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topicnews · October 24, 2024

Watch Beabadoobee reimagine Sabrina Carpenter’s “Taste.”

Watch Beabadoobee reimagine Sabrina Carpenter’s “Taste.”

The British singer/songwriter turns Carpenter’s pop-rock hit into a sweeter acoustic jam and mixes it with a 23-year-old hit

It’s official: Sabrina Carpenter covers are the new Chappell Roan covers. Not long after Saturday Night Live (with help from Ariana Grande) turned “Espresso” into the ultra-viral “Bridesmaid Speech,” aka “Domingo,” British singer/songwriter Beabadoobee has jumped into the ring with a reimagined version of Carpenter’s “Taste.”

In the rendition, recorded live at BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge, Beabadoobee transforms Carpenter’s snappy pop-rock hit into something mellower, with a slightly rustic arrangement of acoustic guitar and strings – almost like the Corrs would have done . To emphasize this, she seamlessly inserts a portion of that band’s 2000 hit “Breathless” into the performance before returning to “Taste.”

“Taste” peaked at number 2 on the US Hot 100, but is even more popular in the UK, topping the charts there for 20 weeks. It currently sits at number 8 in the US, accompanied by two other Carpenter songs that are still in the top ten: “Espresso” at number 3 and “Please Please Please” at number 10.

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Beabadoobee, meanwhile, released their third full-length album, This is how the future movesin August. On this Rick Rubin-produced album, according to Rolling Stone’s review, she “steps out of the whimsical world she built on 2022’s Beatopia and confronts the messy reality of growing up… Bea has crystallized her sonic landscape thanks to her mastery of the guitar and guitar.” her angelic performance.”

Earlier this year, Carpenter said Rolling Stone She wants the stories of romantic misadventures in songs like “Taste” to make listeners feel better about their own lives. “I hope that despite my flaws, they find what they need to get through their lives,” she said, “because I think the more open I am about my experiences, the more other people say, ‘Oh, Maybe that’s okay.’” That’s what happened to me. It’s not the end of the world.’”