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Turns out Rihanna and Calvin Harris’s ‘This Is What You Came For’ is the perfect ’80s power ballad

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Rihanna and Calvin Harris‘s “This Is What You Came For” was one of 2016’s biggest earworms, but a recent remix drops it into another era completely.

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YouTuber Saint-Laurent remixed the song and video to give it more of an ’80s power-ballad vibe. The track has been slowed down, warm piano notes and fluffy drums tucked in, as a glitchy Rihanna twirls around in some retro duality. The result is pretty perfect. 

Saint-Laurent’s previous remixes include a long-forgotten R. Kelly classic, and a decidedly sensual weather forecast

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