Yottabyte (song)
{{unreliable sources|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox song
|name=Yottabyte
|artist=Martin Garrix
|released={{start date|2018|10|17|df=y}}
|genre=Progressive house, electro house
|length=3:30
|cover=Yottabyte (song).jpg
|type=single
|label={{hlist|Stmpd|Epic Amsterdam|Sony Netherlands}}
|writer= {{hlist|Martin Garrix|Hardwell}}
|producer= {{hlist|Martin Garrix|Hardwell}}
|EP=Bylaw
|prev_title=Breach (Walk Alone)
|prev_year=2018
|next_title=Latency
|next_year=2018
}}
"Yottabyte" is a song by Dutch DJ Martin Garrix. It was released on 17 October 2018 via his Stmpd Rcrds label that is exclusively licensed to Sony Music Netherlands. It is the second single from Garrix's Bylaw EP.
Background
"Yottabyte" is released as part of Garrix's Bylaw EP daily single release that had begun on 14 October 2018. The single single of the EP, it was released on 15 October 2018, succeeding Breach (Walk Alone) that was released a day before. The song is described as a "gorgeous emotional ballad of a banger," without vocals and with synth chord progressions.{{cite web|url=https://www.edmsauce.com/2018/10/15/martin-garrix-releases-new-emotional-banger-several-hours-early-in-the-united-states-yottabyte/|title=Garrix Yottabyte single from Plus EP|work=EDM Sauce|access-date=16 October 2018}}
Composition
Beginning with a "playful, jewelry box-like melody", the song is noted for Garrix's signature sound, which are elements of his progressive house style.{{cite web|url=https://www.edmtunes.com/2018/10/martin-garrix-yottabyte/|title=Garrix Yottabyte single from Plus EP|work=EDM Tunes|access-date=16 October 2018}} An electro house song with "pretty melodies", it consists of "wide synths and massive kicks that open the record in a sort of relaxing breakdown." The sounds are described as having elements from past Garrix songs such as "Pizza", "Spotless" (which appears to have the same plucked-synth as "Yottabyte"), "Scared to Be Lonely" and "Animals".{{cite web|url=https://thegroovecartel.com/news/martin-garrix-yottabyte-plus-ep-stmpd/|title=Garrix Yottabyte single from Plus EP|work=Groove Cartel|access-date=16 October 2018}}
The song was used as the intro during Garrix's Tomorrowland 2018 headlining set featuring an extended orchestral intro for the song of about one minute.{{cite web|url=https://www.themiddlephinger.com/martin-garrix-releases-new-single-yottabyte/|title=Garrix Yottabyte single from Plus EP|work=Middle Phinger|access-date=16 October 2018}}{{unreliable source?|date=October 2018|sure=yes}} It is musically said to have "sweet chime melody" that is "joined by a truly sumptuous string arrangement in the intro as the tension builds."{{cite web|url=http://edmjoy.com/2018/10/martin-garrix-yottabyte/|title=Garrix Yottabyte single from Plus EP|work=EDM Joy|access-date=16 October 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.radioandmusic.com/entertainment/editorial/press-releases/181016-martin-garrix-delivers-second|title=Garrix Yottabyte single from Plus EP|work=Radio and Music|access-date=16 October 2018}}