Websites like Genius seem to call this song by The Japanese House called "Over There" a sample for My Eyes

the lead singer Amber Bain describes the process behind the song in an interview with Apple Music:

"Musically, I was in a bit of a rut and [US producer] BJ Burton sent me something that he and [Bon Iver’s] Justin Vernon had been working on. I started writing over the little loop he sent me—luckily they said I could keep using the chords, because that would have really thrown a spanner in the works!"

The song released on June 30, 2023 - it's not necessarily rare for hip hop songs to sample unreleased (at the time) music, for example using Bon Iver itself, this song samples an unreleased track that was given to Kanye West during the Wyoming Sessions

However in the case of My Eyes the song "Over There" is not sampled on the track, it is actually a very interesting case of the same loop being used by two different artists, completely unrelated to each other, getting released around the same time.

As this video demonstrates:
reddit.com/r/travisscott/comments/15ddtmv/bon_iver_justin_vernon_playing_my_eyes_demo_from

this appears to be an early demo of the song when Travis Scott got his hands on the loop, Justin Vernon has added his vocals and a reference artist named "Dua Saleh" performs Travis' first verse

As the OP of that thread cleverly noticed, the Over There song actually modifies the sample loop while the My Eyes loop is completely unchanged from the demo

So basically, what we have gotten is BJ Burton and Justin Vernon were working on a sample loop and they ended up giving it to two artists: The Japanese House and Travis Scott, who both ended up releasing their own interpretations of it - idk if im the only one but I find it really fascinating to see how two very different artists take a sample and mould it into their own creations

My Eyes is my favourite song on Utopia, so I found it very interesting to learn the history behind the sample and how it ended up coming to be

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I didnt read it but can we pretend i did so i can hold the 10

Mid. Not reading.

whats your cashapp

lot of utopia threads today, bot farms workin overtime?

F*** off

My Eyes is a top 5 Trav song

Gotta reach that 400k projection I dont knock the hustle

Yep

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talk your s*** gary

Is this a joke thread troll thing or something why is everyone hating? I love this kinda song trivia session sample lineage stuff

this is cool. thanks op

i know them they're just trolling me

Ohh

Anyway I’d love to hear the og loop recording that Justin let them both use

they used the same loop but they made different beats out of it

crazy how music is made

S*** is crazy, good thread thanks for the cool read

He bit Frank Ocean and Frank Endless

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he didn’t bite s*** they both just had the same producers involved (Vegyn and Buddy Ross)

KTT just showing they don’t really love music like that

bite my nuts man

Very dope that both artists used the same instrumental within a month of each other, and interesting to see how differently they both used it