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Tame Impala’s nocturnal disco single “Dracula” gets a new pulse with a new, natural-fit guest in Jennie from BLACKPINK, whose feature can and will undoubtedly bless this track to hit new mainstream heights.
The newly released “JENNIE Remix” of Kevin Parker’s unexpected pop hit keeps the original, nightclub-ready instrumental but opens up, allowing the feminine counterpoint to fill out the song’s narrative and sonic space in a way the original only hinted at, creating a more whole song overall. Jennie drops in layering harmonies both breathy and haunting, across the cut, and adds to the verses lines only a real It Girl can pull off, like “My friends are saying, ‘Shut up, Jennie, just get in the car’” — which feels way cooler than when Parker’s frantic falsetto sings the “Shut up, Kevin” line.
The remix officially dropped on February 6, 2026, as “Dracula” continues to push for greater pop positioning. The track fell from No. 66 to No. 80 on the Billboard Hot 100 last week for its 19th week on the singles chart, but hit new peaks at radio including Billboard’s Top 40 Pop Airplay (rising to No. 28), and on the Adult Pop Airplay (No. 18), Rock & Alternative Airplay charts (No. 3).
“One of the Girls,” Jennie’s eerie collab with The Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp for HBO’s The Idol, proved that the K-pop crossover star could spur haunting pop into Hot 100 traction — spending 20 weeks on the chart and peaking at No. 51 with virtually no real promo by the artists. But Jennie’s history with “OOTG” is perfect for a long-established indie auteur who’s now flirting with mainstream dance pop. Both sides bring an additional sense of credibility to the other with some indie cred added to Jennie’s already impressive and eclectic list of collaborators (Doechii, Kali Uchis, Childish Gambino, Dua Lipa, Dominic Fike, Peggy Gou and Matt Champion of Brockhampton — to name a few) while the vocalist adds immediate pop momentum with an expanded perspective that gives the track more opportunities for radio and playlisting.
This is specifically a savvy step for Jennie. Her solo album, Ruby, is officially one year old this week. While the starlet’s focus has been with BLACKPINK since last summer with a new single, tour, and, now, EP dropping at the end of this month, hopping on a rising radio hit’s remix allows her name to swirl back into the mix without needing a full-fledged promo commitment. This will also pay off when her next solo record drops — which she’s already begun teasing in her V Magazine cover:
Parker enlisting Jennie for the remix delivers that additional pop attention (especially with the teasing the two did, where he wore some Ruby merch, she posted the original Tame Impala song on her Instagram Story) without feeling like a sellout if he had chosen a collaborator with less artistic autonomy or one who felt like a generic grab for Top 40 radio fuel. It also marks an interesting crossover opportunity for Tame Impala, as last year’s more club-friendly Deadbeat album earned rather mixed reviews from critics, but its singles are connecting with wider audiences.
Altogether, the duo sounds genuinely at home together — a respectful pairing that leads to expanded perspective and greater crossover appeal. (And of course, both are signed under Columbia Records, making the collaboration all the more seamless with twice the incentive for the label to make a megahit)
And on a personal note… the music snob of an editor who made my first year of writing professionally hellish for unfairly picking at my writing and told me we shouldn’t cover K-pop because “we’re in America,” he was obsessed with Tame Impala — probably because Pitchfork was. I really wonder what he thinks of a major K-pop star now jumping on what arguably will be Tame Impala’s biggest song to date…or maybe I don’t, I think he left journalism altogether 😌
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