Vetta Borne has taken on this week’s triple j Like A Version. She’s taken on a noughties classic, Gwen Stefani’s ‘Cool’, taken from 2004 album, Love. Angel. Music. Baby.
The Melbourne-based producer and multi-instrumentalist took along an all-girl band for the cover. They capture the emotion of the original perfectly while slowing it down and creating a more organic kind of pop sound.
In her Behind the Like A Version, Vetta Borne said, “Every time I hear ‘Cool’, it takes me back to being a teenager. Like that really dramatic heartbreak feeling when you’re a teen. It’s just the end of the world.”
“It’s kind of the same energy I tried to put into ‘Kissing Strangers’ as well. It’s very bittersweet but hopeful.”
“I think there’s something so beautiful in that lyric, ‘After all that we’ve been through, I know we’re cool.’ Like it’s so simple but it’s very impactful.”
To keep that bittersweet vibe Vetta Borne mentioned, she also performed her original ‘Kissing Strangers’.
You can watch Vetta Borne’s Like A Version, her original ‘Kissing Strangers’, and her Behind the Like A Version interview below.
