There are 3 songs that aren’t on Spotify that live rent free in my head at all times. 1 of them is a TruePilot demo from 2020 that never came out, one of them is a secret, and the third one is this. Shawn Wasabi was someone who played a huge role in developing my taste in music through highschool. I semi-regularly fondly recount the summer after 9th grade I spent making music with MICO while listening to Shawn’s at the time brand new single Otter Pop on repeat, but this song is a different feel than that. Over the years I’ve had the pleasure of watching Shawn grow as an artist, and while we’re an outlet that primarily spreads the work of small artists it simply does not sit right with me that this remix I am so completely in love with has been all but forgotten to time. If you look up “Shawn Wasabi remix” you will get tons and tons of uploads of his remix of Pusher’s song Clear with Mothica (who is another artist I adore), but after scrolling 12 pages of Google results and 100+ YouTube uploads there wasn’t so much as a SINGLE mention of Forever.

Shawn’s remix brings an instantly recognizable sound palette to the table. The bubbles and pops paired to a bouncing bass line immediately evoke memories of his viral hit Marble Soda, but what this song has that the prior lacks is the gorgeous, metallic, percussive melody found in the intro. It’s a sound that feels airy and flowy in spite of its metal texture, and it sets an atmosphere bordering on tropical before giving way to the rapid and playful instrumental backing of the verse. Part of what makes this song so insane to me is how compelling it sounds despite the fact that in most moments it’s a relatively simple beat, with the bass, drums, and a constant cycle of new blips and bloops. It’s engaging without having 100 layers, it just uses the layers it has extremely well, always moving from one thing to the next to keep it feeling fresh. It’s a “less is more” ethos that so many producers lose sight of, yet Shawn has perfected and showcased on more than one occasion over the last 10 years. It’s no secret that I’m also a sucker for a good 808 bass, and the final moments of this song absolutely deliver with a trap breakdown that is a total left turn from the bouncy electronic pop formula delivered to us until this point.

I must concede that there is probably a little bit of nostalgia talking through this article. I spent a very long time wishing I could get my own Midifighter64 like the one Shawn built himself, despite the fact that my woefully uncoordinated fingers could never make use of it. Burnt Rice is probably still in my top 100 listened to songs on Spotify to this day, but to all this I raise a counterargument. Even if there’s some nostalgia talking here, this is still a great song, and the fact that it’s just about impossible to find without already knowing it exists is absolutely criminal. These days Shawn is onto bigger and better things than this Youtube/Soundcloud exclusive remix, but there is zero reason for it to be as hidden away as it is by the algorithms of the internet. So today I’m being the change I want to see on the internet by sharing it with you, and I do my part by imploring you to do the same. Dig up that song you forgot you love and send it to someone, because some art is timeless and deserves another round in the light in 2026.