The Veldt is a single by deadmau5 featuring vocals from Chris James that was released on May 8, 2012 as the second single from mau5' sixth studio album,
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The track was originally produced during a livestream in March 17-18, 2012. The day after, Joel found a vocal edit of the song by Chris James on SoundCloud, with lyrics inspired by author Ray Bradbury's short story The Veldt. He liked them so much that he contacted him. Soon enough, he confirmed that end result would have Chris James' vocals.
The music video for the song was released on June 25, 2012, and was based on the above story. Unfortunately, Ray Bradbury did not live to see the release of the music video, having died on June 5 of the same year after a long illness. As a result, the clip became a tribute to the memory of his work.