David Guetta & Kim Petras - When We Were Young (The Logical Song)

What this video is

Released November 10, 2023, the video arrives at the peak of a nostalgia-interpolation cycle in mainstream pop and EDM, where producers mine classic rock and new-wave catalogues for melodic hooks. The track samples Supertramp's 1979 classic 'The Logical Song,' written by Roger Hodgson, pitching its melancholic coming-of-age meditation into a euphoric, modern dance-pop context. The pairing of David Guetta — a French…

Why it matters

A key document of 2020s EDM-pop's nostalgia-interpolation strategy, demonstrating how heritage rock melodies (Supertramp, 1979) are commercially reactivated through electronic production and contemporary pop vocal performance. Represents the mainstreaming of trans pop artistry (Kim Petras) within…

The director

Hannah Lux Davis (born May 17, 1986, Bellevue, WA) is an American music video, commercial, and film director. She graduated from the Los Angeles Film School in 2006 and built her career through production assistant work and cinema makeup before directing her…