Nouela: Black Hole Sun

Liz and I watched the first season of Willow (the TV series) recently, and I noticed a lot of familiar songs kept appearing throughout the episodes. Looking back, I’m realizing a lot of the songs were popular 5+ years after the original movie release.

I’m sure the marketing teams were focused on pushing the nostalgia factor. Many of the songs I heard (especially the ones at the end credits) were covers of late 80’s, early 90’s tracks.

It’s no secret, I’m a big fan of cover songs that are a slowed-down version of the original (Gary Jules’ cover of Mad World, Mary Lou Lord’s cover of Jump).

I found myself really into this slow and haunting cover of Black Hole Sun, by Nouela:

Digging around some, I guess I’m pretty late to this game. Still, I’m glad I discovered this particular cover, and love Nouela’s version.

And just for comparison, here’s the original:

Related:
Mary Lou Lord: Jump
Ellie (The Last of Us, Part 2): Take on Me
Saturday Morning Slow Jams: Old School Cartoon Theme Songs as 90’s R&B