Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike ft. Era Istrefi - Selfish

What this video is

Released on Valentine's Day weekend 2019, 'Selfish' represents the commercial apex of Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike's pop-crossover strategy. As the world's top-ranked DJ duo (DJ Mag #1 in 2015 and 2019), they leveraged a collaboration with Kosovar breakout star Era Istrefi — known internationally from 'BonBon' and the 2018 FIFA World Cup anthem 'Live It Up' — to produce a track interpolating Toto's 'Africa', a…

Why it matters

A landmark example of late-2010s festival EDM meeting mainstream pop via a classic-rock interpolation strategy. The song's use of Toto's 'Africa' melody reflects the industry-wide trend of mining nostalgic hooks for dance-floor accessibility. Its number-one Billboard Dance Club Songs peak confirms…

The director

Lorenzo Diego Carrera is an Italian-born director, cinematographer, and visual artist who founded YHELLOW, a full-service visual production house based in Los Angeles, in 2018. YHELLOW specializes in directing, cinematography, editing, color correction, post…