"Shed a Light" is a song by German DJ and record producer

Robin Schulz Robin Alexander Schulz (; born 28 April 1987) is a German musician, DJ and record producer. On 4 February 2014, he released the first single from his debut album, a remix of "Waves" by Dutch hip hop artist Mr. Probz. This remix later received ...

and French DJ and music producer

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, featuring American electronic music DJ trio

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. The song was released as a digital download in Germany on 25 November 2016 as the

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from Schulz's third studio album '' Uncovered'' (2017). It was written by Schulz, Guetta,

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, Jacob Kasher,

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, Stefan Dabruck, John Ryan, Guido Kramer, Dennis Bierbrodt,

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, and Jürgen Dohr.

Music video

The official music video of the song was released on 31 January 2017 through Robin Schulz's

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account. It was directed by Mario Clement and produced by

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, and features actors Franziska Nylen and Christopher Reinhardt. The music video is about a male and female astronaut couple on a space mission, when the male crashes to a planet in his spaceship. His lover speeds to him in her spaceship, but he becomes surrounded by

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and warns her not to come closer. She does not heed his warning and goes to his side, causing both to be consumed by the matter.

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