Vocal sensation Arlo Parks has recently shared her enchanting cover of Moon Song, performed live from her bedroom. Originally by acclaimed singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers and released in June 2020, Moon Song is Arlo Park’s latest installment from her show ‘Lo-Fi Lounge’. The track is taken from Phoebe Bridgers’ latest album Punisher, which follows Bridger’s debut record Stranger In The Alps (2017).
Conceptualised by Park during lockdown, web series ‘Lo-Fi Lounge’ documents Parks performing both original music and song covers from her home in London. Previous performances include a cover of Frank Ocean’s Ivy and original song Cool. The popular web series is available on Arlo Park’s official YouTube channel.
Park’s dreamlike interpretation of the already beautiful Moon Song will give you goosebumps. Sat playing the guitar in her childhood bedroom in her parent’s home, the stripped-down, intimate rendition perfectly showcases Park’s ethereal vocal chords. During the video the talented vocalist, who at times sounds like an angel’s whisper, hits seemingly impossible sounding high notes, whilst tenderly strumming the guitar strings.
Parks shared the bewitching cover with her 45,000 followers in a recent Instagram TV post. When posting the amazing cover, Parks displayed her admiration for Phoebe Bridgers. The singer and poet gushed about Bridgers: “Her surrealism, her dark humour, her gift for making the hyper-specific universal is something I think about most days. Thanks for being a star Phoebe Bridgers.” With over 26,000 views and likes in a day, the post was met with wonderment from her expansive fan base.
Before Covid-19 disrupted life as we knew it, Parks was supposed to spend the summer of 2020 touring the United States in support of Paramore frontwoman, Hayley Williams. Since the pandemic ensued, Parks has moved back into her parent’s home in South London and has been enjoying the temporary pause on her previously crammed schedule.
Parks has been grateful for the slower pace of recent times, saying that “Before, you’re traveling here, going to a shoot there, doing a session, always in motion, meeting strangers everyday. It’s been nice to come back to where my journey started, literally sitting in this chair in this room.”
Parks also released the haunting single, Black Dog, on the 4th May 2020. Coined from Winston Churchill’s term for his depression, Black Dog encapsulates the pain one feels watching a friend’s mental anguish, whilst also feeling it themselves. Parks described Black Dog recalling “Somebody that you really care about being in a lot of pain, and being willing to do anything to lift them out of that space. It’s about that feeling of helplessness.”
In wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Parks showed her support for mental health charities by recently becoming an ambassador for the suicide prevention charity, Calm. Parks maintains that music has given her a purpose and she wants to use it to help others: “I think my motivation has always been to help others. When I was younger, music really saved me, and felt like a refuge to me when I was in quite a lost space.”
