Bruce Springsteen covers Lorde's “Royals”
01 March 2014, 17:10
| Written by
Luke Morgan Britton
(News)
Of all the very many people we’ve seen covering Lorde, it’s perhaps this newest addition to that long list by Bruce Springsteen that has always seemed the most unlikely.
The Boss paid tribute to the young popstar at a recent show in her hometown of Auckland, New Zealand, changing the lyrics slightly to “you can call me king bee”.
Watch that rendition beneath:
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