{"id":2102747,"date":"2026-08-20T09:57:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T06:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2102747"},"modified":"2026-08-20T09:57:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T06:57:29","slug":"heres-phoebe-bridgers-covering-nirvanas-lithium-for-the-bbc-radio-1-live-lounge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2102747","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s Phoebe Bridgers covering Nirvana\u2019s \u2018Lithium\u2019 for the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Phoebe-Bridgers.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><span>Music News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Here\u2019s Phoebe Bridgers covering Nirvana\u2019s \u2018Lithium\u2019 for the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The artist also played two tracks from her new album &#8216;Lost Weekend&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Victoria Luxford<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-08-20T10:57:29+01:00\">20th August 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Phoebe-Bridgers-696x442.jpg\" alt=\"Phoebe Bridgers\" title=\"Phoebe Bridgers\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Phoebe Bridgers. CREDIT: Rich Fury\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Phoebe Bridgers covered Nirvana\u2019s classic track \u2018Lithium\u2019 on BBC Radio 1\u2019s Live Lounge, which you can watch below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: Phoebe Bridgers \u2013 \u2018Lost Weekend\u2019 review: indie\u2019s poet laureate returns with a staggering, strange and stirring opus<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The singer performed a haunting acoustic rendition of the song, from the grunge icons\u2019 1991 album \u2018Nevermind\u2019, on the Wednesday August 19 edition of the long-running music show.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>She also treated fans to performances of \u2018Lost Boys\u2019, the lead single from her new album \u2018Lost Weekend\u2019, as well as the track \u2018Bobby\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>You can listen to the whole episode here, or hear audio from the performance of \u2018Lithium\u2019 below.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; width=&#8221;696&#8243; height=&#8221;522&#8243; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eSCMCrz9VEk?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1&#8243; frameborder=&#8221;0&#8243; allow=&#8221;accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share&#8221; referrerpolicy=&#8221;strict-origin-when-cross-origin&#8221; allowfullscreen=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>The session appears to have been recorded before Bridgers became ill from appendicitis, which caused her to cancel a series of intimate UK gigs this week. \u201cI got appendicitis for my birthday,\u201d she wrote on Instagram stories, captioning a photo of herself in a hospital bed. \u201cEverything in the UK this week will have to move but I\u2019ll make it up to you!!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Lost Weekend\u2019 was released on August 14, and is the third solo studio album from the artist, who also performs as part of supergroup Boygenius. Among the album\u2019s biggest supporters was Taylor Swift, who called the release an \u201cabsolute triumph in every way\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Phoebe Bridgers - 'Funeral' | Basement Sessions\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/teLyoKBxbCU?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><em>NME<\/em> gave the album five stars in its review, describing it as \u201ca staggering, strange and stirring opus\u201d. \u201cBridgers\u2019 \u2018Lost Weekend\u2019 is the opposite of emotional evasion: more a reckoning with herself and the romantic and familial love and loss that have shaped her story and storytelling,\u201d wrote critic Erica Campbell.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a feat that could only be achieved by a songwriter and musician self-assured in their penmanship and musicality, someone who may have started the journey of writing her third album feeling lost, but by the end wasn\u2019t unmoored at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Bridgers explained why \u2018Lost Weekend\u2019 took \u201cforever\u201d to make, coming six years after her last solo release.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_tags tdi_87 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_87\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<ul class=\"tdb-tags\">\n<li><span>Related Topics<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Alternative<\/li>\n<li>Boygenius<\/li>\n<li>Folk<\/li>\n<li>Indie<\/li>\n<li>Nirvana<\/li>\n<li>Phoebe Bridgers<\/li>\n<li>Taylor Swift<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper td_block_wrap vc_raw_html tdi_89 \">\n<div class=\"td-fix-index\">\n<h3>You May 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class=\"td-page-meta\"><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/article>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Phoebe Bridgers covered Nirvana\u2019s classic track \u2018Lithium\u2019 on BBC Radio 1\u2019s Live Lounge, which you can watch below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: Phoebe Bridgers \u2013 \u2018Lost Weekend\u2019 review: indie\u2019s poet laureate returns with a staggering, strange and stirring opus<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The singer performed a haunting acoustic rendition of the song, from the grunge icons\u2019 1991 album \u2018Nevermind\u2019, on the Wednesday August 19 edition of the long-running music show.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>She also treated fans to performances of \u2018Lost Boys\u2019, the lead single from her new album \u2018Lost Weekend\u2019, as well as the track \u2018Bobby\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>You can listen to the whole episode here, or hear audio from the performance of \u2018Lithium\u2019 below.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; width=&#8221;696&#8243; height=&#8221;522&#8243; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eSCMCrz9VEk?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1&#8243; frameborder=&#8221;0&#8243; allow=&#8221;accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share&#8221; referrerpolicy=&#8221;strict-origin-when-cross-origin&#8221; allowfullscreen=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>The session appears to have been recorded before Bridgers became ill from appendicitis, which caused her to cancel a series of intimate UK gigs this week. \u201cI got appendicitis for my birthday,\u201d she wrote on Instagram stories, captioning a photo of herself in a hospital bed. \u201cEverything in the UK this week will have to move but I\u2019ll make it up to you!!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Lost Weekend\u2019 was released on August 14, and is the third solo studio album from the artist, who also performs as part of supergroup Boygenius. Among the album\u2019s biggest supporters was Taylor Swift, who called the release an \u201cabsolute triumph in every way\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Phoebe Bridgers - 'Funeral' | Basement Sessions\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/teLyoKBxbCU?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><em>NME<\/em> gave the album five stars in its review, describing it as \u201ca staggering, strange and stirring opus\u201d. \u201cBridgers\u2019 \u2018Lost Weekend\u2019 is the opposite of emotional evasion: more a reckoning with herself and the romantic and familial love and loss that have shaped her story and storytelling,\u201d wrote critic Erica Campbell.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a feat that could only be achieved by a songwriter and musician self-assured in their penmanship and musicality, someone who may have started the journey of writing her third album feeling lost, but by the end wasn\u2019t unmoored at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Bridgers explained why \u2018Lost Weekend\u2019 took \u201cforever\u201d to make, coming six years after her last solo release.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/heres-phoebe-bridgers-covering-nirvanas-lithium-for-the-bbc-radio-1-live-lounge-3963782&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Phoebe-Bridgers.jpg&#8221;] NewsMusic News Here\u2019s Phoebe Bridgers covering Nirvana\u2019s \u2018Lithium\u2019 for the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge The artist also played two tracks from her new album &#8216;Lost Weekend&#8217; By Victoria Luxford 20th August 2026 Phoebe Bridgers. 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