Ravinia 2025 Issue 3

PAVILION 7:30 PM SUNDAY, JULY 6, 2025 KYGO † with special guest VICTORIA NADINE † † Ravinia debut VICTORIA NADINE A rising star of the Norwegian pop scene, Victoria Nadine landed a Breakthrough Artist of the Year nomination at the Norwegian Grammy Awards with her 2020 chart-topping track “Be Okay,” turning a raw, laid-open style loose on the expe- rience of coinciding romantic and professional breakups and making music on her own. The sin- gle also put her up for Newcomer of the Year and Song of the Year honors at the P3 Gold Awards that year, and she soon had another half-dozen songs hit the Norwegian charts running, includ- ing “Naked,” a duet with the Swedish musician and actor Omar Rudberg. Across 2022, Victoria Nadine collaborated on songwriting and studio sessions in Los Angeles, Berlin, Helsinki, Stock- holm, and Oslo, resulting another major breakthrough single, “Nerve” with Skinny Days, that has amassed over 12 million streams on Spotify and was the most-played track on Norwegian radio station NRK P3 that year, earning her another Song of the Year nomination. Over the last year, she continued tallying millions of streams with “Feel This Way” (feat. R3HAB) and “Another Me,” which traced back to the subject of reclaiming life and self after a breakup. On her latest single, “Can’t Get Enough,” Victoria Nadine teams up with EDM superstar Kygo. Victoria Nadine is making her Ravinia debut. KYGO Whether behind the piano in his studio or head- lining a sold-out festival, Kygo continuously reaffirms his status as a prodigious talent, for- ward-thinking producer, dynamic DJ, and in- fluential global superstar. The Norwegian musi- cian, born Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll, first introduced himself in 2013 and quietly became one of the most ubiquitous hitmakers in the world. Amass- ing over 23 billion cumulative global audio and video streams, he has broken numerous stream- ing records. Kygo earned one of his biggest hits globally with the multi-platinum “It Ain’t Me” (feat. Selena Gomez), breaking into the top 10 of Billboard ’s Hot 100 chart and clocking over 2.9 billion streams worldwide. In 2019, Kygo unleashed “Higher Love” with Whitney Hous- ton and generated another 1.4 billion combined streams and views worldwide, holding top air- play on dance radio as well as revitalizing a clas- sic track with his own imprint. He further her- alded his critically acclaimed third full-length album—2020’s Golden Hour —with the anthems “Like It Is” (feat. Zara Larsson and Tyga), “Lose Somebody” (with OneRepublic), and “I’ll Wait” (feat. Sasha Alex Sloan), tallying more than 2.6 billion streams worldwide with the collection of hits. Following Golden Hour , Kygo released re- mixes of Tina Turner’s “What’s Love Got to Do With It” and Donna Summer’s “Hot Stuff ” to rave reviews. In 2022, after headlining Lollapa- looza and Life Is Beautiful—along with sold-out headlining shows at Madison Square Garden and Oslo’s Ullevaal Stadion—Kygo dropped his surprise fourth album, Thrill of the Chase , featur- ing collaborations with X Ambassadors (“Un- deniable”) and DNCE (“Dancing Feet”) among other tracks he’d begun working on during the pandemic and trickled out over a year and a half. The set debuted in the top five of Billboard ’s dance/electronic albums chart with such other notable singles as “Woke Up In Love” (withGryf- fin feat. Calum Scott) and “Never Really Loved Me” (feat. Dean Lewis), building another billion streams into Kygo’s worldwide total. Last year, Kygo added another run of collaborations to his catalog with his self-titled album, including a team-up with Ava Max on the global hit “What- ever.” His latest single, “Can’t Get Enough” (feat. Victoria Nadine), was released in May. Kygo is making his Ravinia debut RAVINIA.ORG  • RAVINIAMAGAZINE 59 JOHANNESLOVUND(KYGO);UNIVERSALMUSIC(VICTORIA)