The French horn might not seem like the best fit for a cover of OutKast's "Hey Ya," but with a little help from technology, the instrument does the song complete justice.
In the video below, Patrick Godfrey kicks things off by looping mouth and body noises to fill out the song's rhythm before picking up his trusty horn. He then layers some sweet melodies and before you know it, you're listening to a pretty classy take of the rap duo's 2003 hit from Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. Thankfully, Godfrey has many other videos including covers of Awolnation's "Sail," Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off," Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" and the theme music from Game of Thrones.
OutKast is currently in their hometown of Atlanta for their festival extravaganza #ATLast. The group has a few more dates before they wrap things up in October. Despite the duo's 20th anniversary reunion, André 3000 told Billboard recently that the group has no plans to record a new album. "There are no plans to do [an Outkast album]. It's not like some people think: 'They're about to drop this album!' We don't have, like, one song. There's no trickery or nothing like that," he said.
The rapper also spoke about his music career, which has been winding down in recent years. "[But] usually, when artists get complete freedom, they end up doing nothing. And he was saying every artist needs some kind of opposition. My opposition is time, age. You can make music forever, but I think there's a magic window. I think you can go beyond your magic window and still be the greatest instrumentalist and greatest artist, but anything outside that magic window is just not resonating the same."
