Craymo turned ‘Last Christmas’ into an iridescent EDM pop rush

Christmas came early for Craymo fans, on November 1st to be precise, when the innovator gave the iconic single, Last Christmas, an EDM rework. Craymo, the New York-born, Orlando-based indie pop disruptor who started out in the LA club scene and carried his sound through film placements, TV features and award circuits, showed again that he could take a familiar track and send it through an entirely different orbit without losing an ounce of intention. If it were not for the lyrics that almost everyone in the Western hemisphere could verse off by heart, you would be forgiven for thinking this was an original mix. Craymo made it entirely his own by crooning in true 80s synth pop style over a four-to-the-floor house beat that traded sleigh bells for phasers, strobes and rays of iridescence. The shift gave the cover a euphoric momentum that pushed the song out of nostalgia and into something far more kinetic. He locked into the progressive edges with unwavering confidence, letting the gloss build and letting the vocal cut straight through the room with a cool, unforced rise. If any version deserved late-night spins, festival tent drops, or a spot in the seasonal club canon, […]

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