Complex

Watch the One-Take Video for SAINt JHN's "Roses (Imanbek Remix)"

SAINt JHN has returned with another one-take video, this time for the "Roses (Imanbek Remix)." In the visual, we see the artist and three women through the windshield of a car. They dance as lyrics ...
Complex

SAINt JHN and J Balvin Join Forces on the Imanbek Remix of "Roses"

Following the continued success of his 2016 song "Roses," which received a whole new life thanks to the Imanbek remix, SAINt JHN has recruited J Balvin for the latest version of the track. Using the ...
GQ

SAINt JHN Isn’t Stopping to Smell the Roses

You know “Roses (Imanbek Remix).” Even in pandemic times, it’s omnipresent. The song, by SAINt JHN, is a smash, the kind that only comes once in a lifetime for some artists: peaked at number four on ...
Variety

Pitch-Shifted and Perfect: How Kazakhstani Remixer Imanbek Rode Saint Jhn’s ‘Roses’ to a Grammy Nomination

One of 2020’s biggest songs is also among its most surprising success stories. Credit 20-year-old Kazakhstani producer Imanbek who, in 2019, was virtually unknown to most of the world. That changed ...
Rolling Stone

How a Snapchat Filter Assisted a Song Up the Charts

SAINt JHN isn’t a household name — yet — but on Monday morning, the Guyanese-American rapper, songwriter, and producer’s “Roses (Imanbek Remix)” was #1 on Shazam’s Top 200 U.S. chart. Meanwhile, on ...
The New York Times

Meet the 19-Year-Old From Kazakhstan Who Remixed ‘Roses’ Into a Hit

Imanbek was working at his local train station when he stumbled onto a Saint Jhn song ripe for a dancey redo. The result boosted both artists to a new level. By Luke Winkie Imanbek Zeikenov is 19 ...