 Speaking about her new material on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in 2012 , Aguilera revealed that the album was taking a while to record because " I don 't like to just get songs from producers . I like them to come from a personal place ... I 'm very excited . It 's fun , exciting , introspective , it 's going to be great " . " Lotus Intro " was inspired by Aguilera 's passion for " chill @-@ out " electronica . Recorded at Westlake Recording Studios in Los Angeles , California by Josh Mosser , " Lotus Intro " was written by Christina Aguilera , Dwayne Abernathy , Candice Pillay , Alexander Grant , and it was produced by Alex da Kid and Dem Jointz . Aguilera 's vocals were recorded by Oscar Ramirez at The Red Lips Room in Beverly Hills , California , while Aguilera and Pillay conducted the vocal production . Mike Delo Rio contributed additional vocals on the track , and J Browz added additional strings . The original demo of the track included a sample of M83 's " Midnight City " , but it was not approved and therefore not included on the final version . 
