{"id":586853,"date":"2026-08-08T09:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/586853\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:18:10","slug":"vera-blue-covers-radioheads-creep-for-triple-js-like-a-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/586853\/","title":{"rendered":"Vera Blue covers Radiohead’s ‘Creep’ for triple j’s Like A Version"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tVera Blue<\/a> has taken on one of alternative rock\u2019s most enduring songs, covering Radiohead<\/a>\u2018s \u201cCreep\u201d for triple j\u2019s Like A Version<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Australian singer-songwriter stripped the 1992 track back to three elements \u2014 electric guitar, piano and vocals \u2014 building from the lower end of her range into a soaring falsetto by the chorus. Late in the performance she deployed The Pipe, a mouth-controlled dynamic effects processor and synthesizer made by SOMA Laboratory, adding an eerie texture to the arrangement. <\/p>\n

\n\tBlue said she was drawn to the song\u2019s emotional core, describing \u201cCreep\u201d as an \u201cepic rock song\u201d whose lyrics are also \u201cheartbreaking,\u201d and aiming for a \u201cvery haunting version\u201d that still nods to Thom Yorke\u2019s original.<\/p>\n

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\n\tBlue also performed \u201cMaze,\u201d a track from her forthcoming album Modern Rituals, during her studio session. The album is due Friday, Aug. 21 via Island Records\/Universal Music Australia, and Blue will support it with a national tour opening the same night at Brisbane\u2019s Princess Theatre and running through Perth\u2019s The Rechabite on Aug. 28.<\/p>\n

\n\tBorn Celia Pavey, Vera Blue first emerged as a folk artist and finalist on The Voice Australia before reinventing herself under the Vera Blue name in 2016. Her 2017 album Perennial reached No. 6 on the ARIA Albums Chart, powered by the double-platinum single \u201cRegular Touch.\u201d Her highest-profile chart success came via her collaboration with fellow Australian Flume<\/a> on \u201cRushing Back,\u201d which reached No. 12 on Billboard\u2019s Hot Dance\/Electronic Songs chart. Modern Rituals will be her third studio album as Vera Blue, following 2022\u2019s Mercurial.<\/p>\n

\n\tVera Blue \u2014 Modern Rituals Australian Tour 2026<\/p>\n

\n\tAug. 21 \u2014 Brisbane \u2014 Princess Theatre<\/p>\n

\n\tAug. 22 \u2014 Sydney \u2014 City Recital Hall<\/p>\n

\n\tAug. 23 \u2014 Canberra \u2014 UC Refectory<\/p>\n

\n\tAug. 26 \u2014 Melbourne \u2014 Northcote Theatre<\/p>\n

\n\tAug. 27 \u2014 Adelaide \u2014 The Gov<\/p>\n

\n\tAug. 28 \u2014 Perth \u2014 The Rechabite<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vera Blue has taken on one of alternative rock\u2019s most enduring songs, covering Radiohead\u2018s \u201cCreep\u201d for triple j\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":586854,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278,633],"class_list":["post-586853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music","tag-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=586853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/586854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}