“Scrawling a poetic lyric on a massive pop-rock wall of sound--hinting at Imagine Dragons and Bastille influence--the creative (whose real name is Dustin Burnett) is owning this moment, with the release of his first full-length as a ferocious WØLF.”
- POP DUST
LISTEN TO “STILL FIGHTING FOR IT”: HERE
ZAYDE WØLF is rounding out 2019 with his final release of the year, the powerful single, “Still Fighting For It.” “Working toward a vision of a song can be such a battle to get it right, “ says ZAYDE WØLF mastermind Dustin Burnett, “but I fight for each one of them. I feel so lucky to get to do this every day. It’s all about the struggle.”
“Oblivion’ is a beautifully layered and theatrical slow-burn that builds with stirring harmonies and intense instrumentals. It has all the makings of a sci-fi or superhero blockbuster movie soundtrack.” –Forbes Magazine (on the last single “Oblivion”)
The idea of the struggle and overcoming obstacles is a common theme woven through all of ZAYDE WØLF’s music and a topic close to home for Burnett, who grew up in Metropolis, a small town in Illinois best known for its fictional son, Clark Kent. The riverfront factory town is a shell of what it used to be, and the level of success Burnett has achieved, both personally and professionally, is beyond what anything he ever imagined growing up.
“Anthemic and heroic, ‘Cold Blooded’ is a single that inspires and brings out the animalistic rebel in anyone who listens.” - COME HERE FLOYD (on “Cold-Blooded)
“Rule the World” contains ZAYDE WØLF’s signature anthemic chorus’ and powerful cinematic drums. - ALTERNATIVE ADDICTION (on “Rule the World” single)
With ZAYDE WØLF, Burnett has built a reputation for music that inspires, motivates and most importantly connects. His latest full-length album Modern Alchemy charted in over 25 countries on the iTunes overall charts and debuted in the top ten Alternative charts here in the U.S. Since he started releasing music just a few short years ago, ZAYDE WØLF has gained 188K YouTube subscribers, 55 million views, and his music has been streamed over 237 million times. His musical success has lead placements in hundreds of films, TV shows, trailers, commercials, and video games. The list includes Shameless, Skyscraper movie, Love-Simon movie, the Jack Reacher 2, The Maze Runner 3, Pride Prejudice & Zombies, spots for UFC, MLB, NFL, Dodge, Jeep, WWE, Xbox, NBA, and more. Burnett has also creatively expanded his reach by cultivating relationships with partners such as Dude Perfect, one of the top YouTube sports channels with over 40 Million subscribers and 7 Billion views. "I get all these emails, sometimes one a week,” Burnett told Billboard, “with all these stories about how the music has moved people in some way. I wanted to continue to make music for people to be inspired by." Fans have gravitated to his music in the millions showing their devotion on social media with comments like, “ I love your music. It seriously gets me pumped up to face the day! So thank you! I hope one day I can see you live” (Steph K Mullins via Instagram), to “Thank you Mr. Wolf for creating music that has motivated, made me cry and joyous, the songs for my universe and so much more,” (Sage Asher via Instagram) and “I listen to your music every day and my life is so much richer and happier because of it.” (Hannah Mae Hathway via Instagram).
Burnett will be spending the rest of the year gearing up to releasing more music including new singles and EPs in 2020.