2018: I’m at a house party, and I’m characteristically nervous, despite knowing most everyone there. It’s time to shake some ass, I’m informed—somebody’s commandeered the aux cord and begun queuing up tracks, the first of which captures the room with a bouncing beat. Amid the chorus of drunk-girl “woos,” I’m now wearing a shit-eating grin. How could I not? Within the party anthem canon, “Ignition (Remix)” strikes a singular balance: both exceedingly danceable and mellow as a warm bath; at once a turn-up and a kickback, capturing in that cross section the irrepressible delight of each genre. Against the song’s assuring swagger, the force of my self-doubt doesn’t stand a chance: I’m bopping my head to the beat, feet planted, swaying awkwardly from the shoulders.
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