The Weeknd – Often (Kygo Remix)

With the Weeknd’s newest single ‘Often’ being released this summer, it wasn’t going to be long before someone released a remix to rival the original. Cue Kygo, Norwegian producer famed for his remixes of M83 and Ed Sheeran, to create a somehow even smoother version, with a pulsating synth that stabs through the echoing and cut up vocals. With a bass line subtle enough for the rest of the layers to become more complicated during the verses, the multiple silences in production are effective in highlighting its intricacy when it kicks in a few seconds later. A remix which, as stated earlier, could rival the original.

9.5/10