Kygo, OneRepublic - Lose Somebody

What this video is

Released on May 15, 2020, during the acute phase of the global COVID-19 pandemic, 'Lose Somebody' is a document of both artistic adaptation and cultural mood. The music video — premiered June 8, 2020 — stands as a direct artifact of pandemic-era production constraints: green screen technology replaced on-location filming, allowing artists separated by geography and quarantine to simulate shared space. The song's…

Why it matters

A defining example of the EDM-pop crossover format of the late 2010s–early 2020s, 'Lose Somebody' represents Kygo's evolution from his signature tropical house sound toward a broader, more introspective mid-tempo pop register. The collaboration with OneRepublic — their second after 'Stranger…