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When it comes to modern dance music, peeling back the layers on the genre can be a huge undertaking. For every clear-cut genre within the electronic and dance scene, there can be a dozen or more subgenres and that’s just the tip of the iceberg! Introducing remixes into the fold only complicates things but the art of the remix is where things get interesting, in my opinion. Almost functioning as a separate artist’s attempt to cover a song, remixes can bring new life to a hit track or give context to a song that missed the charts the first time around.
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A notable example of a remix completely reshaping a song’s trajectory comes with singer-songwriter Mike Posner’s 2016 single “I Took A Pill In Ibiza.” The song’s genesis began as a soft-pop ballad before being reinvented as a club anthem — comparing the two releases, the winner is extremely clear as the latter has over one and a half billion views on YouTube alone. There’s a proven method to the remix madness, and this exact notion seems to be at the forefront of up-and-coming European starlet Hannyta’s creative endeavors.
Her single “17” arrives with an emphasis on the similarly structured release plan: smartly crafted as a southern-fried country-pop song, “17” also arrives primed for the airwaves in the form of “17 (Housen Boombox Remix.)” The remix starts at a sprint as Hannyta’s lyrics echo over 808s and explode into the chorus over ethereal electronic production. The pulse-pounding techno influences are inimitable, and the addition of a jaw-dropping dance break interlude in the back third of the song brings the textures of this remix to new highs.
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There are plenty of direct influences on this specific remix that feel straight out of the 90s club scene, but there’s also a refined modern twist from the ever-expanding EDM sound fully at play here. The lyrics keep things simple, giving just enough push and pull for the song to have a relatable angle, but the real focus with the remix is to make this song as danceable as possible and it achieves this goal with relative ease.
Hannyta’s progress from performing covers to crafting her songs to the point that she’s achieving remixes of this caliber is something worth praising; there’s a lot to take in when it comes to pivoting from country pop to pure dance euphoria, but the breadth of ground covered is a necessary cross to bear in modern production.
As an artist, the more genres you have in your tool-belt, the wider an audience you can pull in; decades-long acts such as David Bowie and Madonna (or even slightly newer artists such as Taylor Swift or Kanye West) have made entire careers of shifting their entire sounds to new areas of music. Hannyta is primed to continue her career similarly and “17 (Housen Boombox Remix)” is only a small glimpse into the versatility she still has in store. There’s no denying the confidence it takes for an artist to boldly pivot from one genre to the next, but listeners will know without a doubt that Hannyta has more than enough confidence to pull such a feat off.
by Jennifer Munoz
