"Ritual" is a song by

electronic dance music Electronic dance music (EDM), also referred to as dance music or club music, is a broad range of percussive electronic music genres originally made for nightclubs, raves, and List of electronic dance music festivals, festivals. It is generally ...

producer and DJ

Marshmello Christopher Comstock (born May 19, 1992), known professionally as Marshmello, is an American DJ and record producer. His songs "Silence (Marshmello song), Silence" (featuring Khalid (American singer), Khalid), "Wolves (Selena Gomez and Mar ...

, featuring American singer

Wrabel Stephen Samuel Wrabel (born January 7, 1989), known mononymously as Wrabel ( ), is an American singer, songwriter and musician based in Los Angeles. Life and career Wrabel attended private high school at The Kinkaid School in Houston, Texa ...

. It was released on November 1, 2016, and marked his first release on American record label

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. The song appeared on the charts in the US and Canada, peaking at number 8 in the US

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chart. The song was also renowned for its music video, due to its copyright dispute by Canadian electronic music producer

deadmau5 Joel Thomas Zimmerman (born January 5, 1981), known professionally as deadmau5 (pronounced "dead-mouse"), is a Canadian electronic music producer and disc jockey, DJ. His musical style mostly includes progressive house and electro house music, ...

Music video

On November 1, 2016, Marshmello released the original music video for "Ritual". The video was directed by

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and released on

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channel, of which the upload has amassed over 50 million views. The video was also uploaded onto Marshmello's own YouTube channel. EDM Artists

Skrillex Sonny John Moore (born January 15, 1988), known professionally as Skrillex, is an American DJ, record producer, musician, singer. Raised in Northeast Los Angeles and Northern California, he began his career in 2004 as the lead vocalist of the ...

Slushii Julian Michael Scanlan (born May 1, 1997), known professionally as Slushii, is an American musician, DJ, songwriter, and music producer based in Los Angeles. He is best known for working with various artists managed by Moe Shalizi, such as Marsh ...

and

Valentino Khan Valentino Khan (born February 15, 1987) is an American DJ and producer born and raised in Los Angeles. He is best known for releasing material through Diplo, Skrillex and Steve Aoki. His singles "Deep Down Low" and "Make Some Noise" peaked at num ...

were featured on the video.

deadmau5 dispute

The music video for "Ritual" originally briefly featured an interpretation of Canadian

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producer and DJ

's "mau5head" logo (with a third ear as a Mohawk) being worn by a fan. This was disputed by deadmau5, who claimed "I'd rather be associated with a pile of dog shit". On November 3, 2016, the music video was reuploaded with the disputed scene removed. However, the original upload remains on record label

's YouTube channel, but is currently unlisted. Marshmello had previously referenced deadmau5, in the music video for " Alone", which features Marshmello's pet mouse, Joel (deadmau5's real name).

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