Willow Covers Yungblud’s ‘The Funeral,’ Praises Song’s ‘Billy Idol Vibe’ – Rolling Stone

Willow put her personal emotional spin on Yungblud’s pop-punky single “The Funeral” by strumming it on an acoustic guitar and tapping into the lyrics’ intention throughout a efficiency for BBC Radio 1. The place the unique track is a straight-ahead, upbeat rocker, Willow slowed it down and drew out phrases like “I’ve been dancing at my funeral” whereas backed up by drums, electrical guitar, and upright bass, making it one thing of a folk-rock track. She carried out the track as a part of the station’s “Dwell Lounge Month” sequence.

“I simply love the lyrics,” she mentioned of the track, in accordance with NME.”I like simply the vibe that he’s giving on this track. It feels very like Billy Idol to me. I simply love the vibe that [Yungblud] has. And I realized it on acoustic guitar a number of months in the past and was identical to, ‘I actually love that track, so why not do this?’”

She additionally spoke to the instrumentation for the efficiency. “I needed to convey out the upright bass, y’know… give it a distinct vibe,” she mentioned. “Doing it in such a distinct manner… it simply fills my coronary heart. I’m so completely satisfied.”

Willow additionally rocked out a bit of tougher, performing her upbeat and anxious track, “Curious/Livid,” for the session. The track will seem on her upcoming album, <Coping Mechanism>, due out Oct. 7. She beforehand launched the singles “Hover Like a Goddess” and “Possibly It’s My Fault” from the album. “It’s all too typically in tender emotional states we attempt to blame our hurts on different folks,” she defined of the later monitor. “Despite the fact that none of us are excellent, in some capability it’s us who permit ourselves to get into conditions that don’t serve our highest function.”