Toronto hip-hop vet k-os is back with a new track, but it's not exactly what you'd expect. For his latest, k-os has decided to go all classic power pop on us and cover the Cars' "Just What I Needed."
While k-os is not a complete stranger to the rock world, his cover of the classic track is still a bit surprising.
In a statement, here's what k-os had to say of the cover:
Transcending music genres has always been a fun task I've undertaken as a music creator. In my search for new genres to play in power pop remains the most foreign, and elusive. It's a mood you can't fake. Covering an anthem like "Just What I Needed" by the Cars is a truly dream come true!
Firstly, because if you cover a song like this correctly, you come away from it understanding something secret that the original artists hid inside the song. Secondly, because it's definitely the type of music I should be releasing to help entertain human beings while in pandemic lockdown.
Power pop has been described as a song genre of energetic performances, and happy sounding music underpinned by a sense of yearning, longing, or despair. Ironically, this is exactly how I would describe the music I've been making my whole life, A Joyful Rebellion.
Check out k-os' cover of "Just What I Needed" below.
While k-os is not a complete stranger to the rock world, his cover of the classic track is still a bit surprising.
In a statement, here's what k-os had to say of the cover:
Transcending music genres has always been a fun task I've undertaken as a music creator. In my search for new genres to play in power pop remains the most foreign, and elusive. It's a mood you can't fake. Covering an anthem like "Just What I Needed" by the Cars is a truly dream come true!
Firstly, because if you cover a song like this correctly, you come away from it understanding something secret that the original artists hid inside the song. Secondly, because it's definitely the type of music I should be releasing to help entertain human beings while in pandemic lockdown.
Power pop has been described as a song genre of energetic performances, and happy sounding music underpinned by a sense of yearning, longing, or despair. Ironically, this is exactly how I would describe the music I've been making my whole life, A Joyful Rebellion.
Check out k-os' cover of "Just What I Needed" below.