Arctic Sunrise release animated video for ‘Hardened To Gold’
German synthpop duo Arctic Sunrise release the animated video for “Hardened To Gold” on June 3, 2026, following the single on Echozone with 20 remixes.
German synthpop duo Arctic Sunrise released the official animated video for “Hardened To Gold” on June 3, 2026, following the single’s release on May 15 through Echozone. The Arctic Sunrise “Hardened To Gold” single is accompanied by 20 remixes, and the band describes the song as a study of emotional dependency within imbalanced relationships.
Arctic Sunrise ‘Hardened To Gold’: video and remixes
The animated video premiered on June 3, 2026 at 7:00 PM CET, with an alternative version scheduled for June 15 at the same time. The single release collects 20 remixes, with contributions from FragileChild, L_iGH_T, Restriction 9, Tonschleifer and Talking To Ghosts, among others. The package also includes two bonus tracks, the “Frozen Embers” remixes of “Changing Lights” by FragileChild.
The animated clip out now.
About Arctic Sunrise
Arctic Sunrise is a German synthpop and futurepop duo formed in 2015, made up of Torsten Verlinden on vocals and lyrics and Steve Baltes on keyboards, programming and production. Guitarist Oliver Franken has appeared on some of the band’s recordings.
The project records for Echozone and has released the albums “A Smarter Enemy” (2015), “When Traces End” (2016) and “Across The Ice” (2019), along with the EPs “Tell The Truth” (2017), “Stars” (2018) and “200 Souls”. The band’s style draws on 1980s-rooted electronic pop.
“Hardened To Gold” continues that catalogue, with the single issued in May 2026 and the animated video following on June 3, 2026.
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