On December 12, 2014, electronic music YouTube channel Trap City released Turn Down For What (Onderkoffer Remix). On April 26, 2014, the official remix featuring Juicy J, 2 Chainz and French Montana was released, followed by the second official remix on April 28, 2014, titled the Dancehall Remix, featuring Chi Ching Ching, Assassin and Konshens, and a third release on May 7, 2014, titled 'Turn Down for What (Lil Jon Remix)', featuring Pitbull and Ludacris.

On November 7, 2020, the video surpassed 1 billion views on YouTube. The music video won Best Direction for Daniels and was nominated for MTV Clubland Award, Best Art Direction, and Best Visual Effects at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards and Best Music Video at the 2015 Grammy Awards. Jason Newman of Rolling Stone described the video as 'perfect insanity' and added, 'It's hard to pinpoint specifically what makes the video for DJ Snake and Lil Jon's 'Turn Down for What' so compelling and ripe for repeat viewings.' Edwin Ortiz of Complex called it 'incredibly absurd and awesome' and wrote, 'The hard-hitting EDM record delivers an undeniable vibe that listeners can't help but mosh out to, and that's clearly evident in the accompanying music video.' Writing for Idolator, Robbie Daw said the video 'takes things to a whole new level of WTF-ness not quite seen before.' So, whatever happens, that would just be a funny logical progression.' For some reason our brains came up with this image, and this other universe where dudes are so pumped up on their own dicks-and they're so into their testosterone-that the way that they show that is by breaking shit with their dicks. He explained: 'For a while Daniel and I had been wanting to explore male sexuality in a really weird way. The clip stars co-director Daniel Kwan with Sunita Mani. 9, tied with BeyoncГ© 's ' Flawless', on The Village Voice 's annual year-end Pazz & Jop critics' poll.ДЄn accompanying music video for 'Turn Down for What' was directed by the filmmaking duo Daniels, composed of Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, and released on March 13, 2014. DJ Snake brings the synapse-rattling EDM and Southern trap music Lil Jon brings the dragon-fire holler for a hilarious, glorious, glowstick-punk fuck you.' In January 2015, 'Turn Down for What' was ranked at No.

Rolling Stone voted 'Turn Down For What' as the second best song of the year 2014, saying, 'The year's nutsiest party jam was also the perfect protest banger for a generation fed up with everything. 'Turn Down for What' received generally positive reviews from music critics and publications. It became the seventh best-selling song of 2014 in the US with 3,449,000 copies sold for the year. The song reached its 3 million sales mark in July 2014. It reached its first million copies sold in the U.S. It peaked at number 4 on the chart, becoming DJ Snake's first and Lil Jon's ninth top ten, and was certified gold in February 2014. In January 2014, the single entered the top 5 on the Dance/Electronic chart and debuted at No. 'Turn Down for What' entered the top 10 on Billboard 's Dance/Electronic chart during the last week of December. 'Turn Down for What' is written in the E Phrygian mode and is set in common time at a moderate tempo of 100 beats per minute. It also contains bass and trap music elements that are original to Atlanta, GA, Lil Jon's hometown. 'Turn Down for What' contains the lyrics of Lil Jon rapping 'Fire up that loud, another round of shots' and 'Turn down for what' throughout the song. I wanted to make it hip and current, and the first thing that came to mind was the phrase 'Turn Down for What!' Composition When I heard the song I was like this beat is too crazy for that sample. ДJ Snake sent me the track with a sample and he wanted me to redo it with my voice. I knew Jon was one of the best, but he absolutely killed it on this joint. What he sent me back, though, absolutely blew my mind.

He heard the beat and was instantly down with the vision. When I hit up the big homie Jon and asked him if he wanted to be on the track, this song is a pretty balling song. In an interview about the song, DJ Snake said, In December 2013, 'Turn Down for What' was premiered on Columbia Records website and released via iTunes shortly after. Lil Jon and DJ Snake had met several years prior to recording the song.

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