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Alessia Cara – “Super Rich Kids” (Frank Ocean Cover)

LAS VEGAS, NV – SEPTEMBER 24: Singer/songwriter Alessia Cara performs onstage during the 2016 Daytime Village at the iHeartRadio Music Festival at the Las Vegas Village on September 24, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Isaac Brekken/Getty Images for iHeartMedia)

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Alessia Cara has been known to cover Frank Ocean songs a lot. She's already covered "Ivy" from Blonde this year, but she really has an affinity for what she calls "classic" Frank Ocean: Last month she covered "Swim Good" from Nostalgia, Ultra, and today she did Channel Orange's "Super Rich Kids" on Annie Mac’s BBC Radio 1 show. Along with her band she adds a poppy flavor to Ocean's more R&B-oriented original before taking it in a jazzy direction. To her credit, Cara even did Earl Sweatshirt's tongue-twisting guest verse even if it does sound a little doofy. Check it out at the 22:09 mark below.

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Cara also did “Scars To Your Beautiful” (3:50) and “River Of Tears” (11:39) from her debut LP Know-It-All.

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