Some songs are so excellent as they’re when carried out by the unique artist that it’s a idiot’s errand to try to cowl them. That, in fact, hasn’t stopped anybody with a piano and a satisfactory voice giving the Beatles’ “Hey Jude” a go.
The identical may be mentioned about Mazzy Star‘s signature 1994 single “Fade Into You,” a gauzy smoke path of a ballad that’s so completely exhaled by singer Hope Sandoval that it’s exhausting to consider a technique to finest the monitor that gave the group its solely entry on the Billboard Scorching 100 when it peaked at No. 44 that yr.
Clearly no person warned Kelly Clarkson, as a result of on Wednesday’s (Feb. 22) episode of the singer’s every day syndicated discuss present she took on “Fade” as a part of her beloved Kellyoke phase and, as if we have now to even say it, Clarkson killed it. Together with her My Band Y’all ladling out the track’s molasses-thick musical mattress behind her, Clarkson stood completely nonetheless and did what she does finest: poured her honeyed vocals all around the monitor and captured its intense longing and craving for a deeper connection in a manner solely she will.
Clarkson didn’t attempt to amp up the already-present drama with a flashy vocal run, however as an alternative trusted the track’s inherent drama whereas placing her patented country-meets-R&B stank on it. Wednesday’s cowl was a in line with the emotional theme to this point this week, which to this point has additionally featured her tackle Dermot Kennedy’s upbeat ballad “Higher Days.”
Take a look at Clarkson’s cowl of “Fade Into You” beneath.
