Sondre Lerche - Chandelier by SondreLerche published on 2014-12-23T01:54:26Z As I type this it's 3.30 am, Dec 23rd, 2014, and I just stepped out of Skogen Studio in Bergen, Norway, where I've spent 12 hours recording an interpretation of Sia's wonderful and beloved Chandelier, together with producer, mixer and engineer Matias Tellez (from the great Young Dreams). Over the last few years, I've found that I enjoy covering widely known songs that unite the masses and myself, more so than recording versions of more obscure titles that I'd rather just everybody hear in their original recordings. When you're having a go at a deeply popular song that's already part of our shared pop-cultural fabric, you are engaging in an ongoing conversation. Your contribution may or may not make much of a difference. You're just one of several voices, several pairs of eyes. And I like that very much: those rare occacions when my very particular musical needs intersect with those of the general public, and a song so omnipresent that I'll never have to download it, or even press play to hear it, is actually a welcome repeated listen. Chandelier is a song like that. It's probably the most famous song of many, many great ones you'll find on my 2014 playlist ( http://open.spotify.com/user/sondre_lerche/playlist/2eIfK9oN5kODIgOiS3ssKk ). It was the only one on there that I felt compelled to record. Not because the world desperately needs yet another take on Chandelier. But I was curious what might happen if a male singer sang those words of desperation and self-analysis, instead of passing judgement on a troubled party girl. As overtly sensitive and desperately earnest as the male singer/songwriter has gotten in our time, it still seems unusual for a man to expose vulnerabilities in the way that Sia does in her song. But there's no reason to assume party boys aren't self-medicating as much as any party girl. Here's my fifth annual Christmas present for my trusted fans, followers and beyond. Thanks for one helluva year, and for listening. Please enjoy. SL Genre Xmas Comment by ylvapus I love your cover, like really much 2016-02-03T22:08:18Z Comment by irem so cool 2015-07-01T18:19:37Z Comment by brackanjero cool 2015-06-10T06:58:12Z Comment by pyou impossibly good 2015-05-12T16:56:58Z Comment by Munesic really original cover 2015-02-02T19:22:07Z Comment by Jo Petter Kjeldset Love it! 2015-01-02T17:08:19Z Comment by regueroj Awesome interpretation.... really great....congratulations.... 2014-12-30T11:13:46Z Comment by bubblegum_cat Wow!! 2014-12-29T17:43:25Z Comment by e v n t h o Be careful swinging from such a high place : ) 2014-12-27T16:45:14Z Comment by grilliz ja 2014-12-25T23:17:29Z Comment by johnnytunes Crazy cool cover, it works for you! Aloha! 2014-12-25T20:57:52Z Comment by Aditya16 Dope as shit!! 2014-12-25T13:27:32Z Comment by Fibri Hanggoro this is dynamite 2014-12-25T02:09:03Z Comment by synneeide Akkurat den tonen her wow 2014-12-25T01:40:41Z Comment by artin_3003 good as Sia 2014-12-24T07:01:53Z Comment by Huston Shcarr :) I feel the love too ;) 2014-12-24T04:06:19Z Comment by Zea Zabrizkie This is a very brave intepretation. Not sure I'm 100% into it, but I understand it. You're putting darker elements. 2014-12-24T02:11:14Z Comment by Gitte Sundhaugen Brave & Super! 2014-12-23T19:31:47Z Comment by decemberalways Cover perfection 2014-12-23T17:24:19Z Comment by ylvapus perfect 2014-12-23T16:32:16Z Comment by ylvapus omg 2014-12-23T16:31:58Z Comment by DynamiteAndre Superb. 2014-12-23T16:05:03Z