It was a lot of fun making that happen, and I'm glad that it happened the way that it did.
I just believe that they were so good that they needed a bigger stage. A beat is not going to go to the top of the chart, but with that being said, taking nothing away from how viral and how those sounds captured people's hearts. A beat is very different from the actual song. And I wouldn't say the songs existed on TikTok. I have another song coming out on the that's just a regular Jason Derulo song, so it's not a strategy. Is finding new beats on TikTok a new strategy for you?ĭerulo: No. McIntyre: Both of these songs were out in the world and doing their thing on TikTok, and now that you've come and brought them to the next level. If clubs were actually out right now, I think it would be the premiere club track. It's something that I know people are going to flip out over, and they have been flipping out over, but I believe that it needed a real chance to have a main stage, so I wrote a complete song to it with the producers. McIntyre: I was just listening to “Coño.” Why don't you tell me a bit about that one?ĭerulo: Yeah, “Coño” is a similar thing, some similar idea where I heard it and I thought it was fantastic. “Savage” has this really happy, sunny vibe to it, and I think it was just exactly what people needed at the time. And I think besides everything else going on in the world, people just need that great feel. Was it surprising to see it blow up so quickly?ĭerulo: I think great music shines through no matter what's going on in the world, no matter what is going on in the news, a great song is important. McIntyre: Now, this song went from TikTok only to a massive hit in a matter of weeks, and that rarely happens.