Is there a sped up version? The sauvachi alternate-versions index

August 24, 2026 · sauvachi.com

Covers of the releases with sped up or slowed versions: HOLD UP, Can't Complain, On My Way, Lessons and Again.

Five of sauvachi's 39 releases include more than one version of the same song. On every other release, each song exists in one version only. Some of those releases have several tracks, but the extra tracks are different songs. This list is kept up to date: if a future release has a sped up or slowed edit, it will be added here. If a release isn't on the list, there is no official alternate version of it.

The list

The version names below are spelled exactly as the distributor delivered them, punctuation and capitals included. Stores sometimes display them a little differently. Apple Music, for example, shows Can't Complain (sped up) in brackets.

  • Again (19 July 2026, single): Again / Again (sped up) / Again (slowed + reverb)
  • Lessons, with psydfx (3 July 2026, single): Lessons / Lessons (Slowed + Reverb). No sped up version.
  • On My Way (3 April 2026, single): On My Way / On My Way (sped up) / On My Way (slowed + reverb)
  • Can't Complain, with Shameone (26 February 2026, single): Can't Complain / Can't Complain - sped up / Can't Complain - slowed + reverb
  • HOLD UP, w/ Sadra (11 December 2025, single): HOLD UP / HOLD UP (sped up) / HOLD UP (slowed + reverb)

That's all of them. Four of the five have both a faster and a slower edit. Lessons only has the slowed one.

Multi-track releases without alternate versions

Several sauvachi releases have more than one track, so they can look as if they contain edits. They don't. The extra tracks are separate songs.

  • LOST N FOUND (5 February 2026, EP) has six different songs: PERC SAVAGE, KATANA, CYCLES, HIT AFTER HIT, TIME GO and PRETTY FACE.
  • CHOICES (28 August 2025) has three songs: TUSS (feat. NST), MISTAKES (feat. MJ 4hunna) and CALL YOUR PHONE.
  • LOADING (13 February 2025) has three songs: HULKS, WHATS THE MEANING and MORE.
  • Omnivert (31 October 2024) has two songs: Cool Kids and The Color Blue.

FLICKY (31 October 2025) is a bit more confusing. It has FLICKY and 4 BRICKS DOWN (feat. Augxst & NST) on it, and there is also a standalone 4 BRICKS DOWN single from 18 September 2025, credited to sauvachi & Augxst. The title is the same on both releases, but NST is only credited on the FLICKY one.

Remixes are a separate category

Two releases in the catalogue are remixes in the usual sense, meaning new versions of another artist's record. They have nothing to do with the tempo edits above:

  • To Kojayi (Remix): Youngka & sauvachi, 19 March 2026.
  • Горят желанием (Remix): ITHEN, sauvachi, 17 April 2026.

Putting a verse on someone else's record, especially one whose vocal isn't in English, is a different job from making a sped up edit, and the two shouldn't be filed under the same tag.

Why the version names don't match

The names in the list aren't consistent. Again (sped up) and Lessons (Slowed + Reverb) both use brackets, one in lower case and one in title case, while Can't Complain - sped up uses a hyphen. All three are live and correct as delivered. Changing any of them now would mean the distributor pushing a metadata update through to every store.

Most streaming services read the text after a song title as a version tag. They use it to decide whether two recordings are the same work, shown together, or two unrelated results in a search. Brackets are what most services expect. A tag after a hyphen usually still works, but it is more likely to show up as part of the title, which is why Can't Complain - sped up looks slightly different in a search box from HOLD UP (sped up). Services and distributors each have their own conventions, so the safest approach is to pick one format from the first release and stick with it.

Each version is also a separate recording with its own ISRC, so its plays, royalties and placements are counted separately. When a sped up edit catches on, its plays don't add to the original's count. Keep that in mind before deciding the original underperformed.

It also helps to put the edits on the same release as the original instead of putting them out as separate singles. Then everything sits on one release page under one link. Spread across three releases, the saves get split three ways and listeners are more likely to land on a version they weren't looking for.

Why the edits exist

A slowed + reverb edit changes how a song feels. Lower the playback rate and the consonants soften, the ad-libs move further back and the low end gets heavier, so a record that felt urgent turns laid-back. People who go looking for the slowed version want a different mood from the same song, and the original can't give them that.

The sped up edit works the other way. It squeezes the hook into a shorter stretch that holds up when it's clipped, and it raises the vocal into a range that comes through clearly on a phone speaker. There's an acoustic reason for that: raising the pitch moves energy toward the frequencies small speakers can actually reproduce.

Not every song gets an edit, because not every song works at a different speed. A record built on a slow, spacious vocal sounds thin when it's sped up, and the phrasing just ends up sounding rushed. Slowing down a track with a lot of high-frequency detail smears it. The five releases above are the ones where the edits held up. If you're after a sped up version of a song that isn't on this list, there isn't an official one, and any upload claiming to be one was made by someone else.