‘Divergent’ Series Cast News: Ansel Elgort Joins ‘The Island Records Family’ Under His Moniker Ansolo, Releasing ‘To Life’ Soon [VIDEO]
Ansel Elgort is certainly known for his acting skills in the Divergent series as well as his heartwarming performance in The Fault in Our Stars, but the actor also has a passion for music.
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Under the moniker Ansolo, the 21-year-old creates dance music and now he is officially signed to a major label!
On Monday, the entertainer tweeted, "So excited for tomorrow" and we now know why since he announced he is officially part of "the Island Records family!"
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Ansolo joins a roster of great young talent, including Demi Lovato, Nick Jonas, Shawn Mendes and many others.
The 21-year-old dished a song of his called "To Life" will be his "first single" through Island Records and it will be "out in the next two weeks!!!"
He spoke with Rolling Stone about signing with Island Records and what's to come of his DJ career.
"I went to a few different labels and was playing everyone my music, and Island was really interested in stuff I didn't think labels would be interested in," he dished, adding, "I played them some tracks and said, 'These are more poppy. These are more clubby. These are more radio-friendly.'"
"The ones that were more radio-friendly, they were like, 'No, we've heard this before. We want the different ones. We want the special records.' I was like, 'Major labels aren't supposed to like these records!' I thought the point of a major label was to just release crap! But Island totally proved that wrong and was like, 'We want the best record that all the kids at the dance-music festivals are going to love,"" the New Yorker shared.
"To Life" has been played for established DJs and their response to it has been golden according to Ansolo.
"Every DJ I've played it for is really excited by it. To me, it's the best thing in the world when Axwell and Ingrosso or Steve Angello are playing my record," he revealed, adding, "These are people I look up to, and my goal was to have one of them play my record. Now they're playing the music I'm creating for thousands of people, and they're all going nuts. That's the best feeling."
"To Life" will feature "a lot of real instruments in the track, which is a great way to mix nostalgia and this new thing."
Ansolo will drop an EP soon too, which has four tracks on it.