an Instagram Live, while billboards and social media campaigns calling for the release began surfacing online.

Now shortened to ‘Repeat It’, the release marks more than just a long-awaited drop. For longtime EDM fans, it represents the closing of a chapter tied closely to Garrix’s festival-era rise and one of dance music’s most famous unreleased IDs.

 

 

 

 

 

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Even over a decade later, the contrast that first made the collaboration so intriguing still stands out — Garrix’s high-energy dance production meeting Sheeran’s melodic topline songwriting. What once felt like an unlikely crossover has now become one of the most anticipated EDM releases of 2026. 

Check it out below.