Watch Sampha cover Steve Lacy’s “Bad Habit”
He also performed a track from his new album Lahai for the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge.
Steve Lacy's hit "Bad Habit" resonated with so many thanks to its apt capturing of puppy love in a funky package. It's a good-humored shrug that balances regret with a promise to dive in the next time romantic feelings emerge. Sampha, known for his unambiguously shattering vocal presence, transforms the track for his cover performance on the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge.
Armed with a piano and a drum machine, Sampha turns the song down from bent disco to jagged soul. The cover emphasizes the unique strengths of the original and the new artist, as fun and loose as it is piercingly passionate. Watch that above, and see Sampha perform "Only" from his just-released sophomore album Lahai below.