Tumblr crosspost (5 August 2020)

[anghraine]

I reblogged a post linking a bardcore version of "The House of the Rising Sun" in Old French, and added:

This sent me down a Bardcore rabbit hole, and I just have to share the joy of “Somebody That I Used To Know”:

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[ETA 10/1/2023: the artist here, Hildegard von Blingin', also did a version of "The House of the Rising Sun" as a duet with Algal the Bard here.]

Comments

[anghraine]

It really is! I've always loved pseudo-classical covers and the like (one of my favorite pieces is a six-part, hour-long symphonic medley cover of Queen), but at the time, I hadn't really been exposed to the Bardcore style. Hildegard especially is fantastic.