{"id":79865,"date":"2025-09-15T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/?p=79865"},"modified":"2025-09-15T12:47:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T07:17:31","slug":"jump-up-and-joyride-skytris-dnb-ode-to-a-toyota-corolla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/2025\/09\/15\/jump-up-and-joyride-skytris-dnb-ode-to-a-toyota-corolla\/","title":{"rendered":"Jump-up and Joyride: SKYTRI&#8217;s DnB Ode to a Toyota Corolla"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Sometimes inspiration hits from the most unexpected places. For SKY, one half of the Aotearoa-based DJ duo SKYTRI, it came in the form of a 1991 Toyota Corolla.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speeding past the &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/1ybSuW3UyJVeBBRiGYQbnw\">Red Light<\/a>&#8216; (their debut release), the Auckland-based sisters shift gears with their latest high-octane release titled &#8216;THE TOYOTA COROLLA SONG.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Written by SKY, the track opens with a sample of Jeremy Clarkson\u2019s voice from Top Gear, before zipping through deep, punchy kick drums, rapid DnB grooves, fiery bass lines, and explosive jump-up hues all tuned for dancefloor combustion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the visuals and audio samples draw heavily from Top Gear&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e39u7hHDgvc\">Car vs Yacht<\/a>&#8221; episode (filmed along New Zealand\u2019s North Island), the track&#8217;s emotion engine runs deeper. It was their first car, gifted by their father at 18. The red 1991 Corolla became a vehicle of freedom, road trips, a quiet retreat, and many early memories for SKYTRI.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/0ON43FXMEdtYe8Tj5uDfws?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Years after parting ways, SKY found the same model once more, this time in a gleaming goldish-silver color and fell in love all over again. That car would soon become a trusted tour companion as SKYTRI\u2019s DJ career took off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SKY shared in a press note, \u201cWith my new car, I took her touring around the country as our DJ career progressed. One day, we decided to make a song about her.\u201c Reflecting on the journey, the DnB producer added, &#8220;This journey has made me love her even more. I can\u2019t believe it. The corolla changed my life. I\u2019ll be grateful forever.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>THE TOYOTA COROLLA SONG by SKYTRI is now streaming on all major audio platforms<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Find SKYTRI on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/2C8NNIUg4pQPpziFJkJUgM\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/skytri\">Soundcloud<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skytrimusic\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>For more new music releases, keep up with&nbsp;TFword&nbsp;on:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tf.word\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thefckingword\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thefckingword\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">X<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:9px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You May Also Like:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/2025\/08\/28\/addy-drops-debut-single-flip-dat\/\">ADDY Drops Debut Single, \u2018Flip Dat\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/2025\/09\/02\/klumzykhemist-drops-high-octane-debut-track-audiotrip\/\">Klumzykhemist Releases High Octane Debut Track, \u2018Audiotrip\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/2025\/09\/12\/richie-brains-the-once-in-a-lifetime-bass-music-supergroup\/\">Richie Brains \u2013 The Once-in-a-Lifetime Bass Music Supergroup<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes inspiration hits from the most unexpected places. For SKY, one half of the Aotearoa-based DJ duo SKYTRI, it came in the form of a 1991 Toyota Corolla. Speeding past the &#8216;Red Light&#8216; (their debut release), the Auckland-based sisters shift gears with their latest high-octane release titled &#8216;THE TOYOTA COROLLA SONG.&#8217; Written by SKY, the<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/2025\/09\/15\/jump-up-and-joyride-skytris-dnb-ode-to-a-toyota-corolla\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":184965156,"featured_media":79950,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7915,4294],"tags":[4333,9166,2980,1840,10508],"coauthors":[7147],"class_list":["post-79865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-featured","category-music","tag-drum-bass","tag-kiwi-artists","tag-music-news","tag-new-zealand","tag-skytri"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/184965156"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79865"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80420,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79865\/revisions\/80420"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79865"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=79865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}