[INFO] Billboard asked its editors how important JENNIE’s remix was to “Dracula” becoming a Hot 100 Top 10 hit.
(A decade ago, Kevin Parker of Tame Impala was a psych-rock critics' darling. This week, he has the most-played pop radio hit in the country, with assistance from JENNIE, he now has one of the biggest pop hits in the country.)
Eric Renner Brown: This song isn’t a Hot 100 top 10 without JENNIE on it. Her starpower is what lifted this beyond his normal alternative wheelhouse
Kyle Denis: Very important. JENNIE is a huge star who brings “Dracula” to an audience that may have never clicked play on a Tame Impala track.
Andrew Unterberger: Undeniably important, in the sense that the viral trend associated with the JENNIE vocal (“My friends are saying, ‘Shut up, Jennie….'”) was what first helped the song get a second wind on the Hot 100 a few months back.
Christine Werthman: Hearing JENNIE sing, “My friends are saying, ‘Shut up, Jennie/ Just get in the car,’” is more fun than hearing Kevin say it, (..) I do appreciate that her vocal part is sprinkled throughout the song, rather than slapped on with a standalone verse at the end.