Since its release in November last year, Dasha’s viral smash hit Austin has racked up over 450 million streams on Spotify and hit No.5 in the UK, with audiences across the world joining in on the country star’s instantly memorable line dance. Here, producer and co-writer Travis Heidelman reveals the key to great collaboration, talks country music and traces the track’s journey from ballad to banger...

I was on the ground floor before Austin! I didn’t have a publisher or ...