When high schooler Jawsh 685 made the beat for what would become “Savage Love” in his bedroom in New Zealand, he had no idea it would become a global hit.
The song’s instrumental, originally titled “Laxed,” is a siren jam—a style of music blasted through actual sirens and used in siren battles to outdo competitors’ car or bike sound systems.
Jawsh shared the track on his YouTube channel, where another user found and uploaded it to TikTok. It went viral there as the theme song of the app’s Culture Dance trend.
It also caught the attention of singer turned TikTok influencer Jason Derulo. He prematurely released his own version of “Laxed”, the song the world knows today as “Savage Love,” without initially crediting Jawsh.
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