HAIM mash up Lil Nas X’s “Panini” and Nirvana’s “In Bloom” on BBC’s Dwell Lounge: Stream

Lil Nas X’s first post-“Outdated City Highway” single, “Panini”, might by no means replicate the mega-ubiquity of his viral hit, however it confirmed the viral rapper is greater than only a one trick pony. It additionally demonstrated the facility of the collective musical consciousness, because it slightly by accident interpolated the melody of Nirvana’s “In Bloom”. In truth, Kurt Cobain is credited as a co-writer although Lil Nas X had by no means even heard Nevermind. Now, HAIM have confirmed simply how comparable the 2 songs actually are by mashing them collectively on BBC’s Dwell Lounge.

At first, the sisterly trio seem to easily be delivering a low-key, indie model of the 7 EP observe. Este “Bassface” Haim even does her greatest to incorporate the opening whistles reside. The guitar rendition of the “Panini” synth line grounds the futuristic vibes, however when these wah-wahs get added on the refrain, issues begin to sound very 1991. All of the sudden, close to the top of the efficiency, every thing opens up right into a wall of grunge as “In Bloom” takes over. The transition is shockingly clean, making it clear how comparable the 2 songs recorded many years aside actually are.

Again when “Panini” first dropped, Lil Nas X spoke concerning the similarities to “In Bloom”. “It’s like I all the time seen the [Nevermind] cowl however I by no means really listened to it,” he informed Zane Lowe on Apple Beats 1. “And other people was like, ‘Wow, he sampled Nirvana.’ I used to be like, ‘No.’ It’s like, I didn’t understand I used to be utilizing nearly the very same melody.”

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Head to the BBC’s web site to hearken to HAIM’s cowl of “Panini” and “In Bloom”, which begins across the 2:14:50 mark.

This isn’t the primary time somebody has redone Lil Nas X within the Dwell Lounge. Throughout Anderson .Paak’s go to to the BBC present earlier this month, he delivered a canopy of “Outdated City Highway”. As for X himself, he just lately recruited DaBaby for a “Panini” remix, and carried out the observe on Ellen.

HAIM, in the meantime, dropped their “Summer season Lady” single again in July. Additionally they appeared in The Lonely Island’s Netflix visible album The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Expertise and teamed with Charli XCX on her Charli minimize “Heat”.