Lana Del Rey – “Summertime” (George Gershwin Cover)
Lana Del Rey, who knows a thing or two about summer, has just shared a cover of George Gershwin’s jazz standard “Summertime” to benefit the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics. She’s already covered this, in a way, through her own cover of Sublime’s “Doin’ Time” off Norman Fucking Rockwell, which samples the original.
“I’m so grateful to have been asked to perform this version of summertime by George Gershwin — the legendary composer-pianist whose music the New York Philharmonic has premiered and with whom we performed,” Del Rey wrote on Twitter. “Especially during a crisis faced by all performing arts organizations.”
She continued: “Im so happy to have recorded this song to support the wonderful arts institutions that are the LA and NY Philharmonic orchestras that have faced such difficult challenges this year.. I’ll be donating to both to support them and loved making this video I hope you like it”
Watch the video for her cover below.