Watch Sugababes cowl Lorde’s ‘What Was That’
Sugababes have lined Lorde‘s latest comeback single ‘What Was That’ – take a look at the efficiency beneath.
The pop trio – comprising Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan and Siobhán Donaghy – recorded a session for the first-ever Radio 1 Anthems Dwell Lounge yesterday (Could 15). They performed their basic hit ‘Too Misplaced In You’, latest music ‘Jungle’, and paid homage to Lorde.
For his or her spin on the monitor, Sugababes carried out alongside their dwell band. After a chugging electrical guitar intro, the group’s trademark vocal harmonies blended in a cappella earlier than the quilt progressed with synth and drums.
Lorde’s ‘What Was That’ arrived final month as the primary preview of the Kiwi pop star’s highly-anticipated fourth album, ‘Virgin’. Following on from 2021’s ‘Photo voltaic Energy’, the report is because of arrive on June 27 through Republic (pre-order here).
Later this yr, the singer will hit the street within the UK, Europe and North America for her ‘Ultrasound’ world tour. She not too long ago advised followers that the upcoming trek “might be our masterpiece”.
In a four-star assessment of ‘What Was That’, NME mentioned that “Lorde is again dancing at the hours of darkness and on emotional, electrical kind”. It added: “Right here’s hoping there’s extra the place this got here from and that this summer time actually is a Lorde summer time.”
Sugababes, in the meantime, launched their newest single ‘Weeds’ final month. They’re as a result of carry out at Radio 1’s Huge Weekend in Liverpool subsequent week, forward of their biggest-ever UK and European tour.
Throughout an interview with NME in March, the group talked about bouncing again as an impartial act, writing “thrilling” music with JADE, if followers can count on any deep cuts on their 2025 dates, a possible return to Glastonbury, and why they “hate the phrase ‘reunion’”.