I don't always love when an artist from another genre takes a country song and covers it. It usually ends up sounding less country than the original. And even if it's good, it's just not as good.
This Jessie J cover version, though? Totally different story. She is an English singer-songwriter (real name Jessica Cornish) with kind of a pop/rap/R&B sound, if that's a thing. I really only knew of her from that amazing "Price Tag" song. But now? After she did this mind-blowing thing with Taylor Swift's "I Knew You Were Trouble," I want to know everything about her and her music.
Last week, she turned it into more of a slow, quiet, mournful, haunting acoustic ballad. It actually sounds a bit more country than Swift's original version.
Jessie J did it for BBC Radio 1′s Live Lounge with just a microphone and a sideman on guitar. She was there to promote her new album, Alive, which sadly does not actually include her version of the Swift hit. And then, of course, she tweeted about it, saying, "Here is my cover of @ taylorswift13 'I knew you were trouble' for Radio1 live lounge! It's had 83k views in 24 hours! Wow!"
I'm not sure if that's the power of Twitter, the BBC, Swift's 34 million followers, Jessie J's own 6 million followers or a combination of them all. And, of course, a really, really cool song done in a very moving new way.
This Jessie J cover version, though? Totally different story. She is an English singer-songwriter (real name Jessica Cornish) with kind of a pop/rap/R&B sound, if that's a thing. I really only knew of her from that amazing "Price Tag" song. But now? After she did this mind-blowing thing with Taylor Swift's "I Knew You Were Trouble," I want to know everything about her and her music.
Last week, she turned it into more of a slow, quiet, mournful, haunting acoustic ballad. It actually sounds a bit more country than Swift's original version.
Jessie J did it for BBC Radio 1′s Live Lounge with just a microphone and a sideman on guitar. She was there to promote her new album, Alive, which sadly does not actually include her version of the Swift hit. And then, of course, she tweeted about it, saying, "Here is my cover of @ taylorswift13 'I knew you were trouble' for Radio1 live lounge! It's had 83k views in 24 hours! Wow!"
I'm not sure if that's the power of Twitter, the BBC, Swift's 34 million followers, Jessie J's own 6 million followers or a combination of them all. And, of course, a really, really cool song done in a very moving new way.
When Styles and his One Direction bandmates presented an award onstage, Swift, who was sitting with Selena Gomez, was filmed mouthing “shut the f*** up!” in the audience, reported Us magazine.
Swift, 23, previously mocked Styles by speaking in a British accent during her ‘We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together’ performance at the Grammy Awards in February 2013.
Later in the evening, the entertainer won big for her ‘I Knew You Were Trouble’ hit, which was reportedly inspired by her split with Jake Gyllenhaal.
“Thank you. Wow. I want to thank the fans because I tweeted about this a lot, I really really wanted this. I also want to thank the person that inspired this song, and he knows exactly who he is, because I got one of these!,” she said in her acceptance speech.
Taylor’s BFF Emma Stone got to present her with the Ultimate Choice Award, which she got for all of her awesome contributions to music and entertainment. The award is a real honor because its not given out every year – only when someone really deserves it! Past winners of the coveted Ultimate Choice include Justin Timberlake, Adam Sandler, Mike Myers and Reese Witherspoon.
Congrats, Taylor! We can’t think of anyone who deserves it more.
Give Taylor a shout out in the comments. Which celeb do YOU think should get the next Ultimate Choice Award?