Kavinsky shares new version of ‘Nightcall’ with Phoenix and Angèle

Kavinsky has shared a new version of ‘Nightcall’ featuring Phoenixand Angèle – you can listen to it below.

the French electronic musician co-wrote and co-produced the synth-pop single with Daft Punk‘s Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo. Originally released in 2010, the song went on to soundtrack the opening sequence to the Ryan Gosling-starring film Drive (2011) – leading to a surge in its popularity.

Last month saw Kavinsky team up with Phoenix during the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics 2024. They delivered a collaborative performance of ‘Nightcall’ with Belgian singer Angèle. CSS vocalist Lovefoxxx sang on the 2010 studio version.

Following the Olympics outing, for-most-shazamed-song-in-a-single-day-ever-after-paris-olympics-closing-ceremony-3783268″>the track broke the record for most Shazamed song in a single day ever. from-paris-olympics-closing-ceremony-3794246″>An official release for the joint reimagining was then teased earlier this week.

Today (September 20), the sped-up 2024 take on ‘Nightcall’ has arrived on streaming platforms. Phoenix frontman Thomas Mars and Angèle both contributed vocals to the re-recording, with Phoenix credited as producers.

Watch the official lyric video above, and see the cover artwork by Warren Fu (Daft Punk, The Strokes, The Weeknd).

The single was teased via a phone line where fans heard a conversation between Mars and Angèle. “The song is ready, do you want to hear it?” Mars asked, to which Angèle replied: “Yes, of course. Let’s go.”

Mars continued: “OK, cool. Let me add Kavinsky to the call right now.” A snippet of the new ‘Nightcall’ then began to play.

Speaking to NME in 2022, Kavinsky reflected on the huge “sudden success” of ‘Nightcall’. “[…] I didn’t really want to record again at that moment,” he explained. “I sensed some pressure; I was scared.”

He continued: “I was scared to imagine what my music was going to be after this success. I took two steps back and started to imagine what I was going to record after that, at my own pace. I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do next.

“It allowed me to breathe some fresh air; it allowed me to think and it allowed people to forget about me for a little bit so that when I felt ready to return, I could perhaps try new things.”

Lupe Fiasco, Childish Gambino, Vinny Cha$e & Kid Art andwill-young”> Will Young have all sampled ‘Nightcall’, and London Grammar covered the song on their 2013 debut album ‘If You Wait’.