‘Wedding anthems’ are a weird genre of love song that’re blasted out time and time again as happy couples across the world take to the dancefloor for their traditional awkward first step-tap as two people newly legally bound in the name of l-o-v-e. Beautiful. But what if those romantic classics get your love story all wrong? What if they are all so unrelatable that you’re left dancing in complete silence? Fear not! There’s a new MGM Resorts International-funded (for some reason) EP of reimagined covers — out 6 April — recorded for your exact needs.
Does the idea of Kesha covering Janis Joplin’s I Need A Man to Love but making it gay do it for you? Reckon Ben Gibbard from Death Cab singing And I Love Him, rather than The Beatles’ female-focussed original, sounds like heaven? What about St. Vincent giving female pronouns to And Then He kissed Me by the Crystals, Bob Dylan making She’s Funny That Way about a dude and Kele Okereke covering My Guy by the Temptations? Then the Universal Love EP might just be for you.
While this is a nice idea, isn’t it nicer still knowing that your fave love song was actually written about a same-sex romance? May we point you instead in the direction of future classics from the likes of Frank Ocean, Kehlani, Perfume Genius, Years & Years, Cub Sport, Hayley Kiyoko and Troye Sivan.