Watch Jorja Smith cover Harry Styles’ ‘As It Was’ for Live Lounge Month
nme.comJorja Smith has covered Harry Styles‘ hit song ‘As It Was’ – check out the video below.The R&B artist, who released her second album ‘Falling Or Flying’ last week (September 29), performed on BBC Radio 1 yesterday (October 4) as part of the station’s Live Lounge Month series.Explaining her decision to take on the lead single from Styles’ third record ‘Harry’s House’, Smith said: “I keep hearing it.
I find it hard sometimes to do a cover – it needs to be a song that I know even though I’ve deffo got the lyrics in front of me.“But this one I’ve been hearing a lot and I thought, ‘Oh, this will be really nice’.
It’s a bit more toned down…”Smith and her live band then delivered a stripped-back and soulful rendition of ‘As It Was’. She also played her dancefloor-ready 2023 single ‘Little Things’.
You can watch both performances in the videos below.Earlier this week, Olivia Rodrigo and Troye Sivan participated in Live Lounge Month 2023 where they covered Noah Kahan and Billie Eilish, respectively.
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