Very few people, if any, have fond memories of Internet dial-up tones, but somehow DNCE has managed to make the irritating '90s online staple into modern times pop bliss. On Tuesday (March 1), the Joe Jonas led pop group released a new cover of Rihanna's "Work," featuring office supplies, and yes, dial-up tones.
The creative ANTI track cover features DNCE playing with a variety of office supplies, including a tax calculator, old school keyboard, scissors and paper, rotary phones, water coolers, Post-It notes and staplers. Using these everyday supplies, the group recreated the music of "Work," while Jonas belts out Rihanna's part (at two-and-a-half minutes, this "Work" cover cuts out Drake's verse).
Though Jonas lacks Rihanna's patois (which really fully makes the original track stand out), he brings his own sense of attitude to the vocals. Jonas' intense reading of "Work" is only emphasized by his performance in the cover's music video. As the rest of DNCE plays with the various office equipment used to make this track, Jonas speaks into a pink rotary phone, and his face ranges from angry to sassy to incredulous. He really knows how to work a stapler, too.
"Work," originally by Rihanna is the lead single from her eighth studio album ANTI. "Work" also sits at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second straight week this week. But, DNCE are having their own breakout chart success. Their debut single "Cake by the Ocean" broke into the top 10 last week and rose to No. 9.
