At a recent Chicago club night, a high-pitched, turkey-devouring female voice—and acid— took everyone to the dance floorSome twisted their hips and twirled their hair in hypnotic rockstep. Others raised their fists or jumped. A woman gave a high-pitched shriek as if she had found Chris Hemsworth at the grocery store.
The song is an EDM dance remix of “Renaissance (main title theme)” and the wordless opening credits for Season 2 of the hit HBO Max series “The White Lotus” about a group of wealthy people on vacation. It’s the title music. at luxury resorts and at the people who serve them.
Since the Sicilian-set second season kicked off in late October, a remix of vibrating harp notes written by Chilean-Canadian composer Cristóbal Tapia de Beer has spread across TikTok, SoundCloud, and the EDM community. increase.Remix is currently playing club and music festivalLast weekend at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah, Diplo unveiled his own mix at 1:30am.
“Renaissance,” the series’ season one theme, “Aloha! — Main Title Theme,” also by Mr. Tapia de Bier, features drums and chirping birds (that season was set in Maui) and is the best original It won an Emmy Award for the main title theme music. “Aloha” had the same choppy melody, but it didn’t hit TikTok or follow clubs like “Renaissance.”
What’s different about Tapia de Beer’s new beat? This is how the song became a crowd-pleasing anthem.
Wait a minute, isn’t everyone skipping the theme song of the show these days?
Ah, the “skip intro” button discussion. What about the insert song for “Big Bang Theory”? yes. When did a composer win an Emmy? You lost.
When did this song become popular on TikTok?
After the first episode of the new season aired on October 30, someone noticed. Also unlike the Season 1 variation, “Renaissance” climaxes with his heart-pounding EDM beat at around 1 minute (the entire song is 1 minute 38 seconds long for him).
Over the next few months, thousands of videos flooded the platform, with users setting fantastical earworms to their own bizarre dance moves, frying eggs, and tending lawns. bottom.
Why can’t you get it out of your head?
Edward Benn, a music professor at the University of Leeds in England, took it apart for GQ in England in the fall. A continual and unstoppable retreat into the threatening implications of that minor chord,” he said.
So how did you get into the club?
For weeks, users on Twitter, TikTok, and Instagram have shared videos of party-goers frenziedly dancing as twisted opera notes soar through basement bars and packed clubs.
Rapper and “Euphoria” star Dominic Fike Closed set at Terminal 5 music venue The latest instance of the song from TV has become a party staple at Spooky Melody in December in Manhattan (we see Adams on Wednesday and a jerky, infectious “Goo Goo Muck” dance).
Where else have you appeared?
I found that an opera disco-esque soundbus punctuated by human screeches worked equally well on the big and small scales.murderer Opened several stadium shows in December in song.
Show finale, days before Australian music festival played a songmuch of the crowd of thousands of bucket hats and fanny pack revelers tried to raise their voices—um, sing?
How do you dance to it?
Guts poses, arm swings, synchronized and non-synchronized limb movements seem to be popular. A robot, or even a fast-moving zombie imitation like in “The Last of Us,” could work well here.
Please tell us about the theme song for Season 3.
The show has been renewed for a third season, but the next resort has yet to be announced. The only thing that might be more popular than EDM “Renaissance”? is the K-POP version.
