This Grunge Cover Of ‘Wuthering Heights’ By Kate Bush Will Immediately Make Your Day
It's me, I'm Cathy, indeed.
As a society, we do not put enough respect on the name Kate Bush.
She is one of our most singular artists, a pop sensation who crafts intimate tracks of longing that somehow still absolutely slap. Few major musicians — save the likes of Bruce Springsteen — have managed to walk such a fine line between accessibility and art, dropping brutal and beautiful pop choruses into the middle of songs that handle the affairs of the human heart with nuance and power.
Of course, the crowning achievement of the Kate Bush canon is ‘Wuthering Heights’. A re-telling of the classic gothic fantasy by Emily Bronte, the song ripples with yearning, transforming a particular experience — loving someone who you’re not sure loves you in quite the same way — into something universal and triumphant. There’s a reason it’s been a mainstay of the radio and contemporary culture for decades now: there’s nothing quite like it.
As it turns out, the song is also highly adaptable. It’s been covered multiple times by an array of different artists from diverse backgrounds, but perhaps never as uniquely or as passionately as a new grunge cover of the song going around on TikTok.
The clip is direct and simple, shaving off the excess layers of sheen from the song and drilling down into its bare, chalky bones. TikTok user boychikpea, the talent behind the clip, knows what to leave on the cutting room floor and what to expose, chipping away at the song like a sculptor releasing a figure from marble.
Basically, it’s one of the most intriguing and accomplished covers that the social media platform has ever seen. And that’s saying something, given how awash the site is with different creators trying out new ways to play old songs.
Watch the clip in full here, and have your day immediately and memorably made.