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Single by Salem Ilese and Tomorrow X Together featuring Alan Walker | ||||
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Released | February 23, 2022 | |||
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"PS5" is a song by American singer-songwriter Salem Ilese and Yeonjun and Taehyun from the Korean boy group Tomorrow X Together,featuring British-Norwegian DJ and record producer Alan Walker,It was released on February 23,2022. [1] The song is known for a vocal remix by Abdul Cisse,known as the Fortnite Battlepass guy. An official remix 3 months later,with Cisse replacing TXT as the secondary vocalist and Walker's trap production. The song appeared on Salem's third studio extended play,Unsponsored Content.
The song was originally written in response to Salem's boyfriend and roommate being video game fanatics,and as soon as they moved to LA,they bought a PlayStation and Salem had a hard time keeping their attention and "Who do you take,me or PS5?" was the expression that came to mind,and she began to produce it. However,Salem felt that the song "still lacked something," so she approached Walker and TXT,her collaborators from 2021,to complete the piece. Salem says,"Now that I have a great song,I am grateful to Playstation for the opportunity. [2]
Yeonjun and Taehyun also commented:"We're very lucky to have the opportunity to sing in multiple languages,and we're always excited to take on new challenges. Salem created an irresistibly ear-catching,addictive song and it's certain a lot of us will be playing the song on repeat." [3]
On March 30,2022,Ilese posted a TikTok revealing that the song was originally titled "PS4",because she had written it before the PlayStation 5 was released. [4] A user commented "you should do like ps5 then ps4 and keep going to the old ones" to which Ilese responded "this is a great idea,me or the ps3 coming soon". On April 2,2022,Ilese posted a TikTok of the "PS3" variant, [5] on April 10,she posted a TikTok of the "PS2" variant, [6] on April 16,she posted a TikTok of the "Xbox X" variant, [7] and on April 20,she posted a TikTok of the "PS1" variant. [8]
On August 9,2022,the music video for the song was released. It features YouTube Creator Ted Nivision and Salem Ilese in a mid-century modern home together. Ted plays a game on the TV that features a pixel avatar of Salem Ilese. The MV was directed by Christina Xing and produced by Our Secret Handshake,with pixel art VFX done by Reshma Zachariah. [9]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "PS5" | 2:32 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "PS5" | 2:32 |
2. | "PS5" (Fortnite Battle Pass Gamer remix) | 2:28 |
3. | "PS5" (PS4 version) | 2:12 |
4. | "PS5" (PS3 version) | 2:12 |
5. | "PS5" (PS2 version) | 2:12 |
6. | "PS5" (PS1 version) | 2:12 |
7. | "PS5" (Xbox X version) | 2:12 |
8. | "PS5" (Nintendo Switch version) | 2:12 |
Total length: | 18:14 |
Chart (2022) | Peak position |
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New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [12] | 38 |
South Korea (Gaon) [13] | 170 |
Vietnam Hot 100 ( Billboard ) [14] | 61 |
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