The Knocks are a New York-based electronic duo made up of producers Ben "B-Roc" Ruttner and James "JPatt" Patterson, whose signature blend of dance, disco, funk, and pop has made them one of the most recognizable collaborative names in modern American electronic music. The two met in New York City in the mid-2000s and named the project after their studio — a spot in the West Village where their neighbors would famously bang on the walls to complain about the noise, giving the duo their eventual moniker.

Their breakthrough came with the 2015 single "Classic," featuring Powers, which became a global streaming hit, went certified Platinum, and cemented The Knocks as one of the leading collaborative acts in the American dance-pop landscape. The single set the template for what followed: high-gloss, feature-driven dance records built around live-band musicality and pop songwriting sensibility.