HIKARU UTADA’S LATEST TRACK, “ELECTRICITY – SALUTE REMIX,” IS OUT NOW, WITH AN OFFICIAL VISUALIZER ON YOUTUBE
The highly anticipated third remix of J-pop superstar Hikaru Utada’s “Electricity” is out. It offers another fresh take on the acclaimed track, this time courtesy of Manchester-based producer salute.
“Electricity,” featured on the 2024 best-of album SCIENCE FICTION, has quickly become a standout in the artist’s catalogue. The track was performed as part of the encore at several shows during their tour, winning over fans and serving as a testament to Utada’s ongoing creative brilliance.
Since its December release, the official music video has surpassed 1.8 million views, further solidifying the track’s impact. Building on this momentum, two remixes were unveiled earlier this year — one by Karen Nyame KG on February 15 and another by Arca on February 28 — continuing to fuel excitement well into 2025.
This latest rework comes from salute, the Manchester-based producer redefining the global electronic scene. With a Boiler Room performance in Melbourne surpassing 1 million views and appearances at Glastonbury, Field Day, and Coachella, among others, salute has cemented its place as one of today’s most exciting dance creators.
Their impact was further recognized with a 2024 MOBO Award nomination for Best Electronic/Dance Act alongside Aluna, Nia Archives, PinkPantheress, Shygirl, and TSHA.
salute continues pushing boundaries by boasting over 1.89 billion total streams and a DJ Mag cover feature in April 2024. Now, they bring their signature sound to “Electricity,” infusing the track with a bold, new energy that takes it to electrifying heights.
An official visualizer has been unveiled on YouTube in celebration of the release.
Electricity (salute remix) Official Visualizer: https://youtu.be/8Thb79G0f5g
Release Information
Release Date: March 31
Electricity (salute Remix)
Linkfire: https://erj.lnk.to/6mwgtw
Electricity (Arca Remix)
Linkfire: https://erj.lnk.to/CwOF5S
Electricity (Karen Nyame KG Remix)
Linkfire: https://erj.lnk.to/Oj6fGe
Hikaru Utada “Electricity”
https://erj.lnk.to/dOl1bQ
About Hikaru Utada
Since their debut on December 9, 1998, Hikaru Utada has achieved numerous remarkable milestones in their career. Their debut single, “Automatic/Time Will Tell,” sold over two million copies, propelling them to become one of Japan’s top artists at 15.
Just a few months later, their first album, “First Love,” shattered Japanese CD sales records that still stand unbroken today. In 2022, their eighth album, “BAD MODE,” which includes collaboration songs with artists such as Skrillex, A.G. Cook, and Floating Points, garnered high praise both domestically and internationally and was crowned as the best album of the year by the internationally renowned music media, Pitchfork.
In the same year, they made their festival debut at the globally recognized Coachella Festival in California, joining celebrated label 88rising as part of their exhilarating showcase. The Netflix series “First Love,” inspired by Utada’s eponymous single, achieved tremendous success in Japan and Asia.
On December 9, 2023, Utada celebrated the 25th anniversary of their major label debut in fantastical style, announcing the much-anticipated release of their inaugural greatest hits album, SCIENCE FICTION. This album was released in April 2024 and was followed by their first tour in six years, the nationwide HIKARU UTADA SCIENCE FICTION TOUR 2024, which included stops in Hong Kong and Taipei.
About salute
Growing up in Vienna to Nigerian parents, salute’s musical education began with their parents playing jazz, gospel, funk, and reggae at home. Their older brother played R&B and 90s hip hop to them as toddlers before they began learning to play a Yamaha keyboard.
In their early teens, salute became heavily influenced by the likes of Rustie and Hudson Mohawke and began producing their beats on Fruity Loops. “I was making drum’ n’ bass on my family computer to start with and just got better and better at it,” they say. “Then I got influenced by James Blake and Mount Kimbie, and I basically spent all my teenage years producing music back home in Austria.”
Their first release, ‘Silver Tides,’ came in 2015 and wore its Lucky Me influence on its sleeve. The producer showed their deft production skills in a burst of future bass-tinged beats.
Moving to Brighton at 18 and eventually ending up in Manchester, the UK is where salute fully embraced club culture for the first time, hitting venues like Patterns and Soup Kitchen Weekly. “Manchester is where I was introduced to so many types of music,” they say. “It’s such an amazing city and hugely impacted how I make music.”
Eventually, the ‘Condition’ Trilogy was released – a three-part mixtape on 37 Adventures in 2018 and 2019. The ‘Condition’ Trilogy saw the producer develop their sound further, embracing pitched-up vocals and a more refined approach to his music, catching the attention of everyone from Four Tet to Mall Grab.
Signing to Ninja Tune in 2023, they released the EP ‘Shield’ on the Technicolour imprint, winning praise from the likes of Mixmag, Forbes, and Billboard. They then played a Boiler Room in Melbourne, which has already received over a million views, and played high-profile sets everywhere from Glastonbury to Field Day and Coachella.
They were nominated for Best Electronic/Dance Act at the 2024 MOBOs alongside Aluna, Nia Archives, PinkPantheress, Shygirl and TSHA. They have racked up an impressive 189 million streams across all streaming platforms. salute recently graced the cover of DJ Mag for their April 2024 issue.
salute is passionate about raising awareness of marginalized communities in dance music and is committed to only playing events that feature diverse and inclusive lineups.
They are proud to enforce this in their rider, which states that the promoter must agree to book at least one or more artists who identify as members of an underrepresented group playing on the same stage or bigger.
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For more information on Hikaru Utada and the tour, please visit the official website:
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