Oct 072025
 
Kevin Bacon Sings Sabrina Carpenter

Kevin Bacon covered Sabrina Carpenter…with his pigs on backing vocals. The actor now has a growing list of cover songs and can add “When Did You Get Hot?” to the list. Putting a parody spin on the lyrics, changing the line “Said, ‘Sabrina, don’t you know Devin?” to “Said, ‘I’m Bacon, you must be Kevin,”

Carpenter commented under his video, “the vibes on the farm are immaculate.” It’s already high praise to get the artist to comment on a cover song. But she followed up by sharing the video on her own Instagram with the caption “least expected but best cover of the year award!!”

“When Did You Get Hot?” is one of Carpenter’s latest releases, from her album Man’s Best Friend. Bacon’s choice to cover it highlights the song’s quick rise in visibility. The actor has an ongoing series of stripped-back covers, including singing Beyoncé’s “Heated” to his goats and Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” with his wife, Kyra Sedgwick. This cover was no different, performed in the sun with himself and his guitar. His vocals carried an easy, conversational tone that arguably is the only way to sing a pop song to pigs.

 

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Jul 312025
 
Best Cover Songs
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Dec 172024
 
Daisy Grenade

Daisy Grenade is an American pop-punk duo from New York, New York. Recently, the duet decided to put a spin on one of Sabrina Carpenter’s most popular tunes: “Taste.” The artists wrote, “On a song so clearly about two women, we thought, let’s make this into a duet – what if they’re talking back to each other?”

The end result is a high-octane, genre-swapped cover. This version of the tune begins with taunting vocals and wailing guitars… As it ramps up, we get classic pop-punk harmonies,  a la Avril. There’s something oddly satisfying about this version, with its bold feminine belted vocals, heart-beat-like kick drums, and freshly-penned and fiery guitar solos. 

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Dec 122024
 
Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan

One of the joys of TV specials by musicians is the duets that occur. One only need look to Bing Crosby and David Bowie’s version of “Little Drummer Boy to see how successful these duets might be. In Sabrina Carpenter’s new Netflix Christmas special, she is joined by fellow pop star Chappell Roan for a cover of Wham!’s “Last Christmas.” Keeping true to the aesthetic of both the special and Carpenter’s stage show, the two team up in a scene set late at night/early morning, while they sing the song karaoke style from a TV. The new version of the song plays up the sadness of the lyrics, with the more upbeat rhythm only coming in during the second verse. Continue reading »

Oct 312024
 
best covers of october 2024
Farmer’s Wife — Season of the Witch (Donovan cover)

Austin rockers Farmer’s Wife go full shoegaze-psych on this Donovan cover just in time for Halloween. They write: “Our cover of ‘Season of the Witch’ materialized out of a drum beat and pedal feedback two Halloweens ago. This creepy classic opened us to more experimentation and allowed us to dive into an eerier side of our sound.”

Fiona Apple — Lately (Don Heffington cover)

The late Don Heffington was an acclaimed drummer, so, naturally, his new tribute album includes drum greats like Jim Keltner. But he was also a singer-songwriter, so friends and collaborators like Jackson Browne, Victoria Williams, and Fiona Apple cover his songs. Apple selected “Lately,” the closing song on the final solo studio album of his lifetime, 2016’s Contemporary Abstractions in Folk Song and Dance. Continue reading »