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Roland Schmidt

“It was time to put all that behind us. Then he played me this one part for this new song and I was like, ‘Oh yeah’”: How Calvin Harris and Katy Perry buried the hatchet and crafted their groovetastic 2017 hit Feels

Katy Perry.

It's not unusual for collaborations to take place in dance music - some might say it’s the norm - but 2017's Feels was quite a notable collision of superstars. Essentially performed by a studio supergroup, the track's players consisted of Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry and Big Sean, led by the uber-talented Calvin Harris.

The impressive collective all shared writing credits for the song, along with additional composer Starrah (aka Brittany Hazzard), but Feels started life as a relatively simple demo, which Harris presented to Katy Perry following a fortuitous encounter at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party.

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