The title, “Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat),” looks like it was coined by a sentient file server. By late August, “Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)” by Jawsh 685 x Jason Derulo had hit an apparent ...

The song is called “Laxed (Siren Beat),” and it belongs to 17-year-old New Zealand musician Joshua Nanai, who performs under the moniker Jawsh 685. Nanai’s artist name is a nod to his Samoan and Cook ...

Jason Derulo has come under fire for sampling a piece of music by rising New Zealand musician Joshua Nanai (aka Jawsh 685), whose “Laxed (Siren Beat)” has become TikTok’s most explosive viral track — ...

During the early months of pandemic isolation, there were few distractions as cathartic and cheering as the Culture Dance challenge on TikTok, set to the squelchy, loping “Laxed (Siren Beat),” by ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat: ...

A publicist couldn’t have planned it better. Thirty minutes from downtown Auckland, New Zealand, the chirpy opening beats of local teen Joshua Stylah (aka Jawsh 685) and Jason Derulo’s controversial ...

Jason Derulo and Jawsh 685 have dropped a new visual for “Savage Love.” The official video for “Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)” follows the release of a studio music video version as well as a ...

Jason Derulo has come under fire for sampling a piece of music by rising New Zealand musician Joshua Stylah (aka Jawsh 685), whose “Laxed (Siren Beat)” has become TikTok‘s most explosive viral track — ...

Jawsh 685’s “Savage Love” became a global pop smash. Next up: graduating from high school and, hopefully, getting on a plane. By Jon Caramanica During the early months of pandemic isolation, there ...