'One Voice' by David Guetta mixes up style, aids humanitarian efforts of United Nations

French DJ and producer David Guetta has a song of a whole new sound: "One Voice." He made the song as part of a partnership with the United Nations, hoping that fans can donate to humanitarian relief through their tweets alone, the Associated Press reports. The song features Mikky Ekko and is a change for Guetta. He explains:

"It's a big turn for me...I've never had songs that are like this kind of subject, so I'm really excited about this. It's a big change lyrically, but also sonically. Just, you know, growing up, trying to do something bigger than myself," Guetta said. "It's a big stretch from 'Sexy Bitch,'" he added.

Tonight, Guetta will project the "One Voice" video onto the side of the UN building in New York City, with the support of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. This will start building awareness for "The World Needs More..." humanitarian aid campaign.

Tweets can prompt a $1 donation when someone completes the sentence "The world needs more ..." in a tweet, and then includes the hashtags: #worldneedsmore #yourword. Sponsors have chosen words like education, dreams, empowerment and inclusion. Guetta's word is "love." You can also donate by text if that sounds confusing. You can begin sponsoring now to unlock the music video on the World Humanitarian Day website. Participating so far are 1,886,000 people and counting.

World Humanitarian Day is actually August 19th. While this campaign was inspired by the relief need after the devastation caused by Typhoon Hyian in the Philippines, funds will go to "other parts of the world like Syria, and everywhere people are suffering," as well, according to Guetta.

Guetta has donated a song for a UN fundraiser in the past. He delivers some powerful world about what participating in the campaign can do:

"People don't realize how much the U.N. is just giving food to people that are hungry and water to people who need water to survive, and just helping people in crisis everywhere in the world," he said. "I was saying like how much I was surprised. If you watch the news, you see more of the political aspect of it. Hopefully the people that are following me on social media can be touched by this."

Will you consider participating in "The World Needs More..." humanitarian campaign on twitter?

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