Random J Pop monthly: December 2023 | A year in mashups & edits

🪩 Renaissance Mashups

• Beyoncé x Baby D | “America Has a Problem”
• Beyoncé x Crystal Waters | “Alien Superstar”
• Beyoncé x Danny Tenaglia | “Cozy”
• Beyoncé x Honey Dijon | “Alien Superstar”
• Beyoncé x Hyoyeon of Girls’ Generation | “Move”
• Beyoncé x Jessie Ware | “Virgo’s Groove”
• Beyoncé x Perfume | “Break My Soul”
• Beyoncé x RuPaul | “Cuff It”
• Beyoncé x Stevie Wonder | “Plastic Off the Sofa”
• Beyoncé x The Fatback Band | “Cuff It”

🎛️ Mashups

• Beyoncé x Diana Ross | “Work It Out”
• Kylie Minogue x Perfume | “Can’t Get You Out of My Head”
• Namie Amuro x Tyla featuring cupcaKke | “Want Me, Want Me”
• Monica Beverly Hillz x Beyoncé | “Not a Soul Can Clock”
• Perfume x Kylie Minogue | “Polygon Wave”

🎛️ Extended Mixes

• Kylie Minogue’s “Hold On to Now”
• Kylie Minogue’s “Padam Padam”
• Perfume’s “Moon”
• Troye Sivan’s “Rush”

Whilst I was slow with reviews and posting things here, looking back on how many mashups and edits I posted has made me realise I was pretty active creatively, without fully realising it.

I’m tinkering away and working on stuff all of the time. Some stuff I never finish. Some I do. And even when I do create and complete something, I don’t always share it. But something in me said ‘Fuck it’ and I shared more of my mashups and edits than I ever would have normally. Thank Beyonce. Because Renaissance really sparked something in me. As did short-ass songs, hence the extended mixes.

I really do hope 2024 is the year where this short TikTok-ified song trend ends, but I know it damn won’t be.

So a big thank you to those of you who have retweeted posts on my mashups and edits, liked and commented on the videos on YouTube and have given any of this stuff a listen. As with my reviews and everything else I share here, I don’t share any of these mashups and edits with any expectation of anybody seeing it or engaging with any of it. So it’s always a surprise when people do.