Australian pop trio Blusher have put their very own shimmering twist on Kesha’s “Your Love Is My Drug” for his or her debut look on triple j’s long-running Like A Version covers phase.
The Melbourne-based group, consisting of Miranda Ward, Jade Ingvarson-Favretto and Lauren Coutts, first bonded over a shared love of Kesha earlier than forming Blusher in 2021, making the selection of canopy a private one.
“There’s one thing concerning the shameless love of pop music that Kesha has actually simply at all times been an advocate for,” Ingvarson-Favretto stated in the course of the broadcast. “It’s sort of our guiding mild.”
For the efficiency, the trio reimagined the 2010 Animal hit with layered harmonies, dwell drums and choreographed strikes, changing the unique’s sharp electro-pop edges with their trademark dreamy, glitter-laced manufacturing. Coutts took on Kesha’s rap bridge, maintaining one of many tune’s most recognisable moments intact, whereas the group leaned into their very own aesthetic with wired headphones and daring red-and-black styling.
The quilt arrived the identical day Blusher launched Racer, their second EP. Alongside the Kesha rendition, they carried out their very own monitor “Final Man Standing” dwell within the triple j studios.
“Your Love Is My Drug” initially peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Scorching 100 in 2010, turning into Kesha’s third high 10 hit that 12 months.
In the meantime, Kesha’s workout plans studio album . (Interval) made its mark on Billboard’s charts last month, debuting at No. 1 on High Album Gross sales, Vinyl Albums and High Dance Albums (chart dated July 19). It marks her first independently launched album after a profession with Kemosabe/RCA Data. The set was issued by way of the singer’s personal Kesha Data label and distributed by Warner Music Group’s indie distribution arm Different Distribution Alliance.
In assist of the brand new album, the singer not too long ago introduced she is set to return to Australia for a run of headline dates. A part of her wider T–ts Out Tour, the four-date trek of the nation will see Kesha performing headline dates within the Australian capital cities of Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth in late February, 2026.
Notably, the introduced run doesn’t embrace a cease in Sydney, although her go to to Australia coincides with the Sydney Homosexual and Lesbian Mardi Gras. No announcement as to Kesha’s potential involvement within the festivities has been launched, nonetheless.
Watch Blusher’s cowl of “Your Love Is My Drug” under.