The highlight of the remix is easily Rico NastyвЂ™s verse. When Les, her voice distorted by autotune, asks, вЂњWait, Charli, can you sing the chorus again please?вЂќ we are reminded once again of the songвЂ™s fun, collaborative vibe. 100 gecs posted a video for the remix on YouTube in which Les and Brady pass paper cutouts of their collaboratorsвЂ™ heads taped to popsicle sticks back and forth, illustrating which artists are featured at any given time.

Without the original songвЂ™s nonstop energy, the more relaxed transitions create a feeling of spontaneous conversation perfectly suited to a collaborative project. The transitions lack the build and release of tension that the climax of the original вЂњringtoneвЂќ does so well rather, one verse stops and another begins as if each singer is passing off a baton to the next. In the remix, 100 gecs are, like, 75 gecs - they tone down some of the more grating processing effects used at the end of the original version of вЂњringtoneвЂќ and in many of their other songs. It simultaneously embraces and challenges the pop genre with its nonchalant maximalism and absurdist momentum - take, for example, the song вЂњgecgecgec,вЂќ in which the only lyric for the first half of the track is the syllable вЂњgec,вЂќ repeated with rhythm-defying irregularity.ДЎ00 gecs released a remix last month of one of their most popular songs, вЂњringtone.вЂќ The song features Charli XCX, Rico Nasty, and Kero Kero Bonito, three mainstream artists with the power to catapult 100 gecs into the hearts and Spotify queues of their larger fan bases. Since the 2019 release of their breakthrough album вЂњ1000 gecs,вЂќ 100 gecs, the experimental duo comprised of Laura Les and Dylan Brady, have risen to cult stardom. Do you listen to 100 gecs? ItвЂ™s the question all the cuffed-jeans-kids are asking.

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