“It's been excruciating”: A musician recreates the Human League's Don't You Want Me using the original synths, and it's as much of a faff as you thought it would be

YouTuber Alex Ball and friends have meticulously recreated The Human League's biggest hit, Don't You Want Me, using the original synths, sequencer and drum machine. If ever an advert for modern soft synths and laptops were needed, this is it.

In the year 2025, we really have got it easy. With our soft synths, computers, and DAWs, knocking up old synth tunes is as easy as working as a waitress in a cocktail bar. And with AI already doing some of the heavy lifting in our music production, it's only going to get easier.