GRiZ’s ‘Future Funk Volume 1’ has arrived & the funk-fueled comeback is in full swing

June 5, 2026

When GRiZ stepped away from music in 2023, it felt like one of electronic music’s most vibrant creative forces had pressed pause. His return in 2025 was met with overwhelming excitement, but few could have predicted just how quickly he’d hit the ground running.

Now, that momentum has culminated in Future Funk Volume 1, the latest full-length release from Grant Kwiecinski and another major milestone in one of dance music’s most compelling comeback stories.

Since returning, GRiZ has unleashed more than 38 new tracks across originals, mixtapes, and collaborations while reclaiming festival stages at Bonnaroo, Electric Forest, and GRIZTRONICS at The Gorge. He also launched Seven Stars, his own sold-out music festival, proving his connection with fans is as strong as ever.

Future Funk Volume 1 captures that creative resurgence across ten tracks that blend everything fans have come to love about GRiZ. Funk grooves, booming bass, hip-hop influences, soulful instrumentation, and psychedelic textures all coexist in a project that feels both familiar and refreshingly adventurous.

The album also reunites GRiZ with several longtime collaborators. Big Gigantic joins him on the high-energy “Rump Shaker,” while ProbCause makes multiple appearances throughout the record. Rising bass producer EFFIN also steps into the mix on “When I’m Hot,” adding another dynamic collaboration to an already diverse tracklist.

What makes Future Funk Volume 1 stand out isn’t that it reinvents GRiZ’s sound. Instead, it doubles down on everything that’s made him one of electronic music’s most distinctive artists. Rather than chasing trends, the album embraces the genre-blurring style that has always defined his music, seamlessly weaving together funk, bass, hip-hop, and live instrumentation into something unmistakably his own.

For fans who have followed GRiZ from the beginning, Future Funk Volume 1 feels less like the end of a comeback story and more like the beginning of an exciting new chapter.

After spending the past year reminding everyone why they fell in love with his music in the first place, GRiZ sounds exactly where he belongs: back in his element.