Bahamas is the mastermind behind q's new theme song

It's energetic, intriguing, insistent without being overpowering and — as music geeks might detect — gently seasoned with a dash of Dr. Dre.

q's new theme music, revealed publicly for the first time on today's live re-launch show, is a catchy jam created by Afie Jurvanen a.k.a. Bahamas. The Juno award-winning artist (and q favourite) joins Shad on stage to discuss the creative process behind the new theme.

"My songs are usually like two and a half minutes long. This was about one minute of music so I thought 'it'll be half the amount of effort," says Jurvanen, to much audience laughter. "It actually turned out to be a lot more work than that." 

The artist also treats the crowd an acoustic version of his long-marinating, irony-free song Stronger Than That.