10 Year Anniversary
Celebrate 10 Years of “I Love It” With New Remix of Icona Pop’s Breakout Anthem
2012 was a year of icons: “Call Me Maybe” by Carly Rae Jepsen, “Let Me Love You” by Ne-Yo, “Gangnam Style” by PSY, channel Orange by Frank Ocean. And lest we forget “I Don’t Care (I Love It)” by Icona Pop and Charli XCX, a song that radiates with restless youth and summer sun. Five Platinum certifications and more than 1.1 billion global streams later, Icona Pop are now celebrating the hit’s tenth (feel old yet?) anniversary on June 14th with a new remix. Produced alongside Osrin and Ellis, this new version of “I Love It” will shoot chills down your spine, updated with an electro house bassline and adorned with heart-pumping rave synths. Not to mention the attention paid to the timeless refrain so deeply ingrained in o...
Celebrate 10 Years of Avicii’s “Levels” With New Video From His Final Performance
For dance music fans, about three seconds is all it takes to recognize the classic intro of Avicii‘s “Levels.” The late dance music legend’s estate is now celebrating the 10-year anniversary of his breakthrough 2011 single by releasing a special live recording of “Levels” from Ushuaïa Ibiza. Avicii’s August 28th, 2016 performance there turned out to be his final concert, as he retired from touring that year and tragically passed away in 2018. This particular clip of “Levels” was originally part of 2017’s Avicii: True Stories documentary but was removed after the film’s theatrical run. A brand new documentary, directed by Henrik Burman, is due in 2023. Watch the “Levels (Live In Ibiza)” video, whi...
Madeon’s Iconic “Pop Culture” Mashup Is Now a Decade Old
10 years ago, a game-changing performance was uploaded to YouTube by none other than Madeon. He was only 17 years old at the time, but already making a name for himself via stellar remixes of Pendulum’s “The Island (Pt. 1),” deadmau5’s “Raise Your Weapon,” and Yelle’s “Que veux-tu,” among others. However, when Madeon revealed his mind-blowing mashup of 39 tracks called “Pop Culture,” he catapulted himself into the spotlight of the EDM community and hasn’t looked back. By implementing a multitude of samples from each song and making them flow together seamlessly, “Pop Culture” became a timeless work of art and a harbinger of a future superstar. A young Madeon performing in Brussels on April 4th, 2015. Guilla...
