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Shania Twain released her Spotify Singles session on Wednesday (March 15), and in addition to singing a new rendition of “Queen of Me,” the country star gave close friend Harry Styles a nod by covering his song “Falling.”
Twain was accompanied by a stunning piano, matching the original vibe of the track. “What am I now? What am I now?/ What if I’m someone I don’t want around?/ I’m falling again, I’m falling again, I’m falling/ What if I’m down? What if I’m out?/ What if I’m someone you won’t talk about?/ I’m falling again, I’m falling again, I’m falling,” she sang on the track, adding a country flair to a few choice moments.
“The studio is one of my favorite places to be and I got to spend a couple of days in @Spotify’s studios to record a live band version of ‘Queen Of Me’ and two covers, @Harry_Styles’ Falling and Howlin Wolf’s Spoonful,” Twain tweeted Wednesday. “Thank you for having me Spotify.”
“Falling” was released at the second single from Styles’ second studio album, Fine Line, peaking at No. 62 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The “You’re Still the One” singer shared how she and Styles became pals during a Jan. 4 episode of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. “He was playing a show in New York … This is before he really blew up,” she explained. “I went backstage to meet him. We became texting friends.”
After Twain became close to Styles, he asked her to wish his mom a happy birthday over the phone, she recalled. “‘My mom was a big influence on me and why I grew up with your music,’” Twain said. “I called her up and wished her happy birthday. Harry and I have been friends ever since.”
While a collaboration has yet to happen between the two — “[A collaboration] would be my dream,” Twain said in a November interview — the pair did join forces to perform “Man! I Feel Like a Woman!” and “You’re Still the One” for Styles’ set at 2022’s Coachella.
Listen to Shania Twain’s cover of “Falling” below.
St. Vincent put her own spin on a classic from Portishead‘s catalog for the Wednesday episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, receiving some assistance from The Roots on the electronic band’s 1994 track “Glory Box.”
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In addition to being joined by The Roots, several violinists also appeared onstage to provide further depth to the track. Vincent took center stage wearing an all-black leather ensemble, red lipstick and shimmering eyeshadow.
“I’m so tired of playing/ Playing with this bow and arrow/ Gonna give my heart away/ Leave it to the other girls to play/ For I’ve been a temptress too long/ Just…/ Give me a reason to love you/ Give me a reason to be a woman/ I just wanna be a woman,” she passionately sang on her rendition of the track.
“Glory Box” was released as the third single from Portishead’s debut studio album, Dummy. Though the track did not chart — the album’s second single, “Sour Times,” peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 53 in February 1995 — the LP became the electronic band’s first entry on the Billboard 200, peaking at No. 79.
Up next for St. Vincent is an appearance at the seventh annual Love Rocks NYC event on Thursday (March 9); James Taylor, Sheryl Crow, Pat Benatar and more will also perform at the event.
Watch St. Vincent and The Roots’ cover of the track in the video above.
Ever felt “just like a tourist in the city you were born?” Kelly Clarkson can relate, as she covered Death Cab for Cutie‘s 2011 track “You Are a Tourist” for The Kelly Clarkson Show‘s opening Kellyoke segment on Friday (March 3).
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Accompanied by her band Y’all, the three-time Grammy winner put her own peaceful spin on the alternative track, using her signature belt to execute soaring high notes and stunning vibrato moments. “‘Cause when you find yourself a villain/ In the story you have written/ It’s plain to see/ That sometimes the best intentions/ Are in need of redemption/ Would you agree/ If so, please show me,” Clarkson passionately sang on her rendition of the track.
“You Are a Tourist” was released as the first single from Death Cab for Cutie’s seventh studio album, Codes and Keys, in 2011. The track topped Billboard‘s Alternative Airplay chart, one of the band’s now eight No. 1s on the tally.
Clarkson’s cover of Death Cab‘s hit comes at an appropriate time, as the band just collected its eighth Adult Alternative Airplay chart-topper with “Pepper,” which crowns the chart dated March 11. The single marked the band’s second No. 1 in a row, following the eight-week ruler “Here to Forever,” which led in August-October 2022.
Listen to Clarkson cover Death Cab for Cutie’s “You Are a Tourist” for the latest Kellyoke in the video above.
All aboard the time machine. With her newest Kellyoke cover, Kelly Clarkson is taking us from 2023 back to 1982 with a song about 1999 — or should we say, the song about 1999, Prince‘s apocalyptic synth smash from his fifth studio album of the same name.
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With purple lights (because, of course) raining down on her and her two backup singers, Clarkson honored Prince’s original hit while still making it her own, effortlessly adding riffs and high notes to the track’s chugging melody. “The sky was all purple there were people running everywhere,” she belted Thursday (Feb. 9), warped synths filling in the gaps between lyrics. “Tryin’ to run from the destruction, you know I didn’t even care.”
“Say, say, 2000-00, party over, oops, out of time/ So tonight I’m gonna party like it’s 1999/ War is all around us, my mind says prepare to fight/ So if I gotta die/ I’m gonna listen to my body tonight.”
It’s not the first time the three-time Grammy winner has covered Prince on The Kelly Clarkson Show. In 2021, she and her band Y’all channeled the High Priest of Pop with a performance of his iconic 1986 hit “Kiss,” which topped the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks the year it was released.
“1999” was released back when the year felt like centuries away, on the fifth of more than 40 studio albums released by Prince, 1982’s 1999. The track reached No. 12 on the Hot 100, meanwhile the album hit No. 7 on the Billboard 200.
Watch Kelly Clarkson perform Prince’s “1999” on The Kelly Clarkson Show in the above video.
Kelly Clarkson is ready to sing your praises, and she’s using a very fitting Camilla Yarbrough track to do it.
