Before last week I had no idea that Calvin Harris and Florence Welch (of Florence and the Machine) had made a song together. "Sweet Nothing" hews close to Harris's style: it's a shiny, high drama, expensive-sounding dance-pop tune with some emotional heft, thanks to Welch's cloying vocals.
Luckily, my real introduction to "Sweet Nothing" was via an MP3 that landed in my inbox Friday afternoon. Toronto DJ/producer Grandtheft, known for his patriotic collaborative pursuits with Team Canada DJs and the Eh! Team collective, partnered with curator extraordinaire Diplo to remix the song.
The two let Welch's moody verses drift over assaultive snare rolls and hi-hats, building toward aggressive climaxes that collapse abruptly into a half-time head-nodder. It's an infinitely cooler take on the original, and now I think I understand why young people love EDM.
Stream it here:
Play"Sweet Nothing" (Diplo & Grandtheft remix)
Calvin Harris, featuring Florence Welch
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