In addition to the VMA win, "Calm Down" spent a record-setting 45 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart and became Rema's first-ever top-10 single in the United States.

When we were in the middle of a powerful emotion, we might feel a bit out of control and realise that it would be helpful to calm down. Learning how to calm ourselves is a really helpful skill.