After 5 months of silence on all social media, Karma Fields reappeared on March 19, 2018. Over the span of a minute, eight tweets were sent out from the Karma Fields twitter account, with all tweets directly mentioning
Swedish singer
Tove Lo, as well as including a phone number. Calling the number would reveal snippets of an unreleased song, presumed to be a collaboration between the two. One week later, the song, whose title was revealed as
Colorblind, was released. Tove Lo stated, "This song is about losing someone you love[...]after a big breakup, the pain in your heart is similar to the pain you feel when someone dies — they’re not in your life anymore. There’s an anger and also a numbness that sets in when you feel left behind, abandoned." The visuals for
Colorblind were by
Polish artist Patryk Kizny. On May 8, two remixes of
Colorblind by
Motez and Left/Right were released. On May 23, the single
Body Rush was announced. It was written in collaboration with Millennial Serial Killer, the solo project of Lauren Pardini of Pr0files, who Nelson had remixed as Betatraxx nearly four years prior. Two days later,
Body Rush was released. The video for it included footage sourced from a real world space, multiple references to past Karma Fields music videos, and the inclusion of "DENOUNCE YOUR HUMANITY" written on a wall. Between July 9 and July 11, Nelson posted one video on each day, teasing another new song. On July 12, the song, titled
CODE 10-31, was released, with the title referencing the
police code that roughly (police codes vary by
county and
state) means "crime in progress". On July 25, Nelson teased a collaboration with English musician
Little Boots, whom he had also remixed as Betatraxx. The song (released as part of an EP),
You and Me, was released on July 27. The additional song,
Midnight Drive, contains uncredited vocals from Pardini. A remix EP with remixes from Soulji and
Louis La Roche was released on August 10, with Soulji's being his second remix for Nelson so far. A small tour of
The HEX was announced on August 9.
The HEX was to make stops at
San Francisco,
Los Angeles, and
Washington, D.C. on September 15, September 21, and September 28/29 respectively. A remix of
Colorblind by OddKidOut was released on August 24. On September 5, Nelson uploaded a video detailing how
The HEX was constructed, with a then-unknown song playing in the background. Nelson revealed on November 15 that he had contributed a Karma Fields remix of
WTF Love Is to the deluxe vinyl edition of Tove Lo's
Lady Wood, and that it would be exclusive to the vinyl release. Five days later, another single,
An Underground System of Forgotten Machines, was announced. In the accompanying trailer, it was revealed that this was the song playing in the background of the
HEX construction video. It was released on November 23. On February 19, 2019, Nelson uploaded a trailer for the second Karma Fields album,
BODY RUSH, with a release date of March 15 being given. The trailer contained real-world footage of social unrest, robots, and numerous clips from news stations such as
FOX,
CNN, and
MSNBC, depicting the rise of the "
Body Rush procedure" and the ensuing societal polarization. A day after the announcement, Nelson uploaded a video in collaboration with Control Forever, where he explains how
The HEX works and further elaborates on the meaning behind Karma Fields. Between February 27 and March 1, links to a (now defunct) site were posted. The site, a recreation of CNN, hosted several articles on the Body Rush procedure and some of its backstory. From March 4 to March 8, the tracklist was revealed in a similar manner to that of
New Age | Dark Age, totaling at fourteen songs and including additional collaborators such as Los Angeles singer and producer Shey Baba and Canadian singer
Rosette. Pardini's vocals are present on six total songs.
BODY RUSH was released on March 15. A departure from the more electronic and experimental sound of
New Age | Dark Age,
BODY RUSH embraced a more
pop sound, while still retaining heavier elements on select songs. On April 24, Nelson announced a Karma Fields performance at
Overwatch esports team Dallas Fuel's first home game for April 27 and 28. A Kastle remix of
Feel Real was teased on May 6. This would mark Kastle's second remix for Nelson, as he had contributed a remix to
Build The Cities (Reconstructions) back in 2015. Nelson's second interview as Karma Fields as posted on May 24, providing insight into the home game performance, as well as detailing the meaning behind
BODY RUSH, stating, "The goal of
Body Rush was to show how electronic music can be human in nature. The exploration of a computer learning what it is to be human". Nelson also further elaborated that his goal with Karma Fields was to "...find the perfect balance of digital and analogue. The median between digital perfection and human imperfection". Kastle's
Feel Real remix was released on July 1. The deluxe version of BODY RUSH was announced on July 22, with the tracklist revealed a day later, including three live edits, a classical version, and an acoustic version of various songs from the album. It was released three days later on July 26.
That Emotion, a collaboration with Alex Hosking and Nelson's first song post-
BODY RUSH, was announced on November 11 and released four days later. It contains a sample from the opening track of
BODY RUSH,
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