levitating by dua lipa but the vocals are 9 seconds delayed

Edited with Sony Vegas Pro 17

[Oneofawesome]

Now imagine in an alternate universe where this was the actual version released and someone on YouTube comes out with "levitating by dua lipa but the vocals are 9 seconds early" and everyone in the comments is talking about how much better it is than the original.

[lordsiomai]

at first i thought this is gonna be an intentional desynced meme edit, but holy shit this gave the song a different energy! nice!

[stevenblakesley]

It both simultaneously makes her vocals stand out more AND makes the instrumental more noticable!

[trashpanda]

The bass lick at 2:42 sounds so fricking amazing so clear!

[austin]

I honestly clicked this expecting a disaster but came out discovering a masterpiece. I wonder what other songs are a few seconds away from legendary.

[kc]

I like how this makes the instrumental feel more incorporated

[sonderbain]

I love how this gives her vocals more of a chance to shine. Rather than drowning in the track the whole time.

[BeefcakeKARS]

when you laggy as hell but the enemies keep running into your attack

[matiasguntern]

This feels like a live version with extended intro

[siddhivinayaktripathi]

This song was definitely ahead of its time.

[sjorgen]

for anyone wondering why it works so well, the vocals are moved 4 bars and the song runs a 4 bar chord loop 👍

[benpowell]

so basically this made it so that every repeat of a vocal melody is accompanied by a change in the instrumentals, making it feel less like a repeat and more like a recontextualization. Genuinely educational for me as a hobby songwriter and producer

[pvrmo_]

This version doesn’t over power her voice at all and I’m all for it! I didn’t think the original version did at all but after listening to this version… it kinda does.

[conker]

Why does this actually sound good?

The chorus sounds great with a 9 second delay

[NoahPurdyFR]

Letting the instrumental run for a bit before the vocals kick in is something I unironically love in songs and I wish it were done more often

[hmredacted]

ik the ppl who originally mixed this song are screaming crying throwing up knowing their song was 9 seconds away from this absolute trancendence

[Kur_Czak]

This just makes the song feel less poppy in a way. Like it's less predictable, less about the patterns lol. Either way, the song's amazing.

[georgeofhamilton]

As someone who’s never heard the original, this totally sounds like an official version of a song.

[its_a_ducky]

What’s so cool about this for me and what adds so much texture to this version, is that the instrumental introducing musical ideas before the vocals creates a certain setup/payoff structure, kind of like jazz where the band members are responding to each other musically.

I often find pop to be a little too structured and packaged feeling. Everything is boxed into its section of the song if that makes sense. This fixes that for me.

[benl.]

Letting the beat and instruments simmer in for a full measure really makes the audience appreciate it better and elevates the song a lot