AVELLO Supercharges BØRNS’ “Electric Love” Into a Dubstep Firestorm

Covering a song as beloved as BØRNS’ “Electric Love” is a gamble. The 2014 indie-pop hit captured a moment, a dreamy falsetto-driven anthem that made love sound like a cosmic spark. Most producers who attempt to drag a track like this onto the festival stage flatten its soul, leaving little more than karaoke with bass. Rising DJ and producer AVELLO manages to do something different: he reimagines it entirely while keeping the emotional core intact.

Out now via Thrive, AVELLO’s version is a crystalline dubstep eruption. He replaces BØRNS’ fragile restraint with a voltage of his own, both as producer and vocalist. Re-recording the vocals is a bold move, but it works. His delivery sharpens the lyrics into something more urgent, almost dangerous, as if love really could strike like lightning and fry your nervous system.

When the first drop hits, nostalgia gets obliterated. AVELLO layers soaring falsettos with snarling saws and tremoring LFO synths, transforming the original’s delicate glam-pop into a euphoric bass storm built for peak-time festival chaos. What was once intimate becomes explosive, and that tension is the track’s power.

“I have a strong sense of nostalgia for songs from this era,” AVELLO said, explaining how the original soundtracked his high school years. That sense of memory fuels the cover, but the production choices keep it from feeling like a retread. Instead, it’s a resurrection, love transformed from dreamy metaphor into raw current.

The track has already earned co-signs from bass heavyweights Subtronics, Excision, Alison Wonderland, and Levity, and with AVELLO recently signing to UTA and working with Adventure Club, this feels like his breakout moment.