Alesso plays a DJ set atop the Empire State Building for “Fight For Love”

Alesso has played a DJ set at the top of the Empire State Building in New York to celebrate the release of his new single, “Fight For Love”. According to We Rave You, the Swedish producer performed on the building's 86th-floor observation deck in a show presented with Kiehl's and Redken.

Writing on Instagram, Alesso said he had loved the building since he was a kid and called the set “truly a dream come true”, thanking New York for the party. He billed the show as the first there in 95 years. We Rave You notes that Martin Garrix played a set on the deck without an audience in October 2022, which makes Alesso's appearance seemingly the first electronic music performance staged for a crowd at the top of the building.

The set included his own hits “Heroes (We Could Be)” and “Calling (Lose My Mind)”, along with Avicii's “Without You”. The tower was lit in pink for the occasion, and people in nearby apartment buildings watched from their windows. Opened in 1931, the Empire State Building was the world's tallest building until 1970; its 86th-floor observatory offers an open-air, 360-degree view of the city.

Alesso is a Swedish DJ and house music producer, born in Stockholm in 1991. His most recent studio album is “Forever”, released in 2015, according to MusicBrainz.