Check out Charli XCX's punk rendition of Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off"
10 February 2015, 14:50
| Written by
Laurence Day
Charli XCX has never shied away from punk, and this new snotty rendition of Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off" keeps that streak alive.
She even covered Snuffed By The Yakuza’s “Allergic To Love” last year, and while her new cover's not strictly punk, really, it's got the bite and aggression that you'd normally associate with the genre. It sure sounds a lot different from the original, anyway.
The cover was performed in the Radio 1 Live Lounge earlier today (10 February) to rapturous applause.
Sucker is finally out on 16 February via Asylum.
Stream a radio rip below.
[via Stereogum]
Latest
- Pip Blom announce first independent release, Grip EP
- Real Estate announce compilation album, The Wee Small Hours: B-Sides and Other Detritus 2011-2025
- The Itch sign with Fiction/I OH YOU and launch double single, "The Influencer" and "Co-Conspirator"
- GRÓA announce new album, Drop P and share double single, "ugh" / "beauty tips"
- salute shares Hudson Mohawke remix of "saving flowers" featuring Rina Sawayama
- Hotline TNT reveal new album preview, “Candle”
- Sufjan Stevens unveils previously unheard "Death With Dignity (Demo)"
Get the Best Fit take on the week in music direct to your inbox every Friday
Read next
News
Listen
“Self Soothing” is Ailsa Tully’s quietly liberating comeback
BIG WETT embraces the femme with a defiant machismo on "NO REGRETS"
Indie-folk artist Eden J Howells crafts a vulnerable ode to love with their single “aphrodite”
Danish experimental artist GB creates an intriguing portrait in his latest dreamy guitar-pop track “Fiction Memory”
8485’s “G.I.R.L.” is an early aughts anthem for the chronically online
Le Charme’s “Garden (I Know You Want Me, You Want More)” is a postcard etched, but never sent
Reviews
Car Seat Headrest
The Scholars
30 Apr 2025
Model/Actriz
Pirouette
30 Apr 2025
Samantha Crain
Gumshoe
30 Apr 2025
Prima Queen
The Prize
25 Apr 2025
