Elderbrook and Rules Release 'Staring at the Sun'

Elderbrook has released a new single with UK electronic artist Rules. "Staring at the Sun" pairs Elderbrook's songwriting and vocal work with Rules' atmospheric production style, creating a track centered on introspection and looking backward rather than forward.

Co-Written with Rules

The two artists co-wrote and co-produced the record together. Rules' contribution brings softer, more ethereal soundscapes underneath Elderbrook's vocal, a different texture than his previous work. The track is about sitting with memory rather than chasing something new.

Thematically, the song centers on reconnecting with an earlier version of yourself — the curiosity and sense of possibility that fades as life goes on. Elderbrook explained the concept in his own words: "For me, 'Staring at the Sun' is less about the light and more about the memory of it, the feeling of being young, when the world seemed endless and inspiration lived in the smallest moments. As we grow older, we spend so much time becoming someone new that we forget to revisit who we once were. We owe it to ourselves to reconnect with that younger self, because they still hold the parts of us we've been searching for all along."

The single comes with an official music video built around the same ideas — memory, self-reflection, and revisiting the past through cinematic visuals rather than straightforward performance footage.

Summer Tour Dates

"Staring at the Sun" follows "Is It Over Now?," another recent release built around creative uncertainty and the search for fresh inspiration. Taken together, the two songs point to where Elderbrook's sound is heading — still rooted in emotionally direct songwriting, but increasingly comfortable stretching into bigger, more expansive production.

Elderbrook has been a fixture in electronic music since "Cola" broke through globally in 2017, earning a GRAMMY nomination and setting up a career that's since crossed 2 billion streams worldwide. Albums like Why Do We Shake in the Cold? (2020) and Little Love (2023) cemented him as one of the genre's more consistent songwriters, and his live shows have taken him to Red Rocks, The Greek Theatre, Coachella, EDC, Bonnaroo, and Ultra.

This summer's run includes dayclub and nightclub dates across Las Vegas, plus stops at Chasing Summer Festival in Calgary, Foundation Open Air in Burnaby, and BOO Seattle, along with dates in Toronto, Aspen, Montauk, Mexico, Poland, and Ibiza. The full tour schedule runs from July 19 at Omnia Dayclub in Las Vegas through October 30 at BOO Seattle.

"Staring at the Sun" is out now and streaming everywhere.