Jorja Smith Shares A New Harry Styles Cover

BYLavender AlexandriaPublished on October 04, 2023646 Views

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 26: Jorja Smith performs at KOKO on May 26, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Joseph Okpako/WireImage)

Jorja Smith took on a Harry Styles hit in the live lounge.

Last week, Jorja Smith released her highly-anticipated sophomore album Falling or Flying. The 16-track project had features from J Hus and Lila Ike across its nearly 45-minute runtime. The project already has a few hits under its belt like "Little Things," "Try Me," and "GO GO GO." The album is her second project and her first in five years following 2018's Lost & Found. Clearly, despite her time her fans still have an unwavering dedication to her music.

They came to her defense at large recently when she shared a music video for a remix she made with Nia Archives. Despite fans praising the song, she faced plenty of body-shaming comments online. Thankfully though her fans had her back shutting down negative comments and praising the song. Now, she's released yet another video playing some of her songs live from the BBC 1 Live Lounge. There's one performance in particular that fans are honing in on, a cover of Harry Styles' smash hit "As It Was." The song, which was at the top spot on the charts for months in the summer of 2022, sounded great translated through Jorja's incredible vocals. Check out the full video of the performance below.

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Jorja Smith Covers "As It Was" In The Live Lounge

The BBC Live Lounge has been on a hot streak with great covers recently. Just this week they've already shared videos of some major pop crossovers. They had Troye Sivan in to give his version of Billie Eilish's "What Was I Made For." They also got Olivia Rodrigo to cover another burgeoning superstars song with her take on Noah Kahan's "Stick Season."

Even Harry Styles himself has taken to the stage in the past. Back in 2017 he delivered an extremely memorable cover of Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain." Jorja Smith's new album is already racking up million of streams and will make its debut on the Billboard 200 next week. What do you think of Jorja Smith's cover of Harry Styles hit "As It Was"? Let us know in the comment section below.

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Lavender Alexandria

Lavender Alexandria is a music and culture journalist based in Los Angeles, California. She’s covered dozens of musical genres and styles from the most mainstream to the most experimental and underground on her blog and accompanying YouTube channel that looks at music, pop culture, and Billboard charts since 2017: Lav’s Music Corner. Lavender has produced editorial and listicle content both in written and video form over the past far years and has also interviewed up-and-coming artists like Censored Dialogue. Her experiences covering culture have taken her from Hyperpop parties in LA to underground rap shows in Atlanta, to DIY punk shows in Charlotte. Lavender has also written for iHeartRadio, covering some of the biggest artists in Hip Hop such as Ice Spice, Drake, Doja Cat and Cardi B. She also has bylines with ScreenRant and continues to write for Ringtone magazine. Lavender is a lifelong Charlotte Hornets fan and her favorite rap artists include Clipping, Little Simz, Earl Sweatshirt, and Kendrick Lamar.