Kicking off the new year in style, David Guetta keeps the hits coming with a massive new BENNETT remix of ‘When We Were Young’, his hit single featuring GRAMMY-winning pop star Kim Petras.
‘When We Were Young’ is fast becoming another smash hit for the French mastermind, with nearly 60 million global streams and 100K TikTok creations. The track is currently charting across 11 different markets on Spotify, breaking into the top 40 in the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Luxembourg, as well as charting across 5 markets on Apple Music and 6 markets on Deezer.
Breakthrough German producer BENNETT’s remix proves why he’s causing such a storm in dance music right now. His hard-hitting take on ‘When We Were Young’ adds muscle to the original, with huge snare buildups, a powerful orchestral section and an ingenious rearrangement of Kim Petras’ addictive vocal part. The new remix adds to last week’s industrial, party-rousing version from the Grammy-nominated, globally renowned DJ Steve Aoki and Swedish producer KAAZE.
A futuristic banger that thematically looks to the past, ‘When We Were Young’ is a high BPM stormer crafted around a pitched-up interpolation of Supertramp’s classic ‘The Logical Song’, with Kim Petras providing nostalgic verses about the innocence of youth.
BENNETT, a DJ & producer from Koblenz in southern Germany, has taken the music world by storm with his viral sensation, ‘Vois sur ton chemin (Techno Mix)’, and his ability to ignite dance floors. DJs such as Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Timmy Trumpet, Michelon, LUM!X, Vini Vici, and Michael Armani have taken notice of this newcomer, spinning his track at illustrious festivals like Tomorrowland or clubs like Ushuaia Ibiza.
Early 2024 sees David Guetta picking up where he left off last year. 2023 included the megahit ‘Baby Don’t Hurt Me’ featuring the two pop megastars Anne-Marie and Coi Leray, which followed the Spotify global #1 and streaming monster, ‘I’m Good (Blue)’. The track earned Guetta his eleventh Grammy nomination, receiving a nod for ‘Best Dance/Electronic Recording’, has garnered 2.2 billion global streams, charted at #1 on the official charts across 11 markets, and peaked at #1 at US Top 40 & US Dance Radio charts.
In the same year he released ‘Big FU’ with Ayra Starr and Lil Durk, his Zara Larsson collaboration ‘On My Love’, already fast approaching 30 million streams, as well as summer singles with MORTEN, Bebe Rexha, Shouse and more. Not to mention his remix work: in 2023 alone, he released smash reworks of cassö, RAYE and D-Block Europe’s ‘Prada’ with Hypaton, and Tony Touch’s ‘Apaga La Luz’ to name just a few.
The French icon has skyrocketed to one of the most streamed artists on Spotify globally, with over 42 billion global streams and selling over 50 million records worldwide. In his career he has been voted the world’s best DJ in the coveted DJ Mag ‘Top 100’ poll three times, and is one of the most successful streamed artists, reaching top position across I-Tunes charts over 113 countries and achieving over 24 million global Spotify followers.
Last year, the international icon won the ‘Dance Song of The Year’ award for his latest smash ‘I’m Good’ at the IHeartRadio Music Awards, where he was also previously named ‘Dance Act of the Year’. He also recently received awards for ‘Best Electronic Act’ at this year’s MTV EMAs, ‘DJ of the Year’ at the NRJ Music Awards, Producer of the Year at the Brits and #1 Producer by 1001Tracklists, continuing to cement his status at the very top of the DJ pile.
