LISTEN: ‘Amapiano’ rocks iPhone ringtone
SA’s #AmaiPhone hits over a million views in days
IT’S new, it’s fresh and it has most people dancing.
South Africans are enjoying the new ‘amapiano’ remix of the popular iPhone ringtone.
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It was mastered by Durban deejay Jashen Govindsamy, known as DJ Jashmir.
Jashmir used the default phone ringtone and mixed it with the ‘amapiano’ style of dance, creating a uniquely South African sound.
And it has taken the internet by storm, garnering more than a million views on the popular TikTok app.
The song begins with the standard ringtone and then builds up to a rhythmic dance tune.
‘Amapiano’ is a sub-genre of house and kwaito music.
‘I was playing around with beats for fun and decided to play around with the iPhone ringtone sample.
‘I heard a car drive past and they were playing ‘amapiano’, so I immediately got the idea of fusing the genre with the famous ringtone and creating a hit dance song,’ said Jashmir.
The video went viral just days after he posted it on his TikTok page, which caught the attention of TikTok South Africa and the #AmaiPhone was born
AmaiPhone is not Jashmir’s first video to go viral.
He also remixed a video into a song and created the #DontDrinkAndDriveChallenge, which attracted about 500 000 views.
Jashmir says he is inspired by the joy of bringing people together by making something fun.
Click here to listen to the iPhone tune that’s taken the internet by storm.
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