Anne-Marie is the latest singer to take to the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge for Live Lounge Month 2020. She performed a stripped-down version of her new song To Be Young, which came out in July and features Doja Cat. The video of the performance was only released today (10th of September) and already has 7,000 views. Fan seemed to love this version, one commenting; “When the strings came in oooooft CHILLS.”
Anne-Marie also performed a cover of Harry Styles’ hit song Watermelon Sugar, which has already hit 36,000 views. When asked about the cover by Clara Amfo, Anne-Marie said; “I just love this song so much” and adding “songs like that make me feel like I’m on a beach when I’m inside, so I appreciate that song Harry, thank you.” Clara asked Anne-Marie, if she is more of a One Direction fan or a Harry Styles fan, to which she replied; “I mean, I did like the One Direction songs, I did. Now they’ve gone solo, I’m loving their individual styles, I’m loving seeing their creative directions individually.”
Her stunning cover of the summer hit led fans to call for a collab between the two singers. A fan commented on the video saying; “my two fav London gems Anne-Marie and Harry styles. we need a collab.” Watermelon Sugar was the fourth single from Harry Styles’ second studio album Fine Line. The song became his first number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
There will be new performances every Tuesday and Thursday throughout the month for Live Lounge Month 2020. The other acts on the line-up are Arlo Parks, London Grammar, Little Mix, Miley Cyrus and Yungblud. The sets will be aired during Clara Amfo’s show, which takes places Monday-Thursday from 11am-1pm on BBC Radio 1.
Anne-Marie rose to fame in 2016 when she featured on Clean Bandit’s Rockabye before she released her debut album Speak Your Mind in 2018. There have been a lot of hints already this year about Anne-Marie’s second album coming at some point this year, but at the moment there is still no date confirmed. Along with To Be Young, Anne-Marie has also released Birthday back in February, both are believed to be featured on the album. In recent weeks, she has appeared on Rudimental’s new song Come Over and This City with Sam Fischer.
