"Flying Octopus" is a song by Canadian electronic music producer Rezz, released by Canadian record label

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on 19 July 2018 as the third single from her second studio album ''

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Background and release

On 18 July 2018, Rezazadeh released a 48-second long

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of her then upcoming song "Flying Octopus" via her

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account. On 19 July, Rezazadeh released the song as a digital download alongside a music video. The music video featured an octopus and friends constructing a submarine to escape the ocean depths to fly to Rezz on

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. The music video was produced by Irish

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studio Pink Kong Studios. Upon release, Rezazadeh commented about the song, writing "It’s very chill. Not headbang worthy by any means, more like ‘building a puzzle’ music or like a bunch of flying octopus’ floating around..." The song was released as part of Rezazadeh's second

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titled ''Certain Kind of Magic'' released on 3 August 2018. It was the third track on the album, which also includes seven other songs.

Critical reception

Grace Fleisher of '' Dancing Astronaut'' noted that the music video leans heavily on a lighthearted message of camaraderie, which she wrote had aligned "perfectly with the ''Mass Manipulation'' producer’s cult fan base." Writing for ''Your EDM,'' Matthew Meadow noted that the song was much more relaxed when compared to Rezazadeh's previous works, writing that because of the slower tempo that the song was written in (around 80 to 90 beats per minute), the song was one of the most atmospheric tracks she had produced yet.

Track listing

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the music video of "Flying Octopus" on

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: Music Video * Production Company – The Field Inc. * Exec. Producer – Cherie Sinclair *

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– Aoífe Doyle and Stefan Grambart * Label – Mau5trap Venture Limited Song personnel * Songwriting and

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– Isabelle Rezazadeh

Release history

References

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