THE GLOBAL MUSIC DONS RETURN WITH THEIR FIRST PROJECT FEATURING NEW VOCALIST AMERICA FOSTER – GUEST FEATURES INCLUDE TOKISCHA, SADBOI, PARRIS GOEBEL, BUNJI GARLIN + MIAMI LEGEND DJ CHIPMAN
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Major Lazer will release GYALGEBRA on Nov. 21, the group announced on Friday. The first new, self-contained body of work from Major Lazer in five years, GYALGEBRA is a return to the outsider dancehall energy and unpredictable genre mash-ups of the group’s upstart early days, when anthems like “Pon De Floor” and “Watch Out For This (Bumaye)” literally ran the world.
GYALGEBRA also marks the official debut of Major Lazer “First Lady” America Foster, the DJ crew’s first ever in-house vocalist, who features on five tracks, including lead single “BRUK DOWN” (alongside Parris Goebel and SadBoi) and the ‘90s dancehall-inspired solo showcase “Peppa Pot.” Across its nine tracks, GYALGEBRA lays the blueprint for a new era of Major Lazer — one in which the group centers America’s considerable vocal talents, while remaining as musically unpredictable and stylistically ravenous as ever.
Guests on the project include Dominican iconoclast Tokischa, elusive Miami icon DJ Chipman (of “Peanut Butter & Jelly” fame), Toronto it-girl SadBoi, New Zealand-born choreographer-turned-artist Parris Goebel, and Jamaican dancehall stalwart Busy Signal. A pair of stars from Trinidad & Tobago, soca legend Bunji Garlin and zess queen Lady Lava round out the vocal features, while Amsterdam-based DJ/producer Kybba contributes production on the Busy Signal-led single “GANGSTA.” Dancehall, drill, shatta, zess, dembow, soca, bouyon, Miami jook and Carioca funk are just a few of the genres and inspirations rolled up into the GYALGEBRA sound.
America Foster is a British-Jamaican artist, model, content creator, comedian, and all-around entertainer who was working as a security guard in London when she connected with Diplo in 2024. Blown away, he invited her to his studio in Jamaica to record what would become “BRUK DOWN” last October, and enlisted her as a full-fledged Major Lazer member earlier this year, beginning with a series of live performances across Europe this summer.
Having only freestyled as a party trick previously, America has honed her skills in the studio with Diplo and the Lazer crew to define a new era for the the iconic, multi-platinum and diamond-charting music juggernaut, quickly impressing fans through electrifying freestyles on Capital XTRA and Apple Music Radio. Her viral Capital XTRA freestyle on “GANGSTA” alongside Busy Signal was even turned into an official remix as part of a remix pack issued in September.
Fans can expect to see much more of America Foster and Major Lazer soon as she joins the group on upcoming tour dates, which include a return to Coachella — ten years after the group’s last appearance in the desert — on April 12 and 19, 2026, and a headlining set at Ultra Music Festival in March.
Founded to further Diplo’s studio experimentation and celebrate a lifelong love of Caribbean music, Major Lazer has become a vital part of the global music fabric over its existence. The global-pop kings have dominated charts worldwide with hits including the Diamond-certified “Lean On,” 4x Platinum-certified “Cold Water” and 2x Platinum-certified “Light It Up.” Their collaborations include tracks with Beyoncé, J Balvin, Nicki Minaj, WizKid, El Alfa, Burna Boy, Travis Scott, Ariana Grande and many more.
A live juggernaut, the group has blown minds on tour and at festivals around the world for over fifteen years. Piano Republik, an amapiano project released in collaboration with Major League DJz, was released in 2023, preceded by the group’s last full-length solo effort, Music is the Weapon, in 2020. In 2024, Major Lazer celebrated the fifteenth anniversary of their seminal 2009 debut album, Guns Don’t Kill People…Lazers Do.
After a brief live performance hiatus, Major Lazer returned to the road this summer, rolling out new music in unconventional ways—like premiering tracks on Kai Cenat’s Mafiathon 3 stream, hosting studio sessions on Twitch, and popping up for surprise live shows at college fraternities in the USA and public spaces in Europe like the Grand-Place in Brussels and the Shoreditch High Street tunnel in London, where they premiered “GANGSTA” with Busy Signal in August. More major festival announcements and new releases from Major Lazer are imminent.
Tracklist for GYALGEBRA
1. BRUK DOWN feat. Parris Goebel, America Foster and SadBoi
2. WHAT IS THE TIME feat. Lady Lava
3. GANGSTA feat. Busy Signal and Kybba
4. JUMP & TWIST feat. DJ Chipman and America Foster
5. G.O.A.T. feat. Bunji Garlin and America Foster
6. GUYANDO feat. Tokischa
7. PEPPA POT feat. America Foster
8. MINI SKIRT
9. PENDULUM feat. America Foster
Upcoming Major Lazer Live Dates
Dec 11th – Riyadh – Soundstorm Festival
March 27th – Miami – Ultra Music Festival
April 12th – Indio, CA – Coachella
April 19th – Indio, CA – Coachella
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