Wisp (aka Natalie Lu) is a musician known for combining nu-metal with shoegaze sounds. The resulting combination is something completely unique—and this time, the artist took on Coldplay’s post-Britpop hit from Parachutes. “Yellow” is romantic already, but in this sonic light, it takes on a completely new feeling.
When Wisp croons “Look at the stars,” it’s not a stanza; it’s instructions which listeners feel compelled to follow. As the video pans from thistle to thistle in a golden field, the steady guitar and whispered vocals lull us for a moment. That is, until a deep wave of bass rises and falls. Next, string synths add a glow to the background. Birds fly over the field as the heavenly chorus swells, and then, it hits. A bold, distorted guitar line makes the sound not just blossom, but explode. And just like that, it calms back down, like swans floating on water.
“‘Yellow’ to me is a childhood memory that I wanted to rendition into my present life,” Wisp shared. “A song that I never understood the depth of, to now relating to the lyrics and singing them with the emotion of my romantic journeys this past year.”
You haven’t heard “Yellow” like this before. Listen to this masterpiece of a cover below.
