Emmelie de Forest, winner of Eurovision 2013, has proven to be a bit of a chameleon in recent months. The cover of her latest single “Drunk Tonight” shows her all sultry in a bathing suit, while the single itself moves a few inches away from hippie and a bit closer to pop. We had an exclusive chat with Emmelie on the day she released her “Acoustic Session” EP of “Drunk Tonight” along with a few covers. (If you missed our conversation, you can check it out here). She promised to release a few videos to go along with it, and today the first one has dropped!

Emmelie pays hommage to Nirvana and its lead singer Kurt Cobain in her rendition of “Smells Like Teen Spirit”. The guitar and viola give the original a more symphonic sound, while the song lets Emmelie show us a bit more edge and rawness. She manages the grit of Kurt’s “hello, hello, hello” rather well, making this a 90s throwback we can live with.

“Smells Like Teen Spirit” cover

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Bogdan Honciuc
9 years ago

As a die-hard (haha) fan of Nirvana, I agree w/ Charles in as much as Cobain wouldn’t love this clean, poppy version sung by a perfectly made-up Eurovision princess. Luckily for him, he never will hear it.

I do like Emmelie’s unplugged version of her own “Drunk Tonight”, so I don’t hate the girl, just what she did with the anthem of a generation.

Lanti
9 years ago

The video’s not available in the US

Charles
Charles
9 years ago

@Beccaboo1212: This is the first and only cover she has released so far, so hold down your horses and get a grip. I never liked Nirvana, never been my thing … never been affected during my teen years with the grunge fashion or with the charisma of Kurt Cobain, never related myself to him both as a person nor as a musician … Nevertheless, when Tori Amos did her own piano cover of Smells Like Teen Spirit I surrendered to the darkness and meaningful vibe of the song probably because she did in a way that soundwise I was more… Read more »

Bob
Bob
9 years ago

I’m a big fan to Emmelie! Like this!

beccaboo1212
9 years ago

I’m a huge fan of Emmelie, however, she needs to write something ORIGINAL.

Covers = BORING 🙁