Jasmine Thompson
Zedd Unveils Immersive Snapchat Lens for Hit Single “Funny”
Following the release of his latest radio hit, Zedd is keeping his foot on the promo pedal with the release of a themed Snapchat lens. The venerated DJ and producer took to social media to show off the new filter for “Funny,” his breezy dance pop collaboration with Jasmine Thompson. The lens offers an immersive glimpse into the single’s kaleidoscopic visual features, which were also recently gamified in Minecraft by a popular YouTuber named DoodleChaos. Following the July 2020 release of “Funny,” Thompson shared the story behind the “life-changing” single, saying that her producers sent an early demo to Zedd without her knowledge before the Grammy winner fell in love with it. He put his own twist on the tune, and before she knew it, the duo ha...
Play Zedd’s New Interactive Minecraft Rhythm Game, Courtesy of DoodleChaos
Following the release of their collaborative single “Funny,” Zedd and Jasmine Thompson joined forces with DoodleChaos, a YouTube creator who synchronizes his immersive content to popular music, for an interactive Minecraft rhythm game set to the beat of the radio hit. According to DoodleChaos, he spent a whopping 131 hours developing the project and fleshing out the unique collaboration with the Grammy Award-winning producer. After playing Beat Saber in VR, he set out to create a similar rhythm game in Minecraft “by hitting flowers with corresponding color swords.” Zedd urged fans to record themselves playing the game and use a dedicated hashtag, sharing a video of it in action. Watch that clip below. DoodleChaos also posted instructions on how to play his...
Jasmine Thompson Shares Story Behind “Life-Changing” Zedd Collaboration, “Funny”
Jasmine Thompson didn’t originally imagine her song would wind up in Zedd‘s hands, but as she knows well, life has a funny way of playing out. In an interview with Kansas City CBS affiliate KCTV5, the London-based singer-songwriter recalled that her producers sent an early demo of “Funny” to Zedd without her knowledge. Thompson said she initially had a vision that the melancholic single would be piano-driven, but once Zedd sent back his version, it instantly won her over. “The idea of collaborating with him was life-changing,” she said. The surprising turn of events sparked bigger plans. The two had originally intended to meet in person in Los Angeles to work on the song’s music video. However, considering the onset of COVID-19, Thompson ...
