Listen to Jewel’s Ebullient Cover of Maggie Rogers’ ‘Alaska’

Jewel is paying homage to each her residence state and the latest era of singer-songwriters with a canopy of Maggie Rogers’ 2016 breakthrough single, “Alaska.” Eschewing the minimalistic manufacturing of Rogers’ authentic, the Items Of You singer transforms the viral indie hit right into a dreamy maximalist pop banger, accentuated by Eighties-inspired drum beats and breathy coos.

“There is no such thing as a place like Alaska,” Jewel stated in a press release. “After I first heard Maggie’s track, I felt an instinctual draw to the scene she’d created, and the temper of the ‘air in between.’ Alaska has formed a lot of who I’m, and aware breathwork is a apply I exploit daily, so I really feel a kindred connection to this track.”

The track is accompanied by a video that includes sweeping panorama pictures interspersed with footage of Jewel collaborating in some quintessentially Alaskan actions — stress-free in a ship, driving an ATV throughout an enormous area, driving a snowmobile via the icy tundra — whereas donning a sequence of colourful outfits.

Final month, the Grammy Award-nominated singer launched Freewheelin’ Girl, her first album in seven years. Upfront of the album, Jewel addressed the sexism she skilled as a feminine songwriter, even on the top of her profession, in an interview with Stereogum. “I lived the life, I stood up for the issues I wished to face up for, and also you do it as a result of it’s the proper factor to do,” she stated. “However it’s enjoyable to be round lengthy sufficient to have the ability to speak about it.” The singer additionally advised Spin she “fought actually laborious” to reach the music business. “I fought to have the liberty I’ve creatively, I fought laborious to maintain my publishing catalog, I fought laborious to earn my masters, I fought laborious to heal my coronary heart,” she stated. “It’s not an accident, the place I’m.”

Rogers, in the meantime, will launch her sophomore album, Give up, on July 29. The music video for the report’s lead single, “That’s The place I Am,” options cameos from a number of high-profile figures — together with Speaking Heads frontman David Byrne.