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BOY SODA covers Panic! At The Disco's ‘I Write Sins Not Tragedies' for Like A Version
Eora's RnB wunderkind BOY SODA has transformed a 2000s emo classic into a smooth, sleek and funk-flecked number with his take on Panic! At The Disco's 'I Write Sins Not Tragedies'. When the 2005 original is a maximalist rush of baroque pop complete with cello and singer Brendon Urie's vocal gymnastics, BOY SODA slows things down a little and brings in some gentle drums, velvety, warm bass lines and jazz-y horn trio. The result is still dramatic, especially with BOY SODA's gorgeous falsettos, but much more relaxed. "I hope it finds [people] in the middle of some decompression," he says. How did BOY SODA, real name Brae Luafalealo, land on the Panic! track? He says he heard it in the car shortly after signing up for his first-ever Like A Version, and remembered how much he loved the track as a kid. "It's just one of those childhood songs that I would always sing in the car, and is imprinted in your memory as one of those songs that bring up a lot of nostalgia when you listen to it," he says. "It's nice to bring an RnB spin to a song that everybody knows and that i was screaming at the top of my lungs for my entire childhood." He says matching Brendon's high-pitched falsetto as a kid "plagued him", and he'd spend hours trying to match him. Looks like all those hours paid off. Arriving a few weeks ahead of BOY SODA's debut album Soulstar , this Like A Version marks about five years of the singer's time in the spotlight, including popping up on triple j's Bars of Steel a few years back. Since then, he says he's leaned "less rap and more soul, which feels more me". If this is a sign of what to expect, we can't wait. Catch him chatting about the cover below in a behind-the-scenes video and his rendition of 'Lil Obsession', a track he dropped back in January. Behind BOY SODA's cover of Panic! At The Disco's 'I Write Sins Not Tragedies' for Like A Version Boy Soda - 'Lil Obsession' (like for Like A Version) Posted 15m ago 15 minutes ago Thu 21 Aug 2025 at 10:30pm
ABC News
an hour ago
- ABC News
Behind BOY SODA's cover of Panic! At The Disco's ‘I Write Sins Not Tragedies' for Like A Version
BOY SODA remembers trying to match Brendon Urie's high-pitched voice as a kid, while listening to Panic! At The Disco's 'I Write Sins Not Tragedies'. "Brendon Urie's just an incredible vocalist," says BOY SODA, real name Brae Luafalealo. Brendon's voice in that high register - at the time I heard it, that was kind of a part of my voice that was starting to break and not be very strong. Hearing him and Fall Out Boy, similar bands with that kind of belty voice which has got so much strength and power in that high-register. It was something I really wanted to have so I remember singing this song over and over to get that." "Ironically now we turned it into RnB, with falsettos and all that.... It's nice to bring an RnB spin to a song that everybody knows and that I was screaming at the top of my lungs for my entire childhood." While the 2005 original is a maximalist rush of baroque pop complete with cello and singer Brendon Urie's vocal gymnastics, BOY SODA slows things down a little and brings in some gentle drums, velvety, warm bass lines and jazz-y horn trio. The result is still dramatic, especially with BOY SODA's gorgeous falsettos, but much more relaxed. "I hope it finds [people] in the middle of some decompression," he says. Arriving a few weeks ahead of BOY SODA's debut album Soulstar , this Like A Version marks about five years of the singer's time in the spotlight, including popping up on triple j's Bars of Steel a few years back plus more than a few epiphanies. "Bars of Steel was a different version of myself," he says. "I'm here with less rap and more soul, which feels more me." Brae says he's been fanging for Like A Version since the beginning. "I remember the first time I started making music, I was like I can't wait to do my cover for triple j," he says. He says it felt "very serendipitous" to perform, with everything working out on the day. For him, performing it was like how it sounds: smooth: "The music starts playing and everything else melts away." Posted 24m ago 24 minutes ago Thu 21 Aug 2025 at 10:30pm
