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consisting of three members are Reza Oktovian, Eka Gustiwana, and Roy Leonard Soewarno. This group was formed in 2016 and released their first song in 2017 with the title ''DPS''.

History

Weird Genius started composing music together in 2016. Previously, they already had their respective projects. As soon as they decided to join, all their abilities poured fully into this collaborative endeavor. They take inspiration from anywhere about love to life, social to gaming. When asked about the description of Weird Genius' music, they described it as ''hard, upbeat, pumping, crazy-drop''. This style of music that they deliberately built from the beginning. However. on 25 September 2019, Billy Taner decided to leave the group and was eventually replaced by Gerald Liu. On 28 February 2020, Weird Genius release the song "Lathi" featuring Sara Fajira on

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Global 20, on #1 Shazam Chart Indonesia and topped song dates on some of the top radio stations in major cities in Indonesia. On 30 June 2020,

released a press release stating that the song "Lathi" has broken a new record as a local song that has topped the # 1 longest chart for 6 consecutive weeks on Spotify Indonesia's Top 50 Chart. On 31 July 2020, Weird Genius have collaboration single with several international DJs to collaborate on music, including Yellow Claw featuring Reikko with the title track "Hush". On 18 August 2020, Weird Genius officially signed with American record label

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for international music activities. Weird Genius won Best of the Best Production Work, Best Sound Production Team, and Best Male/Female Solo Artist/Group/Dance Collaboration for the song "Lathi" at the 23rd

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on 26 November 2020. The day after that, they released a collaborative song with League of Legends: Wild Rift, called "All In" and for vocals they collaborated with Singaporean singer,

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. On 4 December 2020, Weird Genius released a remixed version of "Lathi" consisting of three remixes by R3hab, Sihk, and RayRay. On 5 February 2021, they released "Last Summer", a collaboration with Japanese producer Tokyo Machine and Canadian singer

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via Monstercat. The accompanying animated music video for the track was later released on 24 May 2021. On 10 September 2021, Weird Genius released "Future Ghost" featuring Thai-Belgian singer

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. On October 10, 2023, Weird Genius announced the departure of Gerald Liu through their official Instagram account, following his decision to pursue a solo music career. The announcement stated that Gerald Liu's final performance with the group would be on October 21, 2023, during the Playlist Festival in Bandung. Subsequently, Roy Leonard Soewarno, known as Roycdc, was introduced as a new member of Weird Genius, as revealed in an Instagram post showing a picture of the new lineup.

Members

Current *Reza Oktovian, born 15 October 1987 – Founder (2016 – present) *Eka Gustiwana, born 1 August 1989 – Record producer, keyboardist and synthesizer (2016 – present) *Roycdc, born 7 May 1994 – Record producer and DJ mixer (2023 – present) Former *Billy Taner, born 10 March 1994 – Record producer and DJ mixer (2016 – 2019) *Gerald Liu, born 10 February 1996 – Record producer and DJ mixer (2019 – 2023)

Discography

Singles

Remix albums

Remixes

Concerts and tours

Headlining

* Velvet Thorns Tour (2019) * Lathi Tour (2020)

Co-headlining

* Viral Fest Asia Festival Bangkok (2017) * Soundrenaline Bali (2017) * Yellow Claw’s Indonesian Tour (2018) * Sky Garden Bali (2018) * The Chainsmokers Live in Concert Jakarta (2018) * SHVR Jakarta (2018 & 2019)

Awards and achievements

References

External links

* {{Official website Indonesian DJs English-language musical groups from Indonesia Musical groups reestablished in 2016 Indonesian dance music groups Electronic dance music DJs Astralwerks artists Monstercat artists Indonesian electronic music groups