Rema - Calm Down May 2026

: Another producer, London , was later brought in to handle the arrangement and add the signature strings that defined the track's sound. The Remix and Global Success

: The song was recorded in 2021. Rema noticed many songs at the time were "depressing or sad" due to the pandemic, so he purposefully sought out an uptempo beat to make people dance. Rema - Calm Down

: The song became the longest-charting African song on the Billboard Hot 100 and the first African artist-led track to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify . : Another producer, London , was later brought

: To get her to listen, he literally told her to "calm down" and give him a listening ear so he could express how he felt. The Studio Process : Another producer