Kygo is back in the BBC Radio One Live Lounge. This time he is in with UK vocalist Ella Henderson to cover Taylor Swift's new single "Wildest Dreams" taken from her wildly successful album 1989.
The cover adds a different element to the Swift song, stripping away all of the well-produced elements of the original in favor of just a piano and a female voice. Kygo sits down at a piano, as he has shown in the past in music videos and other Live Lounge appearances. He keeps the moodiness and emotion of the original melody, while Ella Henderson belts out the song with a similar pop flair as Swift, but a little more subdued than the radio-friendly single.
Taylor Swift has been covered countless times, most notably by Ryan Adams who was so moved by 1989 that he did an entire cover album, but this has to be up there with the best of them.
This is not the first time Kygo has appeared in the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge. He was last in there with Parson James, his collaborator on their single "Stole The Show" to cover Tove Lo's hit single "Habits."
Kygo and Ella Henderson are working together on this cover as a result of their new single "Here For You," which was released in the beginning of September. An accompanying music video featuring Kygo again on piano surrounded by partying models was shared at the end of the month. The track was originally released as part Ultra Music Festival's promotional campaign at the beginning of the year without a vocal. Then in September Ella Henderson was added to fit with other tracks in Kygo's discography.
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