On Tuesday (Jan. 31), the American Idol alum brought down the house with a cover of Yarbrough’s “Take Yo’ Praise” on The Kelly Clarkson Show for its opening Kellyoke segment.
Accompanied by her band Y’all, Clarkson was possessed by the spirit of the track and delivered her version of the song in a soulful mid-range and full belt. The audience, enamored by Clarkson’s skill, clapped in unison as she performed.
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“We’ve come a long, long way together/ Through the hard times and the good/ I have to celebrate you, baby/ I have to praise you like I should/ You’re so rare/ So fine/ I’m so glad you’re mine/ You’re so rare/ So fine/ I’m so glad you’re mine,” the three-time Grammy winner sang, decorating her rendition of the track with her signature — and powerful — vocal runs for added flair.
“Take Yo’ Praise” was released as a single from Yarbrough’s first album, The Iron Pot Cooker, in 1975. The track was famously sampled in Fatboy Slim‘s “Praise You,” which was released as the third single from his second studio album, You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby. “Praise You” hit the Billboard Hot 100 top 40 in 1999, peaking at No. 36.
Listen to Kelly Clarkson’s soulful rendition of “Take Yo’ Praise” for the newest Kellyoke installment in the video above.
Country Kelly, oh how we love you. The Thursday (Jan. 26) episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show saw the American Idol alumn stepping up to the plate for yet another one of her fan favorite Kellyoke covers, and decided to give a country track a spin. The powerhouse singer went with Hailey Whitters’ “Everything She Ain’t,” and injected the song with her own unique twang.
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Accompanied by her band Y’all, Clarkson slipped into the sassy track with ease, letting her signature vibrato and runs shine through the track.
“The whiskey in your soda, the lime to your Corona/ Shotgun in your Tacoma, the Audrey to your Hank/ She’s got a little style and a Hollywood smile/ But believe me, honey, good as money in the bank/ I’m everything she is and everything she ain’t,” Clarkson soulfully sang on the chorus of the track.
“Everything She Ain’t” hails from Whitters’ third studio album, Raised, which was released in March. The country singer, whose song “A Beautiful Noise” earned a Grammy nomination last year in the song of the year category, had her television debut and performed “Everything She Ain’t” on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Jan. 25.
Clarkson’s cover of the Whitters track is just one of the few country songs she has offered up for Kellyoke recently. She also gave Taylor Swift’s “Better Man” a try for the show’s opening segment, as well as Christ Stapleton’s “You Should Probably Leave,” in the past week.
Watch Kelly Clarkson perform “Everything She Ain’t” in the video above.
You can take the girl out of rock music, but you can’t take rock music out of the girl. Kelly Clarkson proved that the saying is indeed true, as evidence by an energetic cover of The Offspring‘s “Come Out And Play (Keep Em’ Separated)” for the Tuesday (Jan. 17) installment of Kellyoke for her namesake talk show.
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Accompanied by her band Y’all, the “Since U Been Gone” singer lets her full vocal range shine through, letting her full bodied tone dominate the track’s chorus, which she punctuated with a soaring high note for good measure.
“Hey, man, you disrespecting me?/ Take him out (you gotta keep ’em separated)/ Hey, they don’t pay no mind/ If you’re under 18 you won’t be doing any time/ Hey, come out and play,” she sang, the band’s urgent guitar and drum instrumentals carrying the beat.
“Come Out and Play (Keep Em’ Separated)” was released as the second single from The Offspring’s third album, Smash. Widely regarded as the band’s mainstream breakthrough, the track hit No. 10 on Billboard‘s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, where it spent a total of 26 weeks. Upon its 1994 release, Smash reached the top 5 of the all genre Billboard 200, peaking at No. 4 and spending 101 weeks on the chart.
“Come Out and Play (Keep Em’ Separated)” is the latest rock song Clarkson has given a spin for Kellyoke in recent weeks — she gave Blink-182’s “All the Small Things” a shot on the Jan. 12 episode, and performed Duran Duran’s “Ordinary World” for the Jan. 6 episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show.
Watch Clarkson’s cover for “Come Out and Play (Keep Em’ Separated)” in the video below.
Kelly Clarkson wants to spread some sweetness in the new year.
To kick off the Wednesday (Jan. 4) episode of her namesake talk show, the singer serenaded the audience with a soulful rendition of Blake Shelton‘s 2011 hit “Honey Bee.”
Accompanied by her band Y’all, the “Since U Been Gone” singer was surrounded by honey-colored stage lights and injected the song by her fellow Voice coach with an appropriate country twang. “You’ll be my soft and sweet/ I’ll be your strong and steady/ You’ll be my glass of wine/ I’ll be your shot of whiskey/ You’ll be my sunny day/ I’ll be your shade tree/ You’ll be my honeysuckle/ I’ll be your honey bee,” she passionately sang.
“Honey Bee” was released as the lead single from Shelton’s sixth studio album, Red River Blue. The country track peaked at No. 13 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts.
Later on in the show, Clarkson invited fellow American Idol alum Justin Guarini to share special memories from his time on the show.
“It’s wild because we got shot out of the cannon, but I just loved being around and the fact that we were at the beginning of things, nobody knew what was up,” he reflected. “The stakes weren’t super high for us. We got to hang out so much.”
“If you ever have the chance to see Kelly and she says, ‘Hey, do you want to play a card game?’ Don’t,” he later advised actress Alexandra Daddario, also a guest on the show. “We would hang out and we would play speed because there were huge swaths of time, and I think I may have won twice in the hundreds of time that we played together.”
“I feel like I have natural caffeine in me, so it was really my game,” Clarkson added, to which Guarini said, “It was ridiculous! I just kept coming back for more.”
Watch Clarkson’s cover of “Honey Bee” in the video above.