This Is Our Jam: Drake, Featuring The Weeknd, “Crew Love (Shlohmo Remix)”

Today’s Jam was brought to you by the internet. Last Friday, The Weeknd posted a video of Shlohmo performing his remix of “Crew Love” live to his Tumblr. “Please release an official version…” he said, trademark ellipses included. It took Shlohmo two days to oblige—yesterday, he dropped his version of the track for all the world to hear.

Shlohmo’s "Crew Love" remix is an even more muddied take on the original — a soupy stew of rickety percussion and diffused vocals that melt like paraffin wax. For three artists who have used the web in various ways to define their sound and image, “Crew Love” (Shlohmo Remix) is a rare view of everything coming together out in the open, instantaneously, free of charge. It's a brave new world, and all The Weeknd had to do was ask.