Chicago house and techno legend Green Velvet has officially released a heavily anticipated, modern re imagining of his timeless 2001 anthem, ‘La La Land.‘ For this popular 2026 version, the pioneer didn’t do it alone; he joined forces with a tight-knit circle of Italian powerhouse producers of MEDUZA, GENESI, and ESSENTIA.

Green Velvent shared recently in a interview with Resident Advisor the meaning of this song, in a friend’s apartment 20 years ago, Curtis Jones, the producer best known as Green Velvet, almost died. “I think someone put GHB in my drink,” he later recalled. Facing death while also high on weed and mushrooms, a combination he was familiar with, Jones turned to God. Jones turned to God. “I told him, ‘If you spare my life this time, I promise I will turn my life around.’” He did. Jones would soon produce what might be electronic music’s most famous (and perhaps only) anti-ecstasy track. Released in 2001, ‘La La Land’ was a tale of pills and afterparties set to a stomping house beat. This anti-drug message became a club anthem, the most famous tune in Jones’s catalogue of vocal-lead hits. “La La Land” arrived as a product of that belief more than eight years into Jones’s career and now fans finally get a release of the modern re work.

It was a highly anticipated ID circulating for months before its official mid-May release. The track has already racked up heavy mainstage rotation and has received support from John Summit and Dom Dolla, among many others.

‘La La Land’, the 2026 Version, is out now via Black Book Records / Insomniac. Stream it on Spotify, Apple Music, and Beatport.