Perth Now
16 hours ago
- Perth Now
Perth-raised comic says East Coast crowds are ‘spoiled'
Perth-raised comic Joel Creasey is a dog dad to 'Girlfriend', an elephant dad to 'Boyfriend', a fiance to Jack, and a 'FIFO uncle' to his family in WA. Sound confusing? Not to the 35-year-old, who balances comedy tours with his Nova radio day job and dream holidays in Europe. Creasey is set to return to his hometown this weekend, where he'll be performing a 90-minute set alongside stand-up mate Janelle Koenig on Saturday, titled Joel and Janelle Have Stories to Tell. The third iteration of the show promises all the stories Creasey can't tell over the airwaves or on TV — from behind the scenes at Eurovision, to Mardi Gras, and everything in between. And he has assured PerthNow, no matter how unbelievable or defamatory, they absolutely happened. 'I'm an autobiographical comedian, so all my stories are true stories about my life,' Creasey said. 'I throw barbs out at other people, but the biggest joke, the biggest person that gets flamed on stage is absolutely myself.' Joel Creasey and his fiance Jack Stratton-Smith. Credit: Joel Creasey/IG / IG Having lived in Melbourne for 16 years, the professional talker has found several differences between live audiences across Australia, and reckons East Coast fans don't appreciate how good they've got it. 'Perth audiences are fun because they're A: intelligent, B: like to drink, perfect combo. So they get the jokes, but they also are up for a laugh, up for a laugh at themselves, up for a laugh at everybody,' he said. 'Melbourne and Sydney audiences, they're fantastic, but they are very spoiled. Because you can go out any night of the week and see a Hughesy or kitty Flanagan for $10,' he added. The experienced performer has brought 15 solo comedy shows to Perth in his time, but admits he hasn't always had the tools to wrangle a crowd. Especially a regional one. Joel Creasey will perform with Janelle Koenig. Credit: Joel Creasey/IG / IG He recalled a harrowing experience while on tour with the Melbourne Comedy Festival road show in Esperance more than a decade ago, with patrons permitted to BYO alcohol into the venue. Sometimes whole slabs of beer, Creasey squirmed. 'I was 21, I reckon I was on stage for two minutes,' he said. 'I just did not know how to handle it. It was so much, it was so overwhelming, I was out of it. I was well and truly heckled off the stage.' A master of observational comedy, Creasey is far less observant when he's framed in the centre of attention against his will. Or rather, when the audience is his own friends, and the stage is in another country. Travelling to Italy last September to see visit his manager, who also manages his mate Dannii Minogue, name drop, Creasey was blissfully unaware that his partner Jack Stratton-Smith had planned a 'low key' engagement in the Southern region of Puglia. A day of eating pasta and sightseeing quickly turned official. 'Jack got down on one knee and I still wasn't clued in, I was like, 'What are you doing?', I was like, 'Right in public, this is weird and kinky',' the comic recalled. 'And then I noticed, because we were taking photos of friends with beautiful scenery behind us, 'Why has everyone got their phone out to take a photo of me and Jack? That's really weird'. Then I looked over (again), he's down on one knee.' Creasey was especially stunned because his previous relationships had not ended on his terms. 'I have been dumped like, three or four times. I think I was going for a world record. Then I was the one that got proposed to, that's why I was speechless,' he admitted. While the pair's wedding has not quite been locked in, and kids are not yet on the horizon, Creasey has done the next most responsible thing. He's adopted a baby elephant in South Africa, just this month, who he 'saved' from poachers. No joke. 'Our dog is called Girlfriend. So the elephant was re-homed because he lost his family. The elephant is called Boyfriend,' Creasey said. 'So the poor game rangers on this reserve are like, 'Serious? So when we take people out, we have to say that's Boyfriend the elephant?'' 'I'm like, 'Yeah, yeah you do'.'
