Boygenius cowl Shania Twain’s ‘You are Nonetheless The One’
Boygenius have carried out a canopy of Shania Twain’s ‘You’re Nonetheless The One’ throughout a current look on BBC Radio 1.
The trio performed the 1998 hit in a stripped-back association, with Phoebe Bridgers and Julien Baker on guitar and mandolin, respectively, and the group – rounded out by Lucy Dacus – singing stacked harmonies throughout its choruses. Bridgers and Dacus every take a verse, with Baker taking up throughout its last refrain.
Watch Boygenius’ cowl of Shania Twain’s ‘You’re Nonetheless The One’ beneath:
Boygenius’ look on BBC Radio 1 arrives on the finish of a breakout 12 months for the trio. In March, they launched ‘The Report’, their debut full-length album and the follow-up to their acclaimed 2018 self-titled EP.
‘The Report’ obtained a glowing five-star evaluate from NME, with Erica Campbell praising the trio’s distinctive chemistry. “This debut is a beautiful testomony to what can occur while you permit your self to totally be seen,” she wrote. “Although every of the album’s 12 tracks may have match properly on considered one of their private information, their work collectively takes on a brighter bolder existence, enabling them to mild up individually and collectively on the identical time.”
Most not too long ago, ‘The Report’ was named NME’s album of 2023. Commemorating the album’s main place on NME’s albums of 2023 listing, Rhian Daly praised its core theme of friendship, writing: “Though the album lined the bottom of relationships of many alternative varieties, at its core it centred on the friendship between three of this era’s most incisive songwriters – each lyrically and the performances captured on it.”
In an interview following their emergence on the prime of NME’s listing, Phoebe Bridgers spoke in regards to the acclaim their debut album obtained. “It rocks,” she mentioned. “A lot has modified for the reason that starting of the 12 months, and it’s been our complete lives, so it’s good to be reminded that folks liked it.”
Following the discharge of ‘The Report’, the trio spent the remainder of the 12 months on tour. Throughout their present on the Hollywood Bowl on Halloween, Dave Grohl made a visitor look behind the drum package throughout a efficiency of ‘Satanist’. The trio later revealed that Grohl was initially scheduled to take part within the recording of ‘The Report’, however “slept via” the session and didn’t find yourself assembly.
In November, Boygenius have been nominated in six classes on the 2024 Grammy Awards together with Greatest Various Music Album, Report of the 12 months and Album of the 12 months, the latter of which can see the band compete with a number of different heavyweights together with Lana Del Rey, Miley Cyrus, Olivia Rodrigo, SZA and Taylor Swift.