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LewisGT View member profile	14th September 2022, 08:23 PM Post #1
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 7 February 2013 Posts: 11,959 User: 18,293	More success for afrobeats (and in particular Nigerian) artists this week wirth Rema looking to get his first top 40 hit with Calm Down. The track has been hanging around the video streaming charts for a while but has properly blown up thanks to a remix with Selena Gomez. CQLsdm1ZYAw WcIcVapfqXw


Jαsє View member profile	14th September 2022, 09:01 PM Post #2
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 13 June 2011 Posts: 19,806 User: 14,043	This is such a bop


Ansel View member profile	14th September 2022, 09:13 PM Post #3
BuzzJack Gold Member Pronouns: he/him Joined: 22 May 2020 Posts: 2,802 User: 106,739	Really loving this too, a chill bop Rema's feature on FKA twigs' album was a highlight of that record for me, so it's great to see him scoring a hit with this.


Dobbo View member profile	15th September 2022, 11:17 AM Post #4
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 4 November 2013 Posts: 30,529 User: 20,053	The cover art is weird with the bear on the metro.


inactiveaccount View member profile	15th September 2022, 01:54 PM Post #5
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 3 August 2006 Posts: 24,289 User: 1,030	i like her on the song but don't like the song.


Brer View member profile	15th September 2022, 04:25 PM Post #6
is my brain across your walls? Joined: 14 February 2009 Posts: 115,071 User: 8,300	I keep forgetting Rema was on that FKA twigs mixtape oops (not helping that the song wasn't one of my faves from it although it did grow on me).


Dobbo View member profile	30th September 2022, 11:54 AM Post #7
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 4 November 2013 Posts: 30,529 User: 20,053	This is SUCH an earworm definitely the best afrobeat UK top 40 hit this year (a niche bracket but still).


Brer View member profile	1st October 2022, 01:10 AM Post #8
is my brain across your walls? Joined: 14 February 2009 Posts: 115,071 User: 8,300	Finally listened to the Selena remix and the original song is actually coming back to me a bit (I could see from my YouTube history that I had listened to the original earlier in the year but had no memory of it lol) - enjoyed it more on this listen anyway and actually quite here for Selena's contribution to the remix too, she's not the first person to come to mind as a good choice for a feature on an afrobeats remix but it works surprisingly well.