Zedd Releases His Highly Anticipated Remix Of Shawn Mendes’ ‘Lost In Japan’
Last week Zedd took to Twitter to tease his upcoming official remix for Shawn Mendes’ track, ‘Lost In Japan’. While the clip was brief and barely showed even a full chord progression, fans immediately exclaimed their excitement. It seemed that Zedd has once again flawlessly combined his signature accessible electronic style with one of the biggest pop stars of today.
This past weekend, Zedd released the full song, and immediately it took off. The track has already been streamed over 3.5 million times on Spotify alone.
This isn’t the first time Zedd and Shawn Mendes have crossed paths either. ‘Lost In Japan’ originally dropped back in March as the second single off Mendes’ self-titled third album, and it quietly built up momentum on its own before Zedd got involved. Once word got out that a Zedd remix was in the works, fans of both camps started buzzing, since the pairing brings together two very different fanbases: the pop-radio crowd that grew up on Mendes’ ballads and the festival kids who know Zedd from anthems like “Clarity” and “Stay.” A collab like this bridges that gap in a way that feels genuine rather than forced.
In production, Zedd took his usual approach by incorporating lighter electronic elements which help complement the original track’s melody quite nicely. Rather than blowing the track out into a full-on festival banger, he kept things restrained, layering in shimmering synths, a punchier low end, and subtle percussion tweaks that give the song more energy without losing the breezy, laid-back vibe that made the original such a summer favorite. It’s the kind of remix that works just as well blasting through a car stereo as it does on a club system.
Overall we can already hear this one racking up radio spins across the nations. Given how quickly the streams piled up right out of the gate, don’t be surprised if this remix ends up living on playlists well past the initial hype cycle, and it certainly won’t hurt Zedd’s case as one of the most in-demand remixers in the pop-meets-dance space right now. Check it out below.
https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/3ynoYncFXzo2OfPT8j93Pw
