Matisse & Sadko and Michel Zitron had struck progressive gold once before. And just over two years removed from “Hold On”—which was also alongside the STMPD RCRDS boss—they knew another meeting was overdue. Introduced in between a slew of IDs during their Tomorrowland mainstage debut in July of 2022, “Afterglow” was originally believed to be an instrumental cut from the Russian brothers. But that speculation stopped on a dime once Martin Garrix welcomed its vocal mix during his 438th edition of The Martin Garrix Show, which just happened to…
