A remix of The Wombats’ single ‘Greek Tragedy’ has gone viral on TikTok, regardless of not having formally been made accessible on the platform.
The Oliver Nelson remix of the band’s 2015 track – the unique model of which appeared on their album ‘Glitterbug’ – has grow to be a well-liked sound utilized in movies on the social media app.
The remodeling of the observe was uploaded to the positioning by @lauraserrao and has since gone on for use in over 430,000 movies. Whereas there isn’t a particular problem associated to the track, many customers have added it to movies of them doing their make-up due to the lyric “You’re working late with half your make-up on”.
The band have additionally shared two of their very own movies utilizing the sound. Within the first, they edited collectively clips of a number of the TikToks utilizing the remix of ‘Greek Tragedy’, captioning it: “MUUUUM, the TikTokers have discovered one in all our songs once more…”
@wombatsofficialMUUUUM, the TikTokers have discovered one in all our songs once more… #thewombats #greektragedy #remix
♬ GREEK TRAGEDY REMIX – Laura?
Within the newest, which was posted yesterday (January 11), they layered the lyrics in vibrant blocks over footage from the official music video. Watch it beneath now.
@wombatsofficialSmashing mics in karaoke bars… #thewombats #greektragedy #remix #karaoke
♬ GREEK TRAGEDY REMIX – Laura?
Final yr, The Wombats’ frontman Matthew “Murph” Murphy released his debut solo album underneath the moniker Love Fame Tragedy. It featured a lot of star cameos, together with Pixies’ Joey Santiago, Bastille’s Dan Smith, Alt-J’s Gus Unger-Hamilton and extra.
In a four-star evaluate of ‘Wherever I Go, I Want To Leave’, NME mentioned: “You’ll be hard-pressed to discover a extra hook-laden and pleasant catalogue of breakdowns and anxieties this yr – that is arguably the definitive 2020 album.”
