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Songs We Love: Peggy Gou, 'It Makes You Forget (Itgehane)'

"Everyone has something they want to forget, so let's try to achieve that in this song, in this moment," the Korean producer says.
Peggy Gou's <em>Once</em> EP is out now.

Baked into the sweltering acid-funk of Peggy Gou's "" is a voice softly chanting,​ "Il-i-sam-sa, il-i-sam-sa." It's Gou counting to the beat in her native Korean​​ and seductively drawing you in. That song, released in 2016 on a 12-inch for the Phonica, ​out this month on Ninja Tune.

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