5 Christmas Covers From 2018 That Aren’t Half Bad

Tyler, The Creator in the 2018 edition of Lollapalooza
Tyler, The Creator in the 2018 edition of Lollapalooza. Photo by REX/Shutterstock (9782561bm)

Christmas songs are cheesily lovable at best but Christmas covers seem to consist of all the cringe and none of the charm. This year, a handful of artist have braved releasing their own takes on our favorite Christmas numbers and we’ve amazingly managed to find five which we can actually get behind.

Pale Waves cover of “Last Christmas”

Wham’s original is a song that gets played over and over again on the radio every year. Pale Waves surprisingly chose the cheese-fest of a banger to cover and managed to put a gothic twist on it. What’s impressive is the fact that it sounds even more 80s than the original.

Robyn’s cover of “Last Christmas”

Robyn also decided to give Wham’s song a go and it is miles apart from Pale Waves cover. It’s stripped back, heartfelt and even more powerful than the original.

Tyler the Creator’s version of “You’re a Mean One, Mr Grinch”

D.r Seuss himself wrote the lyrics for the original 1966 animated movie The Grinch and Tyler the Creator put a modern spin on the song for the 2018 remake. I’ve already re-listened to this twice since starting this article. It’s that infectious.

Shame’s cover of “Feliz Navidad”

Shame has been one of the bands to watch out for this year and they have topped the year off with a fantastic cover of one of the merriest Christmas bangers. It’s more fun than we can handle.

Aidan Moffat and RM Hubbert cover of “Lonely This Christmas”

This song stayed at number one for four weeks when Mud released it in 1974. This moody cover is the perfect Christmas track to snuggle up to when you have that dreaded boxing day hangover.