Most cover songs aim to honor the source material. The artist learns the chords, finds their own vocal take, maybe adjusts ...

“Style” is perfect. It’s emotionally complex, genre-fluid, and revealing. It features a desperate yearning that makes Swift, the 21st-century goddess of pop music, feel vulnerable and human. “Style” ...

Here are the best cover songs from 11 big pop-punk bands. When it comes to pop-punk bands playing cover songs, things typically go one of two ways. They either stay too true to the original as they ...

Ben Platt’s recent cover of Addison Rae’s “Diet Pepsi” has gone viral on social media. The appeal was the song choice and change in performance style – an unexpected crossover between Platt’s musical ...

Another song list! This one is a personal favorite of mine, because it means I get to spend a lot of time with artists I like covering other artist’s songs. Last December, Paste crowned Merce Lemon’s ...

There is no platonic definition of a good cover version of a well-loved song. A good cover can be an enthusiastic celebration of the original, a rendition that highlights the very things that stir ...