Leave it to Charlie Puth to make a horny tune sound even sexier. The “Light Switch” singer not too long ago coated Sam Smith and Kim Petras’s TikTok-famous anthem “Unholy” on SiriusXM, and his stripped-down rendition of the synth-heavy monitor has us feeling somewhat scorching underneath the collar. Before performing, Puth instructed listeners, “I really like this tune, I really like the individuals concerned on this tune, and I simply spoke to Sam this morning and instructed [them] that I might be doing this.” He added, “Hopefully I can do it justice,” earlier than smashing his model out of the park.
Solely accompanied by an acoustic guitar, Puth’s smooth-as-silk vocals shone as he crooned the whole tune from begin to end with out skipping a beat — sure, he even included Petras’s sped-up solo verse. We by no means knew we would have liked to listen to him sing the road “Daddy, daddy, if you’d like it, drop the addy,” however now that we now have, it is ingrained in our brains from right here on out.
“Unholy” commanded consideration as quickly as Smith and Petras started teasing it on TikTok in August, inspiring a sultry dance problem earlier than the complete model even dropped on Sept. 22. The collaborative monitor not too long ago nabbed the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100, making Smith and Petras the primary overtly nonbinary and transgender artists to high the chart, respectively. Fans can anticipate to listen to Smith sing it throughout their “Gloria” tour throughout the UK and Europe subsequent 12 months.