If the heartbreak in Miley Cyrus‘ emotional single “Used to Be Younger” simply wasn’t fairly sufficient for you, then it is best to undoubtedly take a look at Lauv‘s much more devastating tackle the track in regards to the dangerous outdated good days.
The singer appeared on BBC 1’sRadio Lounge on Thursday (Oct. 12), and as is customary he carried out a canopy of his alternative. That alternative was Cyrus’ latest Billboard Scorching 100 prime 10 hit ballad, which Lauv stripped all the best way again to simply his aching voice and a keyboard.
“Reality is bulletproof there’s no fooling you I don’t gown the identical/ Me and who you stated I used to be yesterday have gone our separate methods/ Left my livin’ quick someplace prior to now, ’trigger that’ for chasin’ automobiles,” Lauv sang in a haunting falsetto over spare keys he tickled with nails painted with silver sparkly polish. The brooding model of Cyrus track ended with Lauv’s voice breaking as he whispered, “I do know I was loopy/ That’s ’trigger I was younger.”
Lauv additionally carried out an acoustic guitar model of his personal “Love U Like That” throughout the session, which he celebrated in an Instagram Story through which he wrote, “Miley Cyrus, you’re a queen. I lined ur track.”
Cyrus kicked off a TikTok sequence of “untold tales” from all through her profession additionally known as “Used to Be Younger” in August through which she took on the whole lot from her Hannah Montana years to why she by no means launched a video for “See You Once more.”
Watch Lauv’s cowl of “Used to Be Younger” beneath.
