Joezi Revisits Sisqo’s “Thong Song” Through the Lens of Afro House
After years of DMs, the long-awaited collab finally comes to fruition
First released in 1999, Sisqo’s “Thong Song” became an early-2000s pop culture touchstone. Now, in 2025, French DJ and producer Joezi reworks the track for a different context: late-night festival sets, open-air dancefloors, and the steadily evolving Afro House landscape.
Built in close collaboration with Adame and featuring re-recorded vocals from Sisqo himself, the track filters the original through Joezi and Adame’s signature sound while maintaining the song’s most recognisable motifs. The result is a rework that stays true to the original while being built for modern spaces.
The idea traces back to 2022, when Joezi began DMing Sisqo about the possibility of revisiting the song. Nothing materialised until early 2024, when his manager and Adame showed up at Joezi’s door with the first draft of the remix. “I was half asleep like, no way this is real!” he recalled. The next step: re-engage Sisqo and make the collaboration official.
Sessions took place in Miami, with Sisqo re-recording his parts in the same animated, maximalist spirit that shaped the original. “Sisqo brought that same wild energy from back in the day. We even recreated the spirit of the original music video,” said Joezi. “Dancers, fun, full 1999 mode.”
While much of Joezi’s catalogue leans into melodic, rhythmically detailed Afro House, the “Thong Song” rework sits at a slightly different intersection - “I wanted to keep the soul of the track but bring it into the Afro house world — give it rhythm, heat, and something you feel on the dancefloor.” Key to the track’s identity is the decision to retain the original’s opening violin, which Joezi describes as “legendary.” Repositioned just before the drop, it becomes a familiar entry point that grounds the rework emotionally. The track has now become a standout moment in Joezi’s recent sets, often met with full-voice singalongs and major shifts in crowd energy.
Joezi describes the remix as part of a larger project: bridging generations through the lens of modern Afro House. “It’s playful, sexy, rhythmically rich,” he said, a distillation of where he sees the genre moving.
