{"id":230029,"date":"2026-01-12T16:52:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T16:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/230029\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T16:52:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T16:52:07","slug":"sombr-covers-phoebe-bridgers-motion-sickness-for-bbc-radio-1-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/230029\/","title":{"rendered":"Sombr Covers Phoebe Bridgers &#8216;Motion Sickness&#8217; for BBC Radio 1 Session"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/sombr\/\" id=\"auto-tag_sombr\" data-tag=\"sombr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sombr<\/a> dug through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/phoebe-bridgers\/\" id=\"auto-tag_phoebe-bridgers\" data-tag=\"phoebe-bridgers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Phoebe Bridgers<\/a>\u2019 emotional wreckage with a cover of \u201cMotion Sickness\u201d for BBC Radio 1. The 20-year-old crooned the melancholic record backed solely by a solemn piano melody. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s not something I do very often,\u201d Sombr said of the performance, describing it as a \u201cgood change,\u201d but not something anyone should get used to seeing him do. There are similarly affecting moments on his debut album, I Barely Know Her, which arrived last year, but they\u2019re usually coated in erratic alt-pop production. It was unusual, then, to hear his breakthrough single \u201cBack to Friends\u201d stripped down for the piano session.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cSombr performs with a distinct internal confidence and external charm that has been notably absent in the withering releases from many of his male contemporaries in pop,\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-album-reviews\/sombrs-i-barely-know-her-review-1235414109\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Rolling Stone<\/a> wrote in a review of the record. \u201cAt times, it makes him seem much older than he is. But his age shows as he presents his findings from hard-learned lessons in love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe musician\u2019s breakthrough year scored him a nomination for Best New Artist at the 2026 Grammy Awards alongside Olivia Dean, Katseye, The Marias, Addison Rae, Leon Thomas, Alex Warren, and Lola Young. Bridgers appeared in the category in 2021 in the company of winner Megan Thee Stallion, Ingrid Andress, Noah Cyrus, Chika, D Smoke, Doja Cat, and Kaytranada.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tLast year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-lists\/best-songs-of-the-21st-century-1235410452\/phoebe-bridgers-motion-sickness-1235417530\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rolling Stone <\/a>named \u201cMotion Sickness\u201d one of the greatest songs of the 21st century, writing, \u201c\u2018Motion Sickness,\u2019 the breakthrough song from Phoebe Bridgers\u2019 celebrated 2017 debut,\u00a0Stranger in the Alps, is a masterpiece breakup song that encapsulates all of her generational songwriting talents.\u201d It\u2019s part polemic, part eulogy, rendered with dry humor, plainspoken heartache, and biting fury as she plumbs the turbulent contradictions that defined her time with an older, manipulative man.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sombr dug through Phoebe Bridgers\u2019 emotional wreckage with a cover of \u201cMotion Sickness\u201d for BBC Radio 1. 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