Rema - Calm Down May 2026

: Producer Andre Vibez played several beats for Rema during a session. "Calm Down" was the third beat played that day; Rema immediately connected with it and asked the producer to keep it.

: 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 . Rema - Calm Down

: 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. : Producer Andre Vibez played several beats for