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The Perfect Song for Introducing EDM: Ray Volpe’s “Song Request”

by Kody Teer

We all have that one song we save in our back pocket to show someone who’s never heard of EDM. That one song that perfectly encapsulates your current taste in music, packaged up in an easy-to-digest, entry-level meal. The one song you keep in the back of your mind for when the friend who’s into mainstream music hands you the aux cord and says you can play one dubstep song. For me, that song has become Ray Volpe’s 2024 hit Song Request. Not only does it have the heavy, hard-hitting drops I love personally, but the funny samples carried by the fun beat lead to laughs—whether you’re screaming the wubs with friends in the car or strangers in the crowd at a festival.

The song starts with a voice asking the DJ if he can request a song—the one with that fresh vibe, that new groove. The song wastes no time building up to the drop, as the voice begins vocalizing the beat that’s about to come. Once the drop hits, because you’ve just heard that vocalization, it feels so natural to sing the wubs yourself.

After this, the voice comes back, requesting that one specific song again. But this time, before the drop, he vocalizes a much more upbeat rhythm. Then, the second drop slams you with a much faster-paced beat. This drop is less about singing the wubs and more about making you jump.

Just when you think the song is over, as the music fades to almost silence, the voice makes another request. This final drop feels reminiscent of the first but now includes a recording of a crowd screaming the wubs. If you weren’t singing during the first drop, you are now, as the song plays itself to an energetic end.

I’ve heard people refer to these funny, sample-heavy tracks that Ray Volpe has been putting out as “meme songs” that exist just for a cheap crowd reaction. You can listen to his other 2024 single See You Drop for another example of this style. However, I personally think there’s more than enough space in the EDM world for songs that are just fun to scream along with in the pit.

When I hear this live, I can’t wait to be in the crowd quoting the guy asking for a song request, as Ray Volpe plays support on Sullivan King’s Chaos Will Bring Peace tour on March 29 at the Arizona stop.